NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- Democrat Mikie Sherrill will win the New Jersey Governor over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, ABC News projects.

The four-term member of Congress centered her campaign on her biography as a Navy helicopter pilot and former prosecutor who would stand up to President Donald Trump.

"We here in New Jersey are bound to fight for a different future for our children," Sherrill told her supporters gathered to celebrate her victory. "We see how clearly important liberty is. We know that no one in our great state is safe when our neighbors are targeted, ignoring the law and the Constitution."

Sherrill's victory breaks a notable trend in the state, as no party has controlled the NJ governor's seat for three consecutive terms since the 1960s. Her Democratic governorship will imme

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