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(Updated) Liz Graner elected Somerset County Commissioner

June 23, 2025 3:25 pmJune 24, 2025 12:39 am

Update at 6:38 PM: Elizabeth Graner won by acclamation after Daryl Eisenberg Knegten dropped out of the race. She will serve as an interim Somerset County Commissioner and become the Democratic nominee for an unexpired term in November 2025. The...

Somerset Democrats keep two county commissioner seats

November 9, 2021 5:31 pmNovember 9, 2021 6:51 pm

Democrat Sara Sooy has now taken a 678-vote lead over Republican Michael Kirsh and appears to have won re-election to the Somerset County Board of Commissioners. Kirsh, a Bridgewater councilman who had been ahead of Sooy for the last week,...

Most Dems still trail in tight Passaic County races

November 4, 2021 5:27 pmNovember 5, 2021 12:24 am

Three of the four Democrats running for countywide office in Passaic County continue to trail their Republican opponents by tiny margins, while Commissioner Sandi Lazzara has eked into second place in her bid for re-election to the Passaic County Board...

Robinson now in second for Somerset County Commission

November 3, 2021 5:15 pmNovember 3, 2021 5:16 pm

Somerset County Commissioner Shanel Robinson has pulled into second place in her bid for re-election after trailing her Republican opponents on election night. The top two vote-getters will be elected. Robinson currently has 25.1% of the vote, behind Republican Michael...

Democratic commissioners trail Republican opponents in Somerset County

November 3, 2021 3:01 am

Somerset County Commissioners Shanel Robinson and Sara Sooy, both Democrats, currently trail their Republican opponents, Bridgewater Councilman Michael Kirsh and Watchung school board member Amber Murad. If Murad wins, she’ll become the first Republican Muslim to hold countywide office in...

Somerset GOP counting on Ciattarelli coattails

November 1, 2021 3:25 pmNovember 2, 2021 8:58 am

One of the places to watch on Tuesday is Somerset County, where favorite son Jack Ciattarelli is the Republican candidate for governor. There was a time when Somerset would have provided an automatic plurality for their native sons and daughters...

Somerset Education Association back Robinson, Sooy for re-election

July 21, 2021 7:42 pmJuly 22, 2021 1:27 pm

The Somerset County Education Association has endorsed County Commissioners Shanel Robinson and Sara Sooy for re-election to second terms. “Robinson and Sooy have shown that their passion, work ethic, and problem-solving skills are what will continue pushing Somerset County forward,”...