About our lieutenant governor debacle

Gov. Mike Sherrill’s administration was thrown into turmoil this week when she accused her lieutenant governor of ethical lapses and demanded his resignation. He complied.

By: Terrence T. McDonald

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: September 25, 2026

Words: 898

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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It’s been a whirlwind in Trenton in the last few days, with the Sherrill administration dropping a report on Thursday accusing Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell of multiple ethical lapses and then Caldwell stepping down Friday afternoon, about 1/11 of a Scaramucci later.

I have a few thoughts.

First, while I was initially alarmed by this week’s reports that Gov. Mikie Sherrill left the state more than a dozen times during …

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