Mikie Sherrill shirks job in the House as NJ gov race tightens skipping more than half the votes this year
New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill has skipped more than half of her votes in the House of Representatives this year — far more than any other lawmaker, according to records.The four-term House Democrat’s attendance has slipped sharply since she launched her campaign to replace term-limited Gov.Phil Murphy near the end of last year, leading her GOP opponent Jack Ciattarelli to slam her for shirking her responsibilities.While House reps running for other offices have also missed votes during their campaigns, data shows Sherrill’s absence is notably higher.
The congresswoman has skipped about 55% of votes since Nov.18, 2024, when she first announced her candidacy, according to PolitiFact and New Jersey Globe’s tracker, which follows substantive, non-procedural House measures.And since the 119th Congress began at the start of this year, she hasn’t cast a vote on 53% of proposals put forward, Fox News reported.
That figure accounts for 145 House votes.Her absenteeism shatters that of Rep.Donald Norgross (D-NJ), who had the next highest number of missed votes.
Norgross hasn’t cast 83 House votes this year, according to Fox.A campaign spokesperson for Ciattarelli’s campaign blasted his Dem rival’s record.“She ran for re-election to Congress in 2024 knowing full well she had no intention of doing her job,” Chris Russell told Fox News.“And when she did show up, the two most consequential votes she cast were to raise taxes on working people and shut down the government,” he added in reference to voting with other Democrats against a short-term spending package and President Trump’s big beautiful bill.“That Sherrill missed nearly 90% of the votes she was supposed to cast over the last three months is shameful,” he added in reference to a period between July 23 and Sept.18 of this year.
Sherrill’s campaign insisted the 53-year-old former US Naval officer remains committed to her constituents while not directly addressing the m...