Mikie Sherrill

Sherrill was born in Alexandria, Virginia. She grew up in various locations along the East Coast of the United States due to her father's job.{{cite news|last1=Friedman|first1=Matt|title=New Jersey Playbook Interview: House candidate Mikie Sherrill|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/12/new-jersey-playbook-interview-house-candidate-mikie-sherrill-238293|work=Politico|date=May 12, 2017|language=en}}

Sherrill is a graduate of South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia.{{Cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S001207|title=Sherrill, Mikie|website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}{{cite news|last1=Fouriezos|first1=Nick|title=Mikie Sherrill flew helicopters for the U.S. Now she wants to turn D.C. blue|url=https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/nation-now/mikie-sherrill-flew-helicopters-for-the-us-now-she-wants-to-turn-dc-blue/465-0e5f8d31-121c-442e-a5f3-a3af8fedbf4e|publisher=KYTX|date=May 24, 2018}} In 1994, she earned her B.S. from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. In 2003, Sherrill received an MSc in international and world history from the London School of Economics. In 2004, she received a certificate in Arabic language from the American University in Cairo. In 2007, Sherrill earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.{{cite news|last1=Mallon|first1=Maggie|title=Mikie Sherrill Once Flew Helicopter Missions in the Navy—Now She's Running for Congress|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/mikie-sherrill-running-for-congress|work=Glamour|date=September 1, 2017|language=en}}

Inspired by her grandfather who served as a pilot in World War II, Sherrill wanted to be a pilot from a young age. She was among the flight school graduates in the first class of women eligible for direct assignment to fly combat aircraft.{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Michael |title=The New Jersey race that could be key to Democrats retaking the House |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/new-jersey-race-key-democrats-retaking-house-140913687.html |access-date=August 17, 2018 |publisher=Yahoo News |date=July 10, 2018}} After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1994, Sherrill completed over a year of flight training, was designated as a Naval Aviator after graduation from the advanced rotary-wing training pipeline at NAS Whiting Field, Florida, and became a U.S. Navy helicopter pilot flying the H-3 Sea King. Sherrill flew missions throughout Europe and in the Middle East. In 2000, she was based at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.

Following her first operational sea duty assignment in a flying squadron, Sherrill was a Russian policy officer assigned to the then-Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR).{{cite news|last1=Danzis|first1=David|title=Sherrill's service to country not finished yet|url=http://www.njherald.com/20180316/sherrills-service-to-country-not-finished-yet|work=New Jersey Herald|date=March 16, 2018|language=en}}

Sherrill served on active duty in the United States Navy for nine years, the final five in the rank of lieutenant.Ballotpedia, Encyclopedia of American Politics, [https://ballotpedia.org/Mikie_Sherrill Bio of Mikie Sherrill]. Retrieved July 1, 2020. In 2003 Sherrill was nominated for promotion to the rank of lieutenant commander.{{cite journal|title=To be Lieutenant Commander: Rebecca M Sherrill|journal=Congressional Record|date=September 3, 2003|volume=149|issue=119|pages=S11048|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2003-09-03/pdf/CREC-2003-09-03-senate.pdf}} She left the Navy in 2003 before obtaining a promotion to the rank of lieutenant commander.{{cite news |last1=Izzo |first1=Michael |title=Former Navy pilot challenges Frelinghuysen |url=https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2017/05/11/former-navy-pilot-challenging-frelinghuysen/317838001/ |access-date=August 17, 2018 |publisher=Daily Record |date=May 11, 2017}}{{failed verification|date=July 2021}}

In the summer of 2007, while earning her Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Sherrill was a summer associate at Kirkland & Ellis.{{cite web |title=2007 New York, Summer Associates: Rebecca Sherrill|url=https://www.kirkland.com/siteFiles/36AE54C970D8332D087354729422C5D7.pdf|publisher=Kirkland & Ellis|date=2007}} After graduation from Georgetown University Law Center, Sherrill returned to Kirkland & Ellis's New York City office, where she worked in the litigation department from 2008 to 2011.{{cite web |title=2008 Fall Associates, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY: Rebecca Sherrill|url=https://www.kirkland.com/siteFiles/553F283D7A005BE81C2FBD0C4A7D4351.pdf|publisher=Kirkland & Ellis|date=2008}}

