Mikie Sherrill can’t be a one-trick Trump basher. She can’t ignore him either. An impossible task?

Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor .

Mikie Sherrill stood in the courtyard at the Llewellyn Parq Bar and Grill in West Orange on a sweltering afternoon that matched the heat in New Jersey’s all-important governor’s race .