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Nia Gill
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Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 34th district
In office
January 8, 2002 –January 9, 2024
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nia H. Gill (incumbent) 27,132 73.1
Republican Joseph S. Cupoli9,97226.9
Democratic hold
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2011 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nia H. Gill (incumbent) 17,118 79.6
Republican Ralph Bartnik4,38620.4
Democratic hold
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2007 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nia H. Gill (incumbent) 17,178 100.0
Democratic hold

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References

  1. ↑ Senator Nia H. Gill, Project Vote Smart. Accessed December 13, 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gill, Scantlebury Named To MCH Trustees Board", The Montclair Times, December 30, 1993. Accessed January 30, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Montclair residents Nia H. Gill and Brian P. Scantlebury were recently appointed to the Montclair Community Hospital Board of Trustees, announced Terence J. Dean, board president... She is a graduate of Montclair High School, Upsala College, and Rutgers Newark Law School."
  3. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey - Two Hundred and Eleventh Legislature (First Session) (PDF). Skinder-Strauss Associates. 2004. p. 241. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Senator Nia Gill, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ Gohlke, Josh; and Hughes, Jennifer V. "District 34", The Record , November 7, 2001. Accessed July 9, 2008. "Four-term Assemblywoman Nia Gill, D-Montclair, was well ahead of freshman Sen. Norman Robertson, R-Clifton, in the race for the district's Senate seat. With most districts reporting, Gill was overwhelming Robertson with more than 80 percent of the vote. "
  6. ↑ Fitzgerald, Barbara. "Reflections on a Glass Ceiling", The New York Times , August 10, 2003. Accessed June 7, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Source: Corzine picks Rabner as chief justice, Milgram as AG" [ permanent dead link ], Courier News , May 31, 2007. Accessed May 31, 2007.
  8. ↑ Associated Press. "Opposition Ebbs on Corzine Judge", The New York Times , June 15, 2007. Accessed June 20, 2007. "Ronald L. Rice, an Essex County Democrat and state senator, said yesterday that he would no longer block Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s nomination for chief justice of the State Supreme Court."
  9. ↑ Jones, Richard G. "Senator Drops Objections to Corzine Court Nominee", The New York Times , June 20, 2007. Accessed June 20, 2007. "Senator Gill had delayed Mr. Rabner’s confirmation hearing by using "senatorial courtesy" — an obscure practice through which senators who represent the home county of nominees may block consideration of their confirmations."
  10. ↑ Jones, Richard G. "After One Objection, Senate Confirms Corzine’s Choice for Chief Justice", The New York Times , June 22, 2007. Accessed June 22, 2007. "The Senate voted 36 to 1 to confirm Stuart Rabner, who has been attorney general since September 2006 and was Mr. Corzine’s chief counsel before that. It also confirmed Anne Milgram, Mr. Rabner’s first assistant, to succeed Mr. Rabner as attorney general... A short time later, she was the only one of 40 senators to vote against Mr. Rabner."
  11. ↑ "Corzine Leaning Toward Black Woman to Take N.J. Seat in Senate", Fox News Channel, December 1, 2005. Accessed May 16, 2007. "Shortly after being elected New Jersey's governor, Democrat Jon Corzine speculated aloud that he might appoint a woman to fill out his unexpired Senate term. Then he singled out black state Sen. Nia Gill, calling her an 'extraordinarily capable woman.'"
  12. ↑ Moss, Linda; and Porter, Mark S. "Nia Gill to run for Payne's Congressional seat ", The Montclair Times, March 20, 2012. Accessed April 8, 2012. "Gill, a Montclair resident, is one of three candidates who now have publicly declared that they will seek to fill Payne's vacant Congressional seat. In addition to Gill, Ronald Rice, a Newark Councilman, and Payne's son, Newark Councilman Donald Payne Jr., had also announced they are running for the 10th District seat."
  13. ↑ Candidates for Special House Election For Primary Election 06/05/2012 Election, New Jersey Department of State, April 12, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2012.
  14. ↑ Giambusso, David. "Donald Payne Jr. wins Democratic nomination for House seat in N.J.'s 10th District", The Star-Ledger , June 5, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2012. "With nearly all of the ballots counted last night, Payne received 60 percent of the vote. His nearest challenger, Rice, received 19 percent while Gill received 17 percent. The other candidates, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith, Cathy Wright, and Dennis Flynn, combined for about 5 percent of the vote."
  15. ↑ Unofficial List Candidates for House of Representatives For Primary Election 06/05/2012 Election Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of State, June 6, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Official List Candidates for State Senate For General Election 11/05/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 4, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  17. ↑ Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election, p. 34, New Jersey Department of State, December 14, 2011. Accessed April 8, 2012.
  18. ↑ Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election, p. 34, New Jersey Department of State, December 3, 2007. Accessed April 8, 2012.
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