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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 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...

Bill Brown, John Sweeney win Somerset GOP convention

March 4, 2025 8:43 pmMarch 4, 2025 9:27 pm

Somerset County Republicans endorsed Bill Brown for Sheriff and John Sweeney for Surrogate at their convention tonight while backing favorite son Jack Ciattarelli by acclamation. Brown, a former SWAT Team commander and Marine veteran, won 179-34 against Michael Manochio, a...

Former homicide detective joins Somerset sheriff race

February 21, 2025 5:33 pm

Michael Manochio, a Branchburg resident and former Union County homicide detective, will seek the Republican nomination for Somerset County Sheriff to take on two-term Democratic Sheