Nia Gill
| Nia Gill | |
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Gill in 2008
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| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 34th Legislative District | |
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Assumed office January 8, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Norman M. Robertson |
| President Pro Tempore of the New Jersey Senate | |
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Assumed office January 12, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Shirley Turner |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 27th Legislative District | |
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In office January 11, 1994 – January 8, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Robert L. Brown Stephanie R. Bush |
| Succeeded by |
Mims Hackett John F. McKeon |
| Personal details | |
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March 15, 1948 Glen Ridge, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Montclair, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | B.A. Upsala College (History/Political History) J.D. Rutgers University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Website | Legislative web page |
Nia H. Gill (born March 15, 1948; Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where she represents the 34th Legislative District. She ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the June 2012 primary election to fill the seat in Congress left vacant by the death of Donald M. Payne, the former U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district.
Gill received a B.A. in History/Political History from Upsala College and was awarded a J.D. from the Rutgers University School of Law. Before her legislative career, she served as a law clerk for Essex County Superior Court Judge Harry Hazelwood, Jr. and as a public defender in Essex and Passaic counties. She is an attorney with the firm of Gill & Cohen, P.C. together with former Assembly member Neil M. Cohen of the 20th Legislative District.
Before her service as State Senator, Gill served in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the General Assembly, from 1994 to 2001, where she was Minority Whip from 1996 to 2001. She also served in the Assembly on the Speaker's Education Funding Task Force and on several committees including, the Assembly Democratic Senior Citizen Task Force (as Co-chair) and the Assembly Advisory Committee on the Arts, History and Humanities.
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