{"id":354,"date":"2023-09-18T19:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estaapplication.co.uk\/news\/?p=354"},"modified":"2023-09-18T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T01:40:55","slug":"new-jersey-lieutenant-governor-tahesha-wei-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaapplication.co.uk\/news\/new-jersey-lieutenant-governor-tahesha-wei-appointed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Wei Appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State Secretary Tahesha Way has been appointed as New Jersey&#8217;s new lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on the 8th that he would appoint Director of State Wei as the successor to Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, who passed away on the 1st of last month.<\/p>\n<p>New Vice Governor Wei took the oath of office today and began her duties as Deputy Governor.\u00a0Lieutenant Governor Way, 51 years old, became the second black woman to become New Jersey Lieutenant Governor, following former Lieutenant Governor Oliver.<\/p>\n<p>She graduated from Brown University and served as Lieutenant Governor Wei. She served as a Passaic County Freeholder and Administrative Court Judge until she was selected by Governor Murphy to serve as Director of State.<\/p>\n<p>As Secretary of State, she was praised for skilfully running the presidential primary and main elections even amid the COVID-19 crisis in 2020. She said, \u201cFormer Deputy Governor Oliver was more than a trusted colleague to me.\u00a0\u201cI am honoured to continue his legacy,\u201d she said of her inauguration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Secretary Tahesha Way has been appointed as New Jersey&#8217;s new lieutenant governor. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on the 8th that he would appoint Director of State Wei as the successor to Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, who passed away on the 1st of last month. 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