New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill will make state history next month when she takes office Opening in Newark Not in Trenton.
The event will mark only the second time in the 235 years since Trenton became the state capital that a Garden State governor has been sworn in elsewhere, according to NJ Advance Media.
The only other time was in 1998 when Christie Whitmer – New Jersey’s only female governor to date – was sworn in in Newark. Both women chose the New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts for their big day.
Sherrill will take office on January 20 after defeating former Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli in November to take over the governor’s mansion, which he currently occupies. Democrat Phil Murphy.
Murphy became the 56th governor of New Jersey in 2018 and is only allowed to serve two terms by law. He was the state’s first Democratic governor to win two consecutive terms 40 years.
Sherrill, a former Navy aviator who joined Congress in 2019, Beat Ciattarelli By about 15 points With support From prominent Democrats including former President Barack Obama.
“You have a future governor that I’m excited about in Mikie Sherrill,” Obama told supporters at a Nov. 1 rally in Newark.