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Tahesha Way
2018 - Present
2026
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2023 - Present
2026
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Tahesha Way (Democratic Party) is the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. She assumed office on September 8, 2023. Her current term ends on January 20, 2026.
Way (Democratic Party) is also the New Jersey Secretary of State. She assumed office on February 26, 2018. Her current term ends on January 20, 2026.
Gov. Phil Murphy (D) appointed Way Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey on September 8, 2023, to replace Sheila Oliver (D). [1]
Biography
As of 2023, Tahesha Way lived in Wayne, New Jersey. Way earned a degree from Brown University and a juris doctor from the University of Virginia. Her career experience includes working as an administrative law judge with the State of New Jersey, the freeholder director of the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and a special counsel with the Passaic County Board of Social Services. Way has served as the president of the National Association of Secretaries of State, on the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, and as the president of the Women Empowered Democratic Organization of Passaic County.[2]
Political career
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Way's political career includes the following offices:
- 2023-present: Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
- 2018-present: New Jersey Secretary of State
Appointments
2023
Way was appointed to serve as the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey by Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy (D). She was sworn in on September 8, 2023 to replace Sheila Oliver, who died on August 1, 2023. [3]
2018
Way was nominated to serve as the New Jersey Secretary of State on December 18, 2017, by then-Governor-elect Phil Murphy (D). She was sworn in on February 26, 2018, after her nomination was confirmed by the New Jersey State Senate.[4]
See also
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External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Associated Press, "Tahesha Way sworn in as New Jersey’s lieutenant governor after death of Sheila Oliver," September 8, 2023
- ↑ NJ Department of State, "About the Lt. Governor," accessed October 3, 2023
- ↑ Associated Press, "Tahesha Way sworn in as New Jersey’s lieutenant governor after death of Sheila Oliver," September 8, 2023
- ↑ State of New Jersey Department of State, "About the Secretary," accessed August 5, 2018
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| Preceded by Sheila Oliver (D) |
Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey 2023-Present |
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| Preceded by Kimberly Guadagno (R) |
New Jersey Secretary of State 2018-Present |
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