New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver Has Died
Phil Murphy and Sheila Oliver.
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New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman to serve as the state’s Assembly speaker, has died, according to a statement from the governor’s office.
Oliver, 71, had been serving as acting governor while Governor Phil Murphy was in Italy on vacation with his family. She was hospitalized this week for an unspecified illness, leaving Senate President Nick Scutari to fill the role of acting governor.