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Mikie Sherrill

Mikie Sherrill is running for Governor of New Jersey as a battle-tested public servant with a mission-driven approach to leadership. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Navy helicopter pilot, federal prosecutor, and sitting Congresswoman, Sherrill blends national security credentials with a sharp focus on state-level affordability and infrastructure. Her campaign emphasizes lowering costs for families, expanding housing, improving transportation, securing reproductive rights, and protecting democracy from federal overreach. With a detailed, solutions-oriented platform and a record of bipartisan lawmaking, Sherrill positions herself as a forward-looking, pragmatic Democrat — more reform-minded than party-line, but firmly rooted in institutional leadership and civic responsibility.

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Mikie Sherrill

Running for:
Governor
Incumbent
Challenger

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This election is on June 10th, 2025

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Agenda

  • Affordability & Cost of Living
    - Target health care, housing, energy, and food costs with specific interventions
    - Take on monopolies, PBMs, grid operators, and deceptive lenders
    - Oppose Trump/Musk efforts to defund Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

  • Housing
    - Convert underused commercial properties into mixed-use housing
    - Support “Missing Middle” options (starter homes, ADUs, workforce housing)
    - Streamline permitting and approvals for new housing development
    - Expand first-time homebuyer assistance
    - Crack down on predatory landlords, rigged rent schemes, and mortgage discrimination

  • Energy & Utilities
    - Invest in low-cost, in-state clean energy (solar, storage, infrastructure upgrades)
    - Prioritize use of public lands and facilities for energy generation
    - Pressure grid operators to connect clean energy projects
    - Collaborate with neighboring states to expand battery storage

  • Healthcare
    - Lower drug prices by regulating PBMs and passing savings to patients
    - Increase healthcare price transparency and premium accountability
    - Expand preventative care via school partnerships and mobile clinics
    - Investigate insurer price gouging and denial patterns
    - Improve maternal health outcomes, especially for Black women

  • Childcare & Youth
    - Expand universal pre-K and partner with employers for childcare access
    - Offer free school meals for all students
    - Support community school models and after-school programming
    - Provide on-the-job training for childcare workers
    - Address student mental health and learning loss with in-school services

  • Tax Relief
    - Cut property taxes via shared municipal services and benefit audits
    - Expand Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit
    - Offer caregiver tax credits for those supporting senior family members
    - Reinstate and expand sales tax holidays for families
    - Crack down on tax cheats and corporate loopholes

  • Food Prices
    - Regulate corporate price hikes and grocery market manipulation
    - Incentivize local food retailers to reduce food deserts
    - Support NJ agriculture and farmland preservation
    - Protect local food procurement programs from federal cuts

  • Reproductive Rights
    - Enshrine abortion rights in the NJ Constitution
    - Mandate insurance coverage for all reproductive care, including IVF
    - Expand access to contraception and remove existing access barriers

  • Education
    - Expand pre-K and kindergarten access statewide
    - Support high-impact tutoring and school-based mental health services
    - Offer universal free school meals
    - Bridge school-to-workforce gaps with apprenticeships and training programs

  • Transportation
    - Prioritize NJ Transit reliability and Gateway Tunnel completion
    - Maintain roads, bridges, and expand mass transit access
    - Improve rider communication and upgrade transit customer experience

  • Public Safety & Justice
    - Support gun violence prevention and safe storage laws
    - Expand programs like ARRIVE Together for mental health response
    - Fund license plate readers, modern 911, and local policing needs
    - Improve reentry programs with education, housing, and treatment options

  • Online Safety & AI Regulation
    - Enact an Age-Appropriate Design Code and ban targeted ads to kids
    - Require mental health warning labels on social media platforms
    - Launch a Social Media Addiction Observatory at a NJ university
    - Mandate transparency and disclosure for AI-generated political and sexual content
    - Expand AI regulations to protect jobs, privacy, and healthcare decisions

  • Labor & Working Families
    - Protect and expand collective bargaining rights
    - Appoint pro-labor Labor and AG leadership
    - Tie public projects to union jobs and fair labor standards
    - Fully fund pensions and restore COLA adjustments
    - Audit healthcare spending to cut costs for public-sector workers

Background and Experience

Mikie Sherrill is a Naval Academy graduate, former Navy helicopter pilot, federal prosecutor, and current U.S. Congresswoman running for Governor of New Jersey. She served nearly a decade on active duty, leading missions across Europe and the Middle East, working on nuclear treaty enforcement, and serving as a Russian policy officer. After earning law and graduate degrees, she returned home to serve in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, focusing on gun violence and reentry programs. Elected to Congress in 2018 in a major red-to-blue flip, she has championed infrastructure, affordability, and women’s rights, securing major federal investments for projects like the Gateway Tunnel. Named New Jersey’s most effective House lawmaker in 2023, Sherrill blends military discipline, legal experience, and bipartisan results with a sharp focus on making life more affordable for New Jersey families.