After leaving Kirkland & Ellis, Sherrill joined the United States Attorneys' Office as an outreach and reentry coordinator.[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikie-sherrill-6500275a LinkedIn] {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}} In 2015, Sherrill became an assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, a federal prosecutor, working under U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.{{cite web |title=United States v. Francisco Vallejo, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-njd-2_16-cr-00105/pdf/USCOURTS-njd-2_16-cr-00105-0.pdf|publisher=United States District Court District of New Jersey|date=June 1, 2016|quote=Rebecca M. Sherrill, U.S. District Attorney}} She left that office in 2016. At the time, she planned on going into the field of criminal justice reform.

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{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey#District 11}}

On May 11, 2017, Sherrill launched her campaign for New Jersey's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.{{cite news|last1=Kiefer|first1=Eric|title=Montclair Woman, Ex-Prosecutor To Challenge Frelinghuysen For Congress|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/montclair-mom-challenge-frelinghuysen-congress|work=Montclair, NJ Patch|date=May 11, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Zaremba|first1=Justin|title=Ex-Navy helicopter pilot plans to challenge Rep. Frelinghuysen|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2017/05/ex-navy_helicopter_pilot_plans_to_challenge_frelin.html|date=May 11, 2017|work=NJ.com|language=en-US}} The seat had been held by 12-term Republican incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, who in January 2018 announced he would not seek reelection.{{cite web |last1=Frelinghuysen|first1=Rodney P.|title=Statement of Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)|url=https://frelinghuysen.house.gov/top-news/statement-of-representative-rodney-p-frelinghuysen-nj11/|work=Rodney P. Frelinghuysen|date=January 29, 2018 |format=Press release}}{{cite news|last1=Jordan|first1=Mary|title=After Iraq and Afghanistan, pioneering women in the military set sights on Congress|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/02/07/237865a2-fad7-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html|date=February 7, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US}} The district had long been considered a Republican stronghold, even after it had been made slightly more Democratic on paper by pushing it further into Essex County, including a slice of Montclair around Sherrill's home. Frelinghuysen had been reelected three more times from this redrawn district without serious difficulty, but was thought to be vulnerable after Donald Trump carried it by just a single point in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/05/22/rep-rodney-frelinghuysen-really-vulnerable-2018/332993001/|title=Is Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen really vulnerable in 2018?|author1=Herb Jackson|publisher=The Record|date=May 22, 2017}}

In November 2017, comedian Chelsea Handler, who is from Livingston, went to Montclair to show her support for Sherrill's campaign.{{cite news|last1=Kaulessar|first1=Ricardo|title=No joke! Chelsea Handler comes to Montclair for politics|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/01/no-joke-chelsea-handler-comes-montclair-politics/820079001/|work=NorthJersey.com|date=November 1, 2017|language=en|format=Includes video}} Sherrill was endorsed by the political action committee organization VoteVets.org,{{cite web |title=VoteVets PAC Endorses Mikie Sherrill for Congress|url=http://www.votevets.org/candidates/mikie-sherrill-for-congress|work=VoteVets.org|language=en}} the pro-choice Democratic PAC EMILY's List,{{cite web |title=Mikie Sherrill, U.S. House, New Jersey|url=https://www.emilyslist.org/candidates/mikie-sherrill|access-date=July 9, 2018|publisher=EMILY's List|language=en}} the editorial board of The New York Times,{{cite news|author=Editorial Board|title=Opinion: Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey Democrats|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/opinion/mikie-sherrill-new-jersey-democrats.html|work=The New York Times|date=May 28, 2018|language=en}} and the New Jersey chapter of Clean Water Action.{{cite web |title=Helping Elect Pro-Environmental Candidates to Congress|url=https://www.cleanwateraction.org/nj/elections|publisher=Clean Water Action|date=June 11, 2018|language=en}}

