Sherrill takes office today as New Jersey's 57th Governor
Today, Mikie Sherrill will take office as the 57th Governor of New Jersey, and Dale Caldwell will be sworn in as the state’s fourth Lieutenant Governor.
Sherrill will become the state’s second woman governor – and the first Democratic woman – and Caldwell will become the first man to serve as lieutenant governor. Her inauguration will mark the first time a political party has held the New Jersey governorship since 1962, when Democrat Richard J. Hughes replaced two-term Gov. Robert Meyner. Sherill’s husband, Jason Hedberg, becomes the state’s first gentleman, the first since John Whitman departed in February 2001.
Phil Murphy, the first two-term governor in 44 years, becomes one of seven living former governors, along with Thomas Kean (1982-90), Christine Todd Whitman (1994-2001), Donald DiFrancesco (2002-02), James E. McGreevey (2002-04), Jon Corzine (2006-10), and Chris Christie (2010-18).
She takes office with Democratic majorities in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature: 25-15 in the Senate, and 57-23 in the Assembly.
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