New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill is facing renewed attention after revelations that two of her children were accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy, days after her campaign was rattled by reports of her involvement in a 1994 cheating scandal as a midshipman.

On Tuesday, the gubernatorial campaign of Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) came under added pressure following news that two of her four children, Lincoln and Margaret Hedberg, had secured appointments to the U.S. Naval Academy. The announcement, first made in June, noted that the siblings were among just nine students from her congressional district to gain entry to the service academy, which admits fewer than one in ten applicants. According to the academy, each member of Congress may nominate up to 15

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