In June 2018, Sherrill won the Democratic primary with 77% of the vote, beating four other candidates.{{cite news|last1=Corasanti|first1=Nick|last2=Flegenheimer|first2=Matt|title=Democrats Gain Spots to Battle for Crucial House Seats in New Jersey|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/us/politics/primary-elections-new-jersey.html|date=June 5, 2018|work=The New York Times|language=en-US}}{{cite news|last1=Salant|first1=Jonathan D.|title=Former Navy pilot, ex-Obama officials to lead Jersey Dem charge to win House at Trump midterm|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/06/former_navy_pilot_ex-obama_officials_to_lead_jersey_dem_charge_to_win_house_at_trump_midterm.html|work=NJ.com|date=June 5, 2018|language=en-US}}{{cite news|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=New Jersey Primary Election Results|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/05/us/elections/results-new-jersey-primary-elections.html|work=The New York Times|date=June 5, 2018|language=en}}

Sherrill raised $2.8 million during the primary election, placing her among the top House fundraisers in the country.{{cite news|last1=Stiles|first1=Charles|title=Mikie Sherrill and other women 'appalled' by Donald Trump make record run for Congress|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/columnists/charles-stile/2018/06/04/mikie-sherrill-donald-trump-fueled-run-congress/663500002/|date=June 4, 2018|work=NorthJersey.com|publisher=USA Today|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Golshan|first1=Tara|last2=Prokop|first2=Andrew|title=Live results for New Jersey's Senate and House primary races|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/6/5/17425532/new-jersey-primary-election-2018-live-results-for-senate-and-house-races|work=Vox Media|date=June 5, 2018}} Her campaign raised $1.9 million in the second quarter of 2018, setting a record for a House candidate from New Jersey in one quarter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2018/07/16/mikie-sherrill-shatters-record-1-9-million-n-j-house-race/788177002/|title=Shattering NJ record, Mikie Sherrill raises $1.9 million for House race|last=Jackson|first=Herb|date=July 16, 2018|work=North Jersey|access-date=August 26, 2018|language=en}}

On November 6, Sherrill defeated Republican Jay Webber with 56.8% of the vote to Webber's 42.1%.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2018/11/voters_decide_the_11th_congressional_district_race.html|title=N.J. Election 2018: Mikie Sherrill wins House seat for Democrats, beats Jay Webber|work=NJ.com|access-date=November 29, 2018|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/New_Jersey's_11th_Congressional_District_election,_2018|title=New Jersey's 11th Congressional District election, 2018 – Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=November 29, 2018|language=en-US}} The election marked the largest partisan vote share swing in the 2018 cycle, with a 33-percentage-point swing from a 19-point Republican margin in 2016 to a 15-point Democratic one in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Shkolnikova |first1=Svetlana |title=Can Mikie Sherrill keep a seat in Republican stronghold that Trump helped turn blue? |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/30/sherrill-becchi-clash-over-healthcare-covid-11-th-congressional-race/3758027001/ |website=NorthJersey.com |access-date=20 February 2024}}[https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/new-jersey/#NJ-11 "New Jersey Election Results 2018: U.S. House, New Jersey 11th congressional district"], Politico. Sherrill is the first Democrat to win this seat since 16-term incumbent Joseph Minish was defeated in 1984 after the district had been redrawn to be more Republican.{{cite news|last1=Narvaez|first1=Alfonso A.|date=November 11, 1984|title=Minish Considers Causes of His Loss|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/11/nyregion/minish-considers-causes-of-his-loss.html|access-date=March 6, 2016}} She was the first Democrat since Minish's defeat to win more than 40% of the district's vote.

{{See also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey#District 11}}

Sherrill had a closer contest for reelection in 2020, defeating Republican tax lawyer Rosemary Becchi with 53.3% of the vote to 46.7%. That year Joe Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the 11th district since it assumed its present configuration in 1984, carrying the district with 52.7% of the vote.{{cite news |title=New Jersey Election Results: 11th Congressional District |work=The New York Times |date=November 3, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-new-jersey-house-district-11.html |access-date=20 February 2024}}[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-2020-2016-and-2012 Presidential results by congressional district] from Daily Kos

{{See also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey#District 11}}

With redistricting following the 2020 census, the 11th District became somewhat friendlier for Sherrill. It was pushed further into Essex County while losing its share of heavily Republican Sussex County. Had the district existed in 2020, Biden would have carried it with 58 percent of the vote.{{Cite web |title=New Jersey Redistricting: Malinowski Draws the Short Straw |url=https://www.insideelections.com/news/article/new-jersey-redistricting-malinowski-kean-gottheimer-kim-sherrill |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Inside Elections |language=en}} Sherrill won by a much wider margin than 2020, defeating Republican Paul DeGroot with 59% of the vote to 40.2%.{{cite news |title=New Jersey Election Results: 11th Congressional District |work=The New York Times |date=November 8, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-new-jersey-us-house-district-11.html |access-date=20 February 2024}}

