Diane Allen
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| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 7th district |
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Assumed office January 13, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Casey |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 7th district |
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In office January 9, 1996 – January 13, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Steven Petrillo George E. Williams |
| Succeeded by |
Herb Conaway Jack Conners |
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March 8, 1948 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sam |
| Residence | Edgewater Park, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Bucknell University |
| Website | Senate Republicans website |
Diane B. Allen (born March 8, 1948 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American Republican Party legislator, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where she represents the 7th Legislative District. She served as the Deputy Republican Conference Leader from 2002 to 2003 and as the Majority Whip from 1998 to 2001. She has been the Deputy Minority Leader in the N.J. Senate since 2004. She was a member of the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1996 to 1998. Allen is the Chair of the National Foundation for Women Legislators.
Allen grew up in Moorestown Township, New Jersey and first ran for elective office in the 1970s when she ran for the Board of Education of the Moorestown Township Public Schools.
In the 1995 general election, Allen and Republican running mate Carmine DeSopo were elected, defeating Democratic incumbent Steven M. Petrillo and his running mate, newcomer Joseph P. Dugan. The $1.1 million spent in the 1995 Assembly race made it the first in New Jersey to cross the $1 million spending mark, as reported in the results of a study conducted by the Center for the Analysis of Public Issues of Princeton, New Jersey that analyzed campaign finance reports from candidates for all 80 Assembly seats.
Incumbent Democrat Jack Casey did not run for re-election in 1997, and in the Senate race that year Allen defeated the Democratic nominee Robert P. Broderick
Allen was elected Chair of the National Foundation for Women Legislators in November 2013. The organization represents the near 1800 female state legislators in America, and supports elected women from all levels of governance.
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