Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman endorsed Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) in her pursuit of the state’s top office. Whitman, who co-chairs the independent Forward Party with Andrew Yang and endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris for president,

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has won the Democratic primary in New Jersey’s race for governor. She emerged from a crowded field on the strength of her biography as a Navy pilot and former prosecutor.

Term-limited, current New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, will wrap up eight years in the governor's mansion after the end of this year. Sherrill looks to extend her party's hold on the state's top spot for another four.