Gabriela Mosquera

Gabriela M. Mosquera (born January 3, 1977) is an American Democratic Party politician, who represented the 4th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from March 5, 2012, until January 9, 2024.

Early life Mosquera was born on January 3, 1977, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and immigrated to the United States at the age of three. Mosquera received a B.A. degree from The College of New Jersey, where she majored in political science and was awarded an M.B.A. from the Keller Graduate School of Management at Devry University. She is currently the chief of staff to Gloucester Township mayor David R. Mayer. In response to a lawsuit filed by Lovett, Mosquera could not be sworn into office in January 2012 and a ruling issued the next month by the New Jersey Supreme Court declared Mosquera's November 2011 win invalid, saying that her move to Gloucester Township did not meet the one-year residency requirement established in state law. Mosquera was sworn into office on March 5 after she was selected by district Democrats and filed to face off again against Lovett in a November 2012 special election. In June 2012, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey overturned the N.J. Supreme Court ruling and upheld her November 2011 election, finding that an injunction that prohibits enforcement of the one-year residency rule is in force in years in which redistricting takes place. Mosquera won the November 2012 special election for the remainder of the term, defeating Lovett by a margin of 60 to 40 percent.

At the time of her last legislative session, she served as the chair of the Women and Children Committee and served on the Appropriations Committee.

She announced in 2023 that she would not run for re-election.

District 4 Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The representatives from the 4th District for the 2022—2023 Legislative Session are: Senator Fred H. Madden (D), Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D) Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera (D)

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