Gail Phoebus (born January 16, 1950) is an American
Republican Party politician who represented the
24th Legislative District 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 ...
from December 3, 2015, to January 9, 2018.
Early life
A resident of
Andover Township, Phoebus received an associate degree from Centenary College (now
Centenary University
Centenary University is a private liberal arts university in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Founded as a preparatory school by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1867, Centenary evolved into a Junior College for women and later ...
) with a major in
retail
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and ...
/
merchandising. She and her husband own the Farmstead Golf and Country Club.
[Assemblyman Gail Phoebus]
, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed August 19, 2016. In January 1974, she married Robert Phoebus, son of the original owners of the country club in
Lafayette Township, New Jersey
Lafayette Township is a township located in the Skylands Region of Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 2,538, reflecting an increase of 238 (+10.3%) from the 2,300 counted ...
. Phoebus served on the Andover Township Committee from 2006 to 2012. She was elected to the
Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders
In New Jersey, a Board of County Commissioners (until 2020 named the Board of Chosen Freeholders) is the elected county-wide government board in each of the state's 21 counties. In the five counties that have an elected county executive, the ...
, serving from 2013 to 2015.
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New Jersey Assembly
Phoebus was sworn into the Assembly on December 3, 2015, by Vincent Prieto
Vincent Prieto (born September 11, 1960) is an American Democratic Party politician. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2018, where he represented the 32nd Legislative District. He formerly served as the 170th Speaker of ...
after having been chosen to fill the seat vacated two months earlier by the resignation of Alison Littell McHose.[Pizzaro, Max]
"Phoebus Sworn-in as 24th District Assemblywoman"
'' New York Observer'', December 3, 2015. Accessed August 20, 2016. "Gail Phoebus assumed the oath of office today on the floor of the Assembly as the replacement for retired Assemblywoman Alison Little McHose in the 24th District. Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-32) sworn her into office in front of the entire governing body."
Committees
*Appropriations
*Human Services
*Telecommunications and Utilities
*Women and Children
2017 State Senate Campaign
She opted to run for a second term in 2017 to mount a primary challenge against incumbent state Senator Steve Oroho
Steven V. Oroho (born July 26, 1958) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey Senate since January 8, 2008, where he represents the 24th Legislative District. Oroho is the current State Senate Minority Leader ...
. She dropped out before the primary.
Electoral history
New Jersey Assembly
References
External links
Assemblywoman Phoebus's legislative web page
, New Jersey Legislature
*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
2015
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1950 births
Living people
Centenary University alumni
County commissioners in New Jersey
New Jersey city council members
Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly
Politicians from Sussex County, New Jersey
20th-century American women
21st-century American legislators
Women city councillors in New Jersey
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century New Jersey politicians