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DiAnne Gove

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DiAnne Gove
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 9th district
In office
December 7, 2009 – January 9, 2024
Serving with Brian E. Rumpf
Preceded byDaniel Van Pelt
Succeeded byGreg Myhre
Personal details
Born (1951-02-15) February 15, 1951 (age 73)
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceLong Beach Township, New Jersey
Alma materCabrini College (BA)
Monmouth College (MA)
OccupationTeacher
WebsiteLegislative Website

DiAnne C. Gove (born February 15, 1951) is an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 9th Legislative District from 2009 to 2024. She was sworn in on December 7, 2009, to fill the vacant seat left by the resignation of fellow Republican Daniel Van Pelt after his arrest on corruption charges. She had been the Minority Policy Co-Chair in the General Assembly starting in 2014.[1]

Early life

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Gove is the daughter of Anne Christoph and Richard Raymond Gove.[2] She was raised in the Brant Beach section of Long Beach Township and attended Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin.[3] She received a Bachelor of Arts from Cabrini College and later a Master of Arts from Monmouth University, both degrees in social science.[1] 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.[4] Gove served as a commissioner on the Ocean County Utilities Authority.[citation needed]

New Jersey Assembly

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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.[5] 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.[6] Gove stated that "getting the confidence of the people back into government" was an important part of her campaign.[5] She and Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf won easily in the heavily Republican 9th district. Gove became 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.[7]

Gove decided not to run in the June 2023 primary, after a screening committee supported incumbent Rumpf and newcomer Greg Myhre for the two Assembly seats.[8]

Electoral history

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Assembly

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New Jersey general election, 2017[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian E. Rumpf 40,158 31.9 Decrease 1.5
Republican DiAnne C. Gove 39,523 31.4 Decrease 1.1
Democratic Jill Dobrowansky 23,534 18.7 Increase 1.3
Democratic Ryan Young 22,721 18.0 Increase 1.3
Total votes '125,936' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2015[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian E. Rumpf 24,325 33.4 Decrease 2.1
Republican DiAnne C. Gove 23,676 32.5 Decrease 1.5
Democratic Fran Zimmer 12,638 17.4 Increase 1.6
Democratic John Bingham 12,171 16.7 Increase 2.0
Total votes '72,810' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian E. Rumpf 45,690 35.5 Increase 3.2
Republican DiAnne C. Gove 43,695 34.0 Increase 2.8
Democratic Christopher J. McManus 20,354 15.8 Decrease 2.6
Democratic Peter Ferwerda III 18,872 14.7 Decrease 3.4
Total votes '128,611' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2011[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian E. Rumpf 30,896 32.3
Republican DiAnne C. Gove 29,898 31.2
Democratic Carla Kearney 17,648 18.4
Democratic Bradley Billhimer 17,338 18.1
Total votes 95,780 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2009[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian E. Rumpf 54,311 34.2 Increase 3.9
Republican DiAnne Gove 52,667 33.2 Increase 4.7
Democratic Richard P. Visotcky 26,482 16.7 Decrease 4.2
Democratic Robert E. Rue 25,365 16.0 Decrease 4.3
Total votes '158,825' '100.0'

References

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  1. ^ a b Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Obituaries for week of May 29, 2008". Ocean City Sentinel. May 9, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
  3. ^ "Politics vs. education: Long Beach mayor Gove devoted to teaching". Asbury Park Press. April 26, 2005. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
  4. ^ Weaver, Donna. "Gove joins those vying to replace Van Pelt Assembly", The Press of Atlantic City, August 4, 2009. Accessed December 12, 2016. "Gove served as mayor of Long Beach Township from 2004 to 2008. She was re-elected to the township Board of Commissioners in May 2008, when Joseph Mancini assumed the post of mayor. She taught history and government for 32 years at Southern Regional High School in Stafford Township."
  5. ^ a b Procida, Lee (August 12, 2009). "Long Beach Township Commissioner DiAnne Gove replaces Daniel Van Pelt in 9th District". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
  6. ^ Pizarro, Max (August 13, 2009). "Gove replaces Van Pelt in LD 9". PolitickerNJ.com. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
  7. ^ Edge, Wally "Some Ocean County GOP history", Observer New Jersey Politics, August 13, 2009. Accessed December 12, 2016. "DiAnne Gove, who is expected to replace Daniel Van Pelt in the ninth district State Assembly seat, would become the sixth woman to represent Ocean County in the Legislature, and the first since Virginia Haines left in 1994."
  8. ^ Wildstein David. "Gove will not seek re-election to State Assembly", New Jersey Globe, March 16, 2023. Accessed January 8, 2024. "Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove (R-Long Beach) will not seek re-election to the Ocean County seat she’s held since 2009 after losing party support for another term.... Gove nearly pulled off a convention victory last week, despite a screening committee recommendation that the organization line be awarded to incumbent Brian Rumpf (R-Little Egg Harbor) and Stafford Mayor Greg Myhre. Rumpf finished first with 96 votes; Myhre received 67 votes, and Gove was a close third with 56."
  9. ^ "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  10. ^ "2015-official-ge-results-nj-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  11. ^ "2013-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  12. ^ "2011-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-results-121411.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  13. ^ "2009-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-tallies-120109.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
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New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 9th District
December 7, 2009 – present
With: Brian E. Rumpf 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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