NJ-11: Cammie Croft (D), Obama White House alum and nonprofit leader, will run to succeed Sherrill

Cammie Croft, who spent several years working in President Barack Obama’s administration before entering the nonprofit world, officially launched her campaign this morning to succeed Sherrill in the 11th congressional district, home to blue-leaning North Jersey suburbs and some of the most engaged voters in the state.

“Running for Congress was never part of my plan,” Croft says in her launch video. “But I realized that one day, my kids will ask me what I did. And when they ask, ‘What did you do?’, I need to be able to tell them that I did everything I possibly could.”

Croft is among the first candidates on either side of the aisle to enter the race for Sherrill’s seat; most other would-be contenders, including plenty of local politicians and one former member of Congress, are holding off until Sherrill is elected governor to kick off their campaigns. But while she may be getting into the race early, Croft said she firmly supports Sherrill and has no intention of running against the congresswoman if she loses the governorship and seeks re-election to the House.

Born into poverty in small-town Pennsylvania and raised by a mom who had four kids by the age of 20, Croft said her family relied on government assistance to make ends meet – the type of assistance that President Donald Trump’s administration, through the Big Beautiful Bill and other funding cuts, is directly targeting.



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