Carmel Morina Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sweeney talks tough on crime in first ad

February 12, 2025 7:00 amFebruary 11, 2025 6:45 pm

Former Senate President Steve Sweeney has launched a seven-figure digital and streaming ad buy touting his support of law enforcement and his commitment to be tough on crime as he mounts his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. In “Protect,”...

Former sheriff sues Gloucester County for alleged racial discrimination, retaliation

January 13, 2025 4:32 pmJanuary 15, 2025 4:32 pm

Updated Jan. 15 at 4:32 p.m. In 2021, Republican Jonathan Sammons beat a Democratic incumbent to become Gloucester County’s sheriff. Weeks later, the Democratic-controlled county government moved the sheriff’s office out of the county administrative office and into a decommissioned...

Democrats get Gloucester sheriff’s office back; GOP holds two county commissioner seats

November 12, 2024 1:24 pmNovember 13, 2024 11:01 am

Democrat Carmel Morina has reclaimed the Gloucester County Sheriff’s post he lost three years ago, defeating Republican incumbent Jonathan Sammons by 568 votes, but two GOP county commissioners have won re-election after vote-by-mail and provisional ballots were counted on Tuesday....

Republican re-elected Gloucester County Commissioner; two other races still close

November 7, 2024 11:48 amNovember 8, 2024 9:02 am

Republican Nicholas DeSilvio has won re-election to a second term as a Gloucester County Commissioner, but the second seat and the sheriff’s race are still too close to call. Democrat Carmel Morina has increased his lead to 441 votes over...

Gloucester race too close to call

November 5, 2024 11:15 pmNovember 6, 2024 1:25 am

Races for Gloucester sheriff and county commissioner are too close to call and likely won’t be decided for several days. Three Republican incumbents are in close races to hold on to seats they won in 2021 in one of New...

Gloucester County is a swing county, again

October 4, 2024 2:29 pm

The story of New Jersey politics is often best told through its counties. While electoral results of most counties are predictable from months out, a handful of the Garden State’s could flip one direction or the other. This analysis of...

Newly elected Republican sheriff removed from Gloucester County administrative office

December 10, 2021 2:36 pm

Following the election of Republican Jonathan Sammons as Gloucester County Sheriff last month, the Democratic-controlled county government is planning on moving the sheriff’s office out of the county administrative office, prompting outcry from Republicans. “Last month we were proud to...