{{See also|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey#District 11}}

In 2024, Sherrill easily won the Democratic primary over real estate consultant Mark De Lotto with 93.6% of the vote.{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Joey |date=2024-06-05 |title=Sherrill beats first Dem primary challenger since taking office |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sherrill-beats-first-dem-primary-challenger-since-taking-office/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=New Jersey Globe |language=en-US}} In the November general election, Sherrill was re-elected with 56.5% of the vote over Belleville building inspector Joseph Belnome. Sherrill outperformed the Democratic Party's concurrent candidates for President and Senate, as Kamala Harris only won 53% of the district's vote, while Andy Kim won 54%.{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Joey |date=2024-12-23 |title=Maps of the 2024 presidential race in every congressional and legislative district |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/presidential-election/maps-of-the-2024-presidential-race-by-every-congressional-legislative-district/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=New Jersey Globe |language=en-US}} The New Jersey Globe partially attributed Belnome's political unpopularity to his attendance at the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

Following her election, Sherrill joined the moderate New Democrat Coalition, the second-largest Democratic caucus in the House, and was named its freshman whip.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/houlahan-sherrill-take-leadership-role-among-freshman-dem-moderates|title=Houlahan, Sherrill take leadership roles among freshman Dem moderates|last1=Connolly|first1=Griffin|date=January 10, 2019|work=Roll Call|access-date=January 17, 2019|last2=Connolly|first2=Griffin|language=en}} She also joined the Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus of moderate and conservative House Democrats, but later left the group in 2023.{{cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/blue-dog-coalition-elects-3-new-co-chairs-lead-next-congress|title=Blue Dog Coalition Elects 3 New Co-Chairs to Lead Them in Next Congress|author1=Lindsey McPherson|publisher=Roll Call|date=November 27, 2018|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=January 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118053643/https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/blue-dog-coalition-elects-3-new-co-chairs-lead-next-congress|url-status=dead}} She joined two other female veterans in the Democratic freshman class, fellow Naval Academy graduate Elaine Luria and former Air Force officer Chrissy Houlahan.

Per a promise to her constituents, Sherrill did not vote for Nancy Pelosi to retake the speakership, instead voting for Cheri Bustos of Illinois.{{cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/15-democrats-didnt-vote-pelosi-speaker|title=Here are the 15 Democrats who didn't vote for Pelosi as speaker|publisher=Roll Call|date=January 3, 2019}} She voted "present", essentially an abstention, in her second Speakership vote.{{cite news |url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2021/01/only-5-house-democrats-didnt-support-nancy-pelosi-for-speaker-njs-mikie-sherrill-was-one-of-them.html|title=Only 5 House Democrats didn't support Nancy Pelosi for speaker. N.J.'s Mikie Sherrill was one of them.|last1=Salant|first1=Jonathan D.|website=NJ.com|date=January 4, 2021}}

In 2019, Sherrill initially opposed exploring the first impeachment of President Donald Trump, but she changed her mind in September after a whistleblower alleged that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden.{{cite news

| author= Alia Slisco

| date= October 3, 2019

| publisher= Newsweek

|url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-going-against-constitution-dem-rep-mikie-sherrill-tells-chris-cuomo-simply-not-1463113

| title=Trump 'Going Against the Constitution,' Dem. Rep. Mikie Sherrill Tells Chris Cuomo: 'Simply Not Acceptable'

| access-date= October 4, 2018

| quote=...Sherrill ... had not been in favor of moving forward with the impeachment.... However, she stated that the recent allegation Trump asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden has provided an unambiguous case against the president.

