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the staff of the Ridgewood blog
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Under gray skies and in front of a crowd of roughly 3,000 umbrella-covered supporters, Mikie Sherrill kicked off her general election campaign as the newly minted Democratic nominee for governor. But as she spoke of New Jersey’s revolutionary spirit and its national significance in 2025, she paused mid-sentence — struck by the sight of a ghost from the state’s political past.