Jonathan Sammons Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gloucester Democrats retain majority on Board of Commissioners

November 5, 2025 2:25 am

Democrats held their majority on the Gloucester County Board of Commissioners, beating Republicans in the race for two seats. Incumbent Frank DiMarco (66,154) and his running mate, Clayton Mayor Tom Bianco (64.319), lead their Republican opponents: former Sheriff Jonathan Sammons...

Gloucester County Commissioner unexpectedly resigns

July 3, 2025 10:44 pm

Gloucester County Commissioner Denice DiCarlo has resigned, effective today. Chad Brunner, the county administrator and the Democratic county chairman, said she resigned “due to professional obligations.” She is currently the vice president of finance and accounting at Comcast; in 2020,...

Gloucester picks Konawel, Moore, Esposito and — by one vote — McManus for Assembly

March 18, 2025 9:45 pmMarch 19, 2025 9:27 am

Chris Konawel and Lawrence Moore won the backing of Gloucester County Republicans for their bid for State Assembly in the 3rd district at the party’s convention tonight, which also unanimously endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for governor. Konawel, a two-term county commissioner,...

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...

Ex-Gloucester sheriff will run for county commissioner

January 9, 2025 5:08 pmJanuary 9, 2025 5:25 pm

Former Gloucester County Sheriff Jonathan Sammons, who lost re-election in 2024 by 569 votes, will seek the Republican nomination for Gloucester County Commissioner this year to help the GOP capture control of county government for the first time in decades....

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....

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...