If you’re talking about stage presence, former mayor Chris Christie was such a unique and dominant personality, most succeeding mayor would pale in comparison.
The same thing happened in San Francisco after Gavin Newsome
left the mayor’s office. Mike Lee took over, and was a very low key kind of politician. San Fran is used to overblown personas such as Willie Brown. Mike Lee was more dedicated to getting things done, vs setting the moral tone for his agenda.
Phil Murphy is dedicated to raising fees and taxes to the point where everyone will know and curse the SOBs name.
Mike Lee? You mean Ed Lee? The guy who died in office?