New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell resigns after harassment probe
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New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell resigned Friday, Sept. 25, after an independent investigation substantiated sexual harassment and repeated violations of state ethics rules. Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who had demanded his resignation a day earlier, announced she accepted it. “He submitted his resignation to me this afternoon, which I accepted,” Sherrill said at a Friday press conference. The investigation, conducted by lawyers hired by Sherrill’s office, found Caldwell twice attempted to get his girlfriend promoted to a state role and made a sexually charged comment to a staff member. Sherrill said his “ethical lapses persisted despite multiple warnings and trainings.” Caldwell, whom the governor had once praised as a “voice for the voiceless,” had been in office since 2026. His future plans were not disclosed.
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The New York Times (outlet profile)
Dale Caldwell, New Jersey’s Lt. Governor, Violated Workplace Policies, Report Finds. Lawyers hired by Gov. Mikie Sherrill found Dale Caldwell sought promotion for his girlfriend and made a sexually charged comment to a…
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Bloomberg (outlet profile)
New Jersey Governor Sherrill Calls for Her Lieutenant to Resign. Governor Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey called for the resignation of the state’s lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, after an independent investigation fou…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
New Jersey's governor asks lieutenant governor to resign over alleged ethics violations. New Jersey's governor has asked the state’s lieutenant governor to resign by Friday after an independent investigation found he vi…
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Fox News (outlet profile)
New Jersey Gov Mikie Sherrill calls on lieutenant governor to resign after sexual harassment investigation. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill gave Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell a Friday deadline to resign after investigators subs…
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Newsweek (outlet profile)
Who Is Dale Caldwell? New Jersey Governor Calls on Her Lieutenant to Resign. The investigation found that the lieutenant governor engaged in “serious, repeated violations of state policy,” Sherrill said.
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NBC News (outlet profile)
New Jersey’s governor calls on her lieutenant governor to resign over ethics report. Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell’s “ethical lapses persisted despite multiple warnings and trainings.”
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New York Post (outlet profile)
NJ Gov. Sherrill demands hand-picked Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell’s resignation after sex harassment probe. The bombshell sexual harassment investigation revealed Caldwell tried to get his girlfriend promoted, made a revoltin…
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The Hill (outlet profile)
New Jersey governor calls on lieutenant governor to resign over ethics report. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) gave Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell until Friday to resign over a new ethics report that he violated state policy…
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New York Post (outlet profile)
NJ Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell resigns amid bombshell sexual harassment inquiry. New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell -- Gov. Mikie Sherrill's handpicked number two she once lauded as a "voice for the voiceless" -- has resigned…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
New Jersey’s lieutenant governor resigns after sexual harassment and ethics complaints. New Jersey’s Democratic lieutenant governor has resigned after the governor demanded he step down over allegations of inappropriate…
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Bloomberg (outlet profile)
New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Resigns After Harassment Probe. New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell resigned his post, Governor Mikie Sherrill said on Friday, the day after she released a report on an investigat…
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La Nación (outlet profile)
Crisis en Nueva Jersey: renunció el vicegobernador de Mikie Sherrill. Conoce por qué Mikie Sherrill pidió la renuncia del vicegobernador de Nueva Jersey, Dale Caldwell, tras una investigación por acoso sexual y faltas é…
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Fox News (outlet profile)
New Jersey Lt Gov Dale Caldwell resigns after sexual harassment investigation. NJ Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell resigned after an investigation substantiated sexual harassment and ethics violations, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announc…
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La Nación (outlet profile)
Crisis en Nueva Jersey: renunció el vicegobernador y Mikie Sherrill ya nombró a su reemplazo. Conoce por qué Mikie Sherrill pidió la renuncia del vicegobernador de Nueva Jersey, Dale Caldwell, tras una investigación por…
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NBC News (outlet profile)
New Jersey lieutenant governor resigns after release of damaging ethics report. New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell has resigned from his position following an investigation that found he violated state ethics and harassm…
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ABC News (outlet profile)
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell resigns after ethics probe. Dale Caldwell resigned Friday as lieutenant governor of New Jersey after an investigation found numerous state ethics violations, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said.
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The Hill (outlet profile)
New Jersey lieutenant governor resigns after being called out by Sherrill over ethics report. New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell (D) resigned Friday following calls to step down from his position after an investigation f…
Factual core
- New Jersey Governor Sherrill called on Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell to resign.
- An investigation found that Dale Caldwell violated state ethics and harassment policy.
- Caldwell made a sexual comment to a staffer during the investigation.
- The sexual harassment investigation found Caldwell tried to get his girlfriend promoted.