Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill has filling out the top levels of her incoming administration, announcing Monday that Lt. Gov.-elect Dale Caldwell will also serve as New Jersey’s secretary of state.

It’s Sherrill’s first pick for her Cabinet as she prepares to become the Garden State’s 57th governor next month.

The move comes nearly a month after Sherrill, a Democrat and former congresswoman, defeated Republican Jack Ciatarelli by about 14 percentage points to become the successor to term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy .

Caldwell, the president of Centenary College, was Sherrill’s running mate .

In his new post, Caldwell, 65, will run the state’s Department of State, which oversees elections, art, history, and tourism in New Jersey.

“Dale has spent his entire career bringing peopl

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