Gabriela M. Mosquera (born January 3, 1977) is an American
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politician, who has represented the
4th Legislative District in the
New Jersey General Assembly
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since taking office on March 5, 2012.
Early life
Mosquera was born on January 3, 1977, in
Guayaquil
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Ecuador
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. She immigrated to the United States at the age of three.
Mosquera received a B.A. degree from
The College of New Jersey
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, where she majored in political science and was awarded an
M.B.A.
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from the
Keller Graduate School of Management at
Devry University
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.
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Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez
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. She is currently the chief of staff to Gloucester Township
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mayor David R. Mayer
David R. Mayer (born February 28, 1967) is an American Democratic Party politician and the current mayor of Gloucester Township, New Jersey.
Mayer served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2008, where he represented the 4th Leg ...
.[ She has lived in the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township since 2011.][
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New Jersey Assembly
Due to the 2011 apportionment based on the results of the 2010 United States census
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, the 4th District Assembly seat of Domenick DiCicco
Domenick DiCicco Jr. (born January 24, 1963) is an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2010 to 2012, where he represented the 4th Legislative District.
DiCicco served in the Assembly on the C ...
, a Republican, became vacant, with DiCicco placed in the 3rd District where he lost to the Democratic incumbents. Mosquera ran for the vacant seat on the Democratic ticket with the incumbent Paul D. Moriarty. In the general election, she and Moriarty defeated the Republican candidates, former Gloucester Township councilwoman Shelley Lovett and Patricia Fratticcioli. By taking DiCicco's seat, Mosquera represented the only gain by the Democrats in the Assembly in the 2011 election cycle. In response to a lawsuit filed by Lovett, Mosquera could not be sworn into office in January 2012 and a ruling issued the next month by the New Jersey Supreme Court
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declared Mosquera's November 2011 win invalid, saying that her move to the Gloucester Township did not meet the one-year residency requirement established in state law. Mosquera was sworn into office on March 5 after she was selected by district Democrats and filed to face off again against Lovett in a November 2012 special election. In June 2012, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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overturned the N.J. Supreme Court ruling and upheld her November 2011 election, finding that an injunction that prohibits enforcement of the one-year residency rule is in force in years in which redistricting takes place. Mosquera won the November 2012 special election for the remainder of the term, defeating Lovett by a margin of 60 to 40 percent.
Committees
Committee assignments for the current session are:[Assemblywoman Gabriel M. Mosquera]
New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 22, 2022.
*Women and Children, Chair
*Appropriations
District 4
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 New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.
Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
.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 New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.
Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
. The representatives from the 4th District for the 2022—2023 Legislative Session are:Legislative Roster for District 4
New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2022.
*Senator Fred H. Madden
Fred H. Madden Jr. (born March 30, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has represented the 4th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since taking office on January 13, 2004.
Early life and education
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(D),
*Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D)
*Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera (D)
Electoral history
Assembly
References
External links
Assemblywoman Mosquera's legislative web page
New Jersey Legislature
*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
2012
2011
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1977 births
Living people
DeVry University alumni
Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in New Jersey
Hispanic and Latino American women in politics
Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly
People from Gloucester Township, New Jersey
Politicians from Camden County, New Jersey
The College of New Jersey alumni
Women state legislators in New Jersey
American politicians of Ecuadorian descent
Ecuadorian emigrants to the United States
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians