Preceded by Daniel Van Pelt Name DiAnne Gove Political party Republican Role Politician | Occupation Teacher Party Republican Party Website Legislative web page | |
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Born February 15, 1951 (age 73) ( 1951-02-15 ) Alma mater B.A. Cabrini College (Social Science)
M.A. Monmouth College (Social Science) Residence Long Beach Township, New Jersey, United States Education Monmouth University, The College of New Jersey | ||
DiAnne Gove #5
DiAnne C. Gove (born February 15, 1951) is an American Republican Party politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 9th Legislative District. She was sworn in on December 7, 2009, to fill the vacant seat left by the resignation of Daniel Van Pelt after his arrest on corruption charges.
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Biography
Gove is the daughter of Anne Christoph and Richard Raymond Gove. She was raised in the Brant Beach section of Long Beach Township and attended Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Cabrini College and later a Master of Arts from Monmouth University, both degrees in social science.
Gove spent more than three decades in the faculty at Southern Regional High School, where she taught history and government. She served as mayor of Long Beach Township from 2004-2008 and served three terms as a Long Beach Township Commissioner. Gove served as a commissioner on the Ocean County Utilities Authority.
Gove was selected on August 12, 2009, by delegates from the Ocean County, Atlantic County, and Burlington County Republican Committees to fill a vacancy in the General Assembly created by the resignation of Republican Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt on July 31, 2009. Van Pelt had been arrested as part of Operation Bid Rig by federal agents on July 23, 2009, and charged with accepting a $10,000 bribe from a cooperating witness. At the special convention, all others candidates for the seat formally withdrew their names from contention and endorsed Gove. She served the remainder of Van Pelt's term, which ended in January 2010. She also replaced Van Pelt on the November ballot, running for a term in her own right. Gove stated that "getting the confidence of the people back into government" was an important part of her campaign. She and Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf won easily in the heavily Republican 9th district.
Gove is the first woman to represent the 9th district since Virginia E. Haines resigned from office in 1994 to head the New Jersey Lottery, and the sixth woman to represent the county in the state legislature.
District 9
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 9th District for the 2016-2017 Legislative Session are: