What is Diane Allen?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Diane Allen |image = Diane B. Allen with New Jersey National Guard (cropped).jpg |caption = Allen in 2017 |state_senate = New Jersey |district = [[New Jersey's 7th legislative district|7th]] |term_start = January 13, 1998 |term_end = January 9, 2018 |predecessor = [[Jack Casey]] |successor = [[Troy Singleton]] |state_assembly1 = New Jersey |district1 = [[New Jersey's 7th legislative district|7th]] |alongside1 = [[Carmine DeSopo]] |term_start1 = January 9, 1996 |term_end1 = January 13, 1998 |predecessor1 = [[Steven M. Petrillo]]<br>George Williams |successor1 = [[Herb Conaway]]<br>[[Jack Conners]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|3|8}} |birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse= Sam |children = 2 |education = [[Bucknell University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''Diane B. Allen''' (born March 16, 1948, [[Newark, New Jersey]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], nightly [[presenter|news anchor]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[politician]]. She worked with [[New Jersey]]'s 7th legislative district in the New Jersey Assembly from 1996 to 1998. She later worked with the New Jersey Senate from 1998 to 2018. Allen was the Republican nominee for [[Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey]] during the [[2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election|2021 gubernatorial election]]. She was selected by [[Jack Ciattarelli]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Who is the Jack Ciattarelli Running Mate Diane Allen|publisher=The New Jersey Patch|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/moorestown/who-ciattarellis-running-mate-diane-allen-see-key-issues|access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> ==Broadcasting career== Allen began her broadcast news career in 1970 with [[WJJZ (AM)|WJJZ]]. WJJZ was an AM radio station based in [[Mount Holly, New Jersey]]. She worked at the [[New Jersey Network]]. Allen later joined an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] statio