DiAnne Gove | |
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| Member of theNew Jersey General Assembly from the9th district | |
| In office December 7, 2009 – January 9, 2024 Serving with Brian E. Rumpf | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Van Pelt |
| Succeeded by | Greg Myhre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-02-15)February 15, 1951 (age 74) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Long Beach Township, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Cabrini College (BA) Monmouth College (MA) |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Website | Legislative Website |
DiAnne C. Gove (born February 15, 1951) is an AmericanRepublican Party politician who served in theNew Jersey General Assembly representing the9th 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 RepublicanDaniel Van Pelt after his arrest on corruption charges. She had been the Minority Policy Co-Chair in the General Assembly starting in 2014.[1]
Gove is the daughter of Anne Christoph and Richard Raymond Gove.[2] She was raised in the Brant Beach section ofLong Beach Township and attendedSouthern Regional High School inManahawkin.[3] She received a Bachelor of Arts fromCabrini College and later a Master of Arts fromMonmouth 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]
Gove was selected on August 12, 2009, by delegates from theOcean County,Atlantic County, andBurlington County Republican Committees to fill a vacancy in the General Assembly created by the resignation of Republican AssemblymanDaniel Van Pelt on July 31, 2009. Van Pelt had been arrested as part ofOperation 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 AssemblymanBrian E. Rumpf won easily in the heavily Republican 9th district. Gove became the first woman to represent the 9th district sinceVirginia E. Haines resigned from office in 1994 to head theNew 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 newcomerGreg Myhre for the two Assembly seats.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian E. Rumpf | 40,158 | 31.9 |  1.5 | |
| Republican | DiAnne C. Gove | 39,523 | 31.4 | 1.1 | |
| Democratic | Jill Dobrowansky | 23,534 | 18.7 |  1.3 | |
| Democratic | Ryan Young | 22,721 | 18.0 | 1.3 | |
| Total votes | '125,936' | '100.0' | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian E. Rumpf | 24,325 | 33.4 | 2.1 | |
| Republican | DiAnne C. Gove | 23,676 | 32.5 | 1.5 | |
| Democratic | Fran Zimmer | 12,638 | 17.4 | 1.6 | |
| Democratic | John Bingham | 12,171 | 16.7 | 2.0 | |
| Total votes | '72,810' | '100.0' | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian E. Rumpf | 45,690 | 35.5 | 3.2 | |
| Republican | DiAnne C. Gove | 43,695 | 34.0 | 2.8 | |
| Democratic | Christopher J. McManus | 20,354 | 15.8 | 2.6 | |
| Democratic | Peter Ferwerda III | 18,872 | 14.7 | 3.4 | |
| Total votes | '128,611' | '100.0' | |||
| 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 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian E. Rumpf | 54,311 | 34.2 | 3.9 | |
| Republican | DiAnne Gove | 52,667 | 33.2 | 4.7 | |
| Democratic | Richard P. Visotcky | 26,482 | 16.7 | 4.2 | |
| Democratic | Robert E. Rue | 25,365 | 16.0 | 4.3 | |
| Total votes | '158,825' | '100.0' | |||
| New Jersey General Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of theNew Jersey General Assembly for the9th District December 7, 2009 – present With:Brian E. Rumpf | Succeeded by Incumbent |