Mikie Sherrill, the four-term congresswoman and former Navy helicopter pilot who cast her November election in New Jersey as a victory over President Donald Trump’s vision for the country, was inaugurated Tuesday as the state’s 57th governor.
Sherrill, 54, is just the second woman to lead the state of nearly 9.5 million people. She succeeds Phil Murphy, a fellow Democrat who was elected twice, marking the first time in more than six decades a political party has controlled the New Jersey governor’s office for three straight terms.
She swept to victory over her Trump-endorsed GOP rival in part by pinning blame for high costs on the president’s tariffs and promising that her first action once in office would be to order a freeze on skyrocketing utility rates.
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