}} According to one report, Sherrill was instrumental in motivating House speaker Nancy Pelosi to proceed with the impeachment inquiry and said her "grave concerns" about Trump's behavior were "rooted in self-sacrifice and principle".{{cite news

| author= Charles Stile

| date= September 24, 2019

| publisher= New Jersey Record

|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/columnists/charles-stile/2019/09/24/mikie-sherrill-says-trump-ukraine-call-pushed-her-close-to-impeachement/2428536001/

| title= How Mikie Sherrill's 'grave concerns' pushed Nancy Pelosi to impeachment

| access-date= October 4, 2018

| quote=...By citing their past careers 'in the defense of our country,' Sherrill and her colleagues framed their statement as rooted in self-sacrifice and principle, not partisanship....

}} An op-ed she co-wrote with six other freshman Democrats with national security backgrounds—Houlahan, Luria, Gil Cisneros, Jason Crow, Elissa Slotkin and Abigail Spanberger—said that "everything we do harks back to our oaths to defend the country" and described the claims against Trump as "a threat to all we have sworn to protect".{{cite news

| author= Michael Kruse

| date= September 27, 2019

| work= Politico Magazine

|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/27/trump-impeachment-national-security-house-democrats-moderate-mikie-sherrill-228430

| title= 'It Feels Like a 1776 Kind of Fight': A freshman congresswoman reckons with the historical weight of standing up to the president.

| access-date= October 4, 2018

}}

Sherrill indicated her support for a second impeachment of Trump after the 2021 United States Capitol attack.{{cite news|last=Salant|first=Jonathan D|date=January 9, 2021|title=Rep. Mikie Sherrill was reticent about impeaching Trump the first time, but this time she says she's sure|url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2021/01/rep-mikie-sherrill-was-reticent-about-impeaching-trump-the-first-time-but-this-time-she-says-shes-sure.html|access-date=January 12, 2021|website=nj|language=en}} She said she had seen some colleagues giving what she called "reconnaissance tours" of the building the day before the attack.{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=John |title=New Jersey Democrat says members of Congress led 'reconnaissance' tours ahead of riot |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533978-new-jersey-dem-says-members-of-congress-led-reconnaissance-tours-ahead-of |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=The Hill |date=January 13, 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Salcedo|first=Andrea|title=Lawmakers gave groups 'reconnaissance' tours of the Capitol one day before riots, Democratic congresswoman says|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/mikie-sherrill-reconnaissance-capitol-attack/|access-date=2021-01-13|issn=0190-8286}}{{cite news|date=2021-01-12|title=Lawmakers condemn 'QAnon Congresswoman' Lauren Boebert after she tweeted Pelosi's movements during Capitol riots|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/lauren-bobert-qanon-capitol-riots-pelosi-b1786237.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/lauren-bobert-qanon-capitol-riots-pelosi-b1786237.html |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-13|website=The Independent|language=en}}

Sherrill voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.{{Cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}

According to FiveThirtyEight, Sherrill has voted with Biden 92.6% of the time in the 118th Congress through 2023, while Democrats in Congress voted with Biden 93% of the time on average.{{Cite web |title=How often every member of Congress voted with Biden in 2023 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/538/member-congress-voted-biden-2023/story?id=106718543 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=ABC News |language=en | quote=The average Democratic representative sided with Biden on those votes 93 percent of the time, while the average Republican representative voted with the president 5 percent of the time.}}

On February 1, 2023, Sherrill was among twelve Democrats to vote for a resolution to end COVID-19 national emergency.{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3839808-house-gop-passes-bill-to-end-covid-19-national-emergency/ |title=House passes resolution to end COVID-19 national emergency |date=February 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/118/house/1/104 |title=On Passage - H.J.RES.7: Relating to a national emergency declared by |date=August 12, 2015 }}

In 2023, Sherrill criticized the implementation of congestion pricing in lower Manhattan, New York City. She described the congestion pricing plan as "New York's greedy cash grab from New Jersey commuters."{{Cite web |last=Fazelpoor |first=Matthew |date=2023-12-01 |title=NJ reacts to proposed $15 congestion pricing toll |url=https://njbiz.com/nj-reacts-to-proposed-15-congestion-pricing-toll/ |website=NJBIZ |language=en-US}}

On July 9, 2024, Sherrill became the seventh House member to publicly request President Biden step aside as the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2024 United States presidential election.{{cite news |last1=Nobles |first1=Ryan |title=Another House Democrat calls on Biden to step aside in 2024 race |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democratic-rep-mikie-sherrill-calls-biden-drop-race-rcna161018 |access-date=9 July 2024 |publisher=NBC |date=9 July 2024}}

