NJ-GOV: Congresswoman (D) running for N.J. governor is target of escalating attacks on campaign trail
With less than two weeks to go before the June 10 primary, Democrats vying to become New Jersey’s next governor have stepped up their attacks on Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who election observers and pollsters consider to be the race’s front-runner.
In new television ads and mailers, Sherrill’s rivals have bashed her wealth, her establishment ties, and past campaign contributions she accepted from a PAC associated with SpaceX, the spaceflight company helmed by Elon Musk.
The grievances aren’t new, but they’re escalating as the primary approaches. And they’re coming from candidates like Steve Fulop and Ras Baraka, who are running as anti-establishment insurgents, as well as party darlings like Steve Sweeney as they look to erode Sherrill’s support among voters, many of whom remain undecided.
“Why on earth would Mikie Sherrill vote to send millions in taxpayer funds to Elon and SpaceX? Musk be the money he gave her campaigns. End the corruption!” says an ad from Coalition for Progress, a PAC boosting Fulop’s candidacy (its treasurer is Fulop’s wife’s business partner).
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/05/28/congresswoman-running-for-n-j-governor-is-target-of-escalating-attacks-on-campaign-trail/