Sally Pederson (born January 13, 1951) is an American politician and editor who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007.

[2] Prior to being elected lieutenant governor on the Vilsack-Pederson ticket in 1998, Pederson served as an executive with the Meredith Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa.

It was later rumored that Vilsack would have been offered a cabinet-level position in the event of a Kerry victory.

[5] Had that occurred, Pederson would have become the first female Governor of Iowa (this distinction ultimately went to Kim Reynolds in 2017).

Pederson declined to run to succeed Vilsack as Governor of Iowa in the 2006 election.