Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican New Jersey governor, said Wednesday that she is pulling for U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee in the race to succeed Gov. Phil Murphy. Whitman,

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill has won the Democratic primary in New Jersey’s race for governor. She emerged from a crowded field on the strength of her biography as a Navy pilot and former prosecutor.

Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli won their respective party’s primary on Tuesday, NBC News projected, and will face off in November’s general election for governor. New Jersey is just one of two states with a governor’s race this year,