TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who’s at the moment serving as performing governor whereas Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is out of the state, has been taken to a hospital for an undisclosed medical challenge.
Oliver, 71, was taken to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Heart in Livingston and is unable to hold out the duties of performing governor, Murphy’s spokesperson Mahen Gunaratna mentioned in a press release Monday. Beneath the state structure, Democratic Senate President Nicholas Scutari will function performing governor.
Gunaratna mentioned Oliver was receiving “medical care” however declined to elaborate.
Murphy’s workplace has mentioned he’s in a foreign country on a household trip in Italy, the place he owns a house.
Oliver, a Democrat, has served because the state’s second lieutenant governor since 2018. She concurrently serves as the top of the Division of Group Affairs, which coordinates state support to cities and cities and oversees code enforcement.
In 2010, she turned the primary African-American lady to function speaker of the state Meeting within the state’s historical past.
