Gail Phoebus | |
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 24th Legislative District | |
In office December 3, 2015 –January 9, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Alison Littell McHose |
Succeeded by | Hal Wirths |
Member of the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders | |
In office January 1,2013 –December 3,2015 | |
Preceded by | Susan M. Zellman [1] |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Rose [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | January 16,1950 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Robert Phoebus |
Residence | Andover Township |
Website | Legislative Website |
Gail Phoebus (born January 16,1950) is an American Republican Party politician who represented the 24th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from December 3,2015,to January 9,2018.
A resident of Andover Township,Phoebus received an associate degree from Centenary College (now Centenary University) with a major in retail/ merchandising. She and her husband own the Farmstead Golf and Country Club. [2] In January 1974,she married Robert Phoebus,son of the original owners of the country club in Lafayette Township,New Jersey. [3] Phoebus served on the Andover Township Committee from 2006 to 2012. She was elected to the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders,serving from 2013 to 2015. [2]
Phoebus was sworn into the Assembly on December 3,2015,by Vincent Prieto after having been chosen to fill the seat vacated two months earlier by the resignation of Alison Littell McHose. [4]
She opted to run for a second term in 2017 to mount a primary challenge against incumbent state Senator Steve Oroho. She dropped out before the primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Parker Space (Incumbent) | 18,058 | 35.0 | ![]() | |
Republican | Gail Phoebus | 17,217 | 33.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Jacqueline Stapel | 7,165 | 13.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Michael F. Grace | 6,998 | 13.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Kenneth Collins | 2,227 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | '51,665' | '100.0' |