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Gallagher not expected to seek Bateman Senate seat

January 28, 2021 10:16 am

Former Somerset County Freeholder Brian Gallagher is highly unlikely to seek the State Senate seat in the 16th legislative district and is considering a return to municipal government in his hometown of Somerville, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Republican...

GOP not ready to pick Bateman successor

January 27, 2021 4:56 pmJanuary 27, 2021 5:33 pm

The retirement of veteran State Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman leaves Republicans searching for a Senate candidate in a district where Democrats are positioned to flip a seat if they can settle on a nominee without conflict. Joe Biden carried the...

Gallagher opts out of Assembly run in 16th district

January 14, 2021 6:06 pm

Former Somerset County Freeholder Brian Gallagher has decided not to seek a State Assembly seat in the 16th district. “No plans at this time to run for Assembly,” Gallagher told the New Jersey Globe. Republicans are still recruiting Assembly candidates...

Gallagher won’t rule out Assembly bid in 16th district

December 4, 2020 8:33 pm

Outgoing Somerset County Freeholder Brian Gallagher has not ruled out a bid for State Assembly in the 16th district next year, giving Republicans some hope of recruiting one of the strongest potential candidates. Gallagher lost his freeholder seat last month,...

Democrats projected to win full control in Somerset

November 4, 2020 1:14 amNovember 4, 2020 4:41 am

Somerset County Freeholders Brian Levine and Brian Gallagher are projected to lose their re-election bids against North Plainfield Councilman Doug Singleterry and former Hillsborough Councilman Paul Drake, bringing the county under complete Democratic control just two years after Democrats began...

Schaffer: ‘Unfathomably selfish’ for Trump to hold fundraiser after virus exposure

October 2, 2020 10:19 am

Somerset County Democratic Chairwoman Peg Schaffer slammed President Donald Trump over the laxness of his virus precautions, charging he endangered the county’s residents when he showed up for a fundraiser at his golf club in Bedminster. “This morning, we wake...

Colleen Mahr to be Somerset County administrator

September 7, 2020 2:05 pmSeptember 8, 2020 11:01 am

Somerset County, where Democrats won a majority on the Board of Freeholders in the 2019 election, is expected to name Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr as the new county administrator, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Mahr would replace Michael Amorosa,...