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Information on Mary Jean Miller Pettersen
Mary Jean Miller Pettersen
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Indiana House
District 1
In office
Nov 8, 1978 to Nov 3, 1982
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Redistricting
District 11
In office
Nov 3, 1982 to Nov 5, 1986
Party:
Democratic
Assumed:
General Election
Left:
Lost Renomination Bid
Mary Jean Miller Pettersen spent 7 years, 11 months, 29 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.
Elections
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1988–Secretary of Education (State Supt.)
LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 1988
52.98%
H. Dean Evans
(i)*
, Republican, 1,078,897 votes
47.02%
Mary Jean Miller Pettersen
, Democratic, 957,578 votes
Out of
2,036,475
votes casts, the margin of victory was
121,319
(5.96%)
In the 1 races for which we have results, Mary Jean Miller Pettersen had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.
