“New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great state’s 57th Governor,” Sherrill wrote on X, celebrating her victory.

New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill secured a decisive victory in Tuesday's election to become the next governor of the Garden State in a race some polls predicted would be tighter.

Sherrill's victory marks the first time since the 1960s that New Jersey voters have elected a governor from the same party three terms in a row.