Diana Zeldin is the wife of American attorney, politician, and United States Army Reserve officer Lee Zeldin.
Lee Zeldin is the representative of New York’s 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives of the United States since 2015. He covers the eastern two-thirds of Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and a tiny piece of Islip.
He also represents all of Southampton. Zeldin represented the 3rd Senate district in the New York State Senate from 2011 to 2014. He supported Donald Trump wholeheartedly while he was president.
During the first impeachment hearings, he prominently defended Trump in relation to the Trump-Ukraine affair.
He voted against the certification of Arizona’s and Pennsylvania’s electoral votes after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election and falsely accused there being voter fraud. Zeldin declared his intention to run for governor of New York in 2022 in April of that year.
Having defeated three opponents in the Republican gubernatorial primary, he is the nominee of the Republican Party and the Conservative Party.
Who Are Diana Zeldin’s Parents?
Almost everything about Diana Zeldin is unknown to the public, aside from her marriage to American attorney Lee Zeldin.
The only thing that is known about Diana Zeldin is that she is a practicing Mormon. Those who identify as Mormons practice Mormonism, the main branch of the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.
Mormonism is a religion and a cultural movement. Following Smith’s passing in 1844, the movement broke into multiple factions, each following a different leader.
The majority of these factions backed Brigham Young, while smaller ones sided with Joseph Smith III, Sidney Rigdon, and James Strang.
Most of these smaller organizations eventually merged to form the Community of Christ, and today, because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is the largest branch, it is referred to as Mormons.
The LDS Church has asked that its adherents be referred to as “Latter-day Saints” starting in 2018. Diana Zeldin is a Mormon, and the tenets of Mormonism state that one should always listen to one’s parents, so one can assume that she is very close to her parents.
They also have a strict law of chastity, so one can further assume that her parents must have been aware of and accepting of her husband prior to marriage.
Diana And Lee Zeldin’s Children – More About His Family
Diana Zeldin and American attorney Lee Zeldin have two children together, and they are identical twin daughters.
The names of their daughters are unknown, but it is known that the family lives in Shirley, New York. As the grandson of Reform and Conservative rabbis, Zeldin was raised in a blend of Conservative and Reform Judaism.
He attends Oakdale’s B’nai Israel Reform Temple. His great-grandfather, Rabbi Abraham Jacob “Jack” Zeldin, established the Conservative synagogue Farmingdale Jewish Center.
His great-grandfather Morris A. Zeldin cofounded what is now the UJA-Federation of New York, and his great-uncle Isaiah Zeldin was a famous rabbi who founded the Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles.
Zeldin, the son of David Zeldin and Merrill Schwartz, was born in East Meadow, New York.
He attended William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach, New York, where he was raised and graduated in 1998.
He went to Hebrew school as well. In 2001, Zeldin graduated with a bachelor’s in political science from SUNY University at Albany.
In May 2003, he graduated with a Juris Doctor from Albany Law School. He was accepted into the New York State Bar in 2004. Zeldin served in the United States Army from 2003 until 2007, initially in the Military Intelligence Corps, after receiving an Army ROTC rank as a second lieutenant.
He left active duty in 2007 and joined the Army Reserve, where he rose to lieutenant colonel. Zeldin joined the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as an attorney in 2007.
He opened a general practice law office in Smithtown, New York, in 2008. He ran it full-time until his 2010 election to the 3rd State Senate district in New York.
Diana Zeldin’s Net Worth In 2022
Diana Zeldin has an estimated net worth of a million dollars, while her husband, Lee Zeldin, is $3 million.
Her husband, however, is a whole other story, as the man has made his net worth through his political career. He started his political career as a member of the New York State Senate from the third district on January 1, 2011, succeeding Brian X. Foley.
He was in this position from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2014, being succeeded by Thomas Croci. After leaving the position, he started a new position as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York’s first district.
He assumed this position on January 3, 2015, succeeding Tim Bishop, and has been in the position since. As stated in the beginning, Zeldin has now set his sights on becoming the governor of New York in 2022.
He announced his candidacy in April 2021 and defeated three challengers in the Republican gubernatorial primary. He is now the nominee for both the Republican and Conservative parties.
As a loyal Trumpist, Zeldin has the support of the majority of the conservatives who still shill for Trump even though he lost his election and is hated by more than half of the country. Still, things are looking good for Zeldin precisely because of his beliefs, as controversial and incendiary as they might be.