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Gabriela Mosquera

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly

Education

  • BA, Political Science, College of New Jersey
  • MBA, Business Administration, Keller School of Management, DeVry University

Professional Experience

  • BA, Political Science, College of New Jersey
  • MBA, Business Administration, Keller School of Management, DeVry University
  • Former Employee, Assembly Democratic Office of the State House
  • Former Director of Policy, Former State Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez
  • Former Chief of Staff, Office of Mayor David R. Mayer, Gloucester Township

Political Experience

  • BA, Political Science, College of New Jersey
  • MBA, Business Administration, Keller School of Management, DeVry University
  • Former Employee, Assembly Democratic Office of the State House
  • Former Director of Policy, Former State Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez
  • Former Chief of Staff, Office of Mayor David R. Mayer, Gloucester Township
  • Assembly Member, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 4, 2012-present
  • Candidate, New Jersey State General Assembly, District 4, 2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New Jersey State General Assembly

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity

Chair, Women and Children Committee

Policy Positions

New Jersey State Legislative Election 2019 Political Courage Test

Abortion & Reproductive

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

2. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes

3. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- No

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget, Spending, & Tax

Budget Stabilization:

Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing New Jersey's budget.

1. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions?
- No Answer

2. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees?
- No Answer

3. An income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No Answer

4. Other or expanded principles
- I support many of the budget solutions that are proposed in the Path to Progress.

Campaign Finance & Government Reform

1. Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates?
- No Answer

2. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No Answer

3. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- Yes

4. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- No

5. Do you support automatic voter registration?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime & Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No Answer

2. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No

3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No

4. Do you support the legalization of recreational marijuana?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economic

1. Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No Answer

2. Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No Answer

3. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- No Answer

4. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits?
- No Answer

6. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of New Jersey?
- Yes

7. Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support adopting federal education standards in New Jersey?
- No Answer

2. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No Answer

3. Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from New Jersey high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment & Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

3. Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Gun

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes

3. Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom?
- No

4. Should a license be required for gun ownership?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

1. Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse?
- Yes

2. Do you support Medicaid expansion through New Jersey's health care programs?
- Yes

3. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- Yes

4. Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia?
- No Answer

5. Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations?
- No

6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social

1. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New Jersey's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

2. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New Jersey's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

3. Do you support greater efforts by New Jersey state government in closing the pay gap between men and women?
- Yes

4. Do you support legislation that would hold parents liable for damages caused by their child's bullying offenses?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

1. In the following area, please explain in a total of 100 words or less, any additional priorities of your campaign that have not been covered in these questions.
- I am proud of the work that we have done with infant and maternal mortality.

2. In the following area, please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top legislative priority and how you plan to fund it.
- Funding is a huge issue, but i am proud that we have expanded access to pre-k and i am dedicated to looking for alternative solutions for affordable child care in our state. We have far too many families left with no solutions for childcare, and that is unacceptable in this day in age. A possible way to expand access is through more tax credits but this is something that we must look at.

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Residency challenge

Jan. 1, 1900

Republican candidate Shelley Lovett launched a court challenge, saying that Mosquera did not meet New Jersey's residency requirements and thus was ineligible to represent the 4th District. Mosquera disqualified On January 5, 2012, a superior court judge ruled that Mosquera was not qualified for the 2011 ballot. The judge found that Mosquera had not resided in the district for at least one year prior to her election. The judge did decide to let local Democrats select an interim replacement. Lovett asked the judge to allow the local GOP to make the choice since the seat was last held by a Republican. Supreme Court upholds On February 16, 2012, the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld Mosquera's disqualification. The decision against Mosquera came even though federal court deemed the state's candidate residency requirement unconstitutional in 2002. The state Supreme Court ruling opened the door to a federal challenge. In any case, the court ruled that local Democrats could appoint Mosquera to fill the vacancy since she met the residency requirement. However, as an appointee, she had to face a special election in November rather than finishing out a full term. Mosquera appointed On February 29, 2012, Mosquera was appointed to the District 4 seat by local Democrats. She served until a special election on November 6, 2012. Her 2011 opponent, Shelley Lovett (R), challenged Mosquera in the special election, which Mosquera won.