{"id":122752,"date":"2025-06-11T12:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/11\/rep-mikie-sherrill-former-biglaw-associate-and-federal-prosecutor-wins-nj-democratic-primary-for-governor\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:03:09","slug":"rep-mikie-sherrill-former-biglaw-associate-and-federal-prosecutor-wins-nj-democratic-primary-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/11\/rep-mikie-sherrill-former-biglaw-associate-and-federal-prosecutor-wins-nj-democratic-primary-for-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Former Biglaw Associate And Federal Prosecutor, Wins NJ Democratic Primary For Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where does America stand when it comes to its political views? The results of yesterday\u2019s primary for New Jersey governor may give us some insights.<\/p>\n

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill<\/a> \u2014 the only woman in the race for governor \u2014 blew away the crowded competition by leaps and bounds, relying upon her true law and order background in the polls. She served as a Navy pilot for nearly a decade, and later went on to graduate from Georgetown Law. Sherrill then began a career in Biglaw, where she worked as a litigator at Kirkland & Ellis for several years before reentering public service as a federal prosecutor. She worked at the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of New Jersey for about four years before deciding to run for office, winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she\u2019s represented New Jersey\u2019s 11th congressional district since 2018.<\/p>\n

This fall, Sherrill will face off against Trump-endorsed Jack Ciattarelli, a former state assemblyman. As noted by the New York Times<\/a>, she\u2019s already got her eyes on the prize.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m going to protect our rights \u2014 including a right to an abortion,\u201d Ms. Sherrill told supporters gathered in Morristown, N.J., to celebrate her victory. As for Mr. Ciattarelli, she said, \u201cI am ready to shake up the status quo, and Jack is the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cHe\u2019s not change, he\u2019s a rerun.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Best of luck to Mikie Sherrill in November as she attempts to hold on to the New Jersey governor\u2019s office for Democrats. <\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Former Biglaw Associate And Federal Prosecutor, Wins NJ Democratic Primary For Governor<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRep. Mikie Sherrill (Photo by Victor J. Blue\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where does America stand when it comes to its political views? The results of yesterday\u2019s primary for New Jersey governor may give us some insights.<\/p>\n

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill<\/a> \u2014 the only woman in the race for governor \u2014 blew away the crowded competition by leaps and bounds, relying upon her true law and order background in the polls. She served as a Navy pilot for nearly a decade, and later went on to graduate from Georgetown Law. Sherrill then began a career in Biglaw, where she worked as a litigator at Kirkland & Ellis for several years before reentering public service as a federal prosecutor. She worked at the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of New Jersey for about four years before deciding to run for office, winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she\u2019s represented New Jersey\u2019s 11th congressional district since 2018.<\/p>\n

This fall, Sherrill will face off against Trump-endorsed Jack Ciattarelli, a former state assemblyman. As noted by the New York Times<\/a>, she\u2019s already got her eyes on the prize.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to protect our rights \u2014 including a right to an abortion,\u201d Ms. Sherrill told supporters gathered in Morristown, N.J., to celebrate her victory. As for Mr. Ciattarelli, she said, \u201cI am ready to shake up the status quo, and Jack is the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cHe\u2019s not change, he\u2019s a rerun.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Best of luck to Mikie Sherrill in November as she attempts to hold on to the New Jersey governor\u2019s office for Democrats. <\/p>\n

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\"Staci
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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where does America stand when it comes to its political views? The results of yesterday\u2019s primary for New Jersey governor may give us some insights. Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill \u2014 the only woman in the race for governor \u2014 blew away the crowded competition by leaps and bounds, relying upon her true law and order […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":122720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Staci-Zaretsky-3LBNnW.jpeg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}