1. Diane B Allen was born on March 8,1948 and is an American politician and television journalist.
20 Facts About Diane Allen
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Diane Allen was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 2021 after Jack Ciattarelli announced she had agreed to join his ticket.
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Diane Allen grew up in Moorestown, New Jersey and graduated as the valedictorian of the Moorestown High School class of 1966.
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Diane Allen received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Bucknell University.
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Diane Allen began her broadcast news career in 1970 with WJJZ, an AM radio station based in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
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Diane Allen worked at the New Jersey Network before joining an ABC affiliate in Chicago.
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In 1976, Diane Allen returned home to cover New Jersey politics for KYW-TV, the then-NBC affiliate in Philadelphia.
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Diane Allen left the network in 1988 and later won a lawsuit against CBS for discriminatory practices.
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In 2000, Diane Allen briefly served as an interim anchor for CN8 while another anchorwoman was on vacation.
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Diane Allen first sought elective office in the 1970s when she ran for the Board of Education of the Moorestown Township Public Schools.
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Diane Allen was recruited to state politics by Burlington County Republican chair Glenn Paulsen, who asked her to run for Assembly in 1995 to set up a 1997 campaign for State Senate.
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In 1997, Diane Allen announced her campaign for Senate as expected.
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In November 2013, Diane Allen was elected Chair of the National Foundation for Women Legislators.
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In 2002, Diane Allen ran to unseat Democratic US Senator Robert Torricelli.
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Diane Allen carried every county in South Jersey except for Gloucester, home of third-place finisher State Senator John J Matheussen, and Ocean.
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Senator Diane Allen has served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1996,2000, as well as in 2004 and 2012.
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In 2008, Diane Allen was a leading candidate to succeed Jim Saxton in the US House.
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In 2009, Diane Allen was a leading candidate to join Chris Christie's ticket as the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor.
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Diane Allen was an early supporter of Ciattarelli's campaign and supervised his campaign's anti-harassment policies.
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On November 9,2009, Diane Allen announced that she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of oral cancer.