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Somerset Sheriff candidate withdraws

March 11, 2025 3:59 pm

Seven days after Somerset County Republicans endorsed him for sheriff, Bill Brown has dropped out of the race. His likely successor to take on two-term Democratic Sheriff Darren Russo is Mike Manochio, a retired Union County homicide detective who was...

Pino will be new Somerset undersheriff

January 1, 2020 2:11 pmJanuary 1, 2020 2:30 pm

The new Somerset County Sheriff, Democrat Darren Russo, has named Republican Tim Pino as the Undersheriff, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Pino came within 238 votes of winning the June 2019 GOP sheriff primary off the line against North...

Pino drops recount bid

June 21, 2019 12:35 pm

Tim Pino has dropped his bid for a recount in the race for the Republican nomination for Somerset County Sheriff, the County Clerk’s office told the New Jersey Globe. Pino filed for a recount earlier this week after losing the...

Bill Parenti endorsed by hometown PBA

March 1, 2019 10:01 amMarch 1, 2019 5:16 pm

The Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Local 85 in North Plainfield has endorsed their hometown police chief to be the next Somerset County sheriff. Bill Parenti is seeking the Republican nomination for sheriff to succeed Frank Provenzano, who is retiring after...