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Sheila Oliver Voted New Jersey’s 1st Black Lieutenant Governor

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Sheila Oliver Voted New Jersey’s 1st Black Lieutenant Governor

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Reports indicate that Democrat Phil Murphy is projected to win the New Jersey governor’s race making his running mate, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, the state’s first Black lieutenant governor. She is now the second highest-ranking official in the State of New Jersey.

She was elected to her new title after the election of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy takes a sweeping victory from the Republican candidate, lieutenant governor Kim Guadagno.

“I certainly know how the legislature works,” Oliver said during her campaign. “I certainly have relationships with 119 members of the state Legislature. And to run an effective government and to get things done, you need to cooperation in the state Senate, the general…

Please read original article Sheila Oliver Voted New Jersey’s 1st Black Lieutenant Governor posted on Healthy Black Girls on 14 November 2017 | 12:16 am —

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