• Committee on Armed Services{{Cite web |date=2021-01-03 |title=Committees and Caucuses {{!}} Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill |url=http://sherrill.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=sherrill.house.gov |language=en}}
• Subcommittee on Readiness
• Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
• Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party{{Cite web |date=2023-06-30 |title=Members {{!}} Select Committee on the CCP |url=http://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/members |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov |language=en}}

• Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
• New Democrat Coalition{{Cite web|url=https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/new-democrat-coalition-inducts-30-members-elect-and-elects-new|title=New Democrat Coalition Inducts 30 Members-Elect and Elects New Leadership|date=November 30, 2018|publisher=New Democrat Coalition|language=en|access-date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203181224/https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/new-democrat-coalition-inducts-30-members-elect-and-elects-new|archive-date=February 3, 2019|url-status=dead}}
• Global Positioning System Caucus{{cite news |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/sherrill-to-co-chair-house-gps-caucus/|title=Sherrill to co-chair House GPS Caucus|last=Biryukov|first=Nikita|date=February 3, 2021|work=New Jersey Globe|accessdate=February 10, 2021}}
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus{{Cite web|url=https://blumenauer.house.gov/congressional-animal-protection-caucus/congressional-animal-protection-caucus-members|title=Congressional Animal Protection Caucus - Members|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301031642/https://blumenauer.house.gov/congressional-animal-protection-caucus/congressional-animal-protection-caucus-members|url-status=dead}}
• For Country Caucus{{Cite web|url=https://golden.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses/for-country-caucus|title=For Country Caucus|date=March 28, 2022 }}
• Rare Disease Caucus{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=8 January 2025}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mikie Sherrill

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 35338

| percentage = 77.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tamara Harris

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 6615

| percentage = 14.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mark Washburne

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 1538

| percentage = 3.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Alison Heslin

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 1253

| percentage = 2.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mitchell H. Cobert

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 885

| percentage = 1.9

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 45629

| percentage = 100

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| title = New Jersey's 11th congressional district, 2018

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mikie Sherrill

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 183,684

| percentage = 56.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jay Webber

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 136,322

| percentage = 42.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Robert Crook

| party = Independent

| votes = 2,182

| percentage = 0.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Ryan Martinez

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 1,386

| percentage = 0.4

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 323,574

| percentage = 100.0

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

| loser = Republican Party (United States)

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| title = 2020 Democratic primary results

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mikie Sherrill (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 79,961

| percentage = 100.0

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| votes = 79,961

| percentage = 100.0

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| title = New Jersey's 11th congressional district, 2020

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mikie Sherrill (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 235,163

| percentage =53.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Rosemary Becchi

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 206,013

| percentage =46.7

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 441,176

| percentage = 100.0

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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| title = New Jersey's 11th congressional district, 2022

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mikie Sherrill (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 161,436

| percentage = 59.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Paul DeGroot

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 109,952

| percentage = 40.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Joseph Biasco

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 2,276

| percentage = 0.8

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 273,664

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Mikie Sherrill (incumbent)|votes=222,583|percentage=56.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Joseph Belnome|votes=164,556|percentage=41.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Lily Benavides|votes=4,780|percentage=1.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Joshua Lanzara|votes=1,832|percentage=0.5}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=393,751|percentage=100.0}}

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Sherrill is married to Jason Hedberg, a fellow classmate and graduate of the United States Naval Academy,{{cite journal|title=Nominations – Naval Academy Graduates: Jason J. Hedberg|journal=Congressional Record|date=May 5, 1994|volume=140|issue=53|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1994-05-05/html/CREC-1994-05-05-pt1-PgS79.htm}}{{cite web |title=USNA Men's Rugby Team: All Americans, Eight-Man. Jason Hedberg ('93, '94)|url=https://varsitycup.us/my-team/navy/|publisher=NBC Sports|date=1994}} who served as a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. The couple has lived in Montclair with their four children since 2010.

Sherrill is Roman Catholic.{{cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf|title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress|date=December 2022|publisher=PEW Research Center|access-date=March 10, 2023}}

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• [https://sherrill.house.gov/ Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill] official U.S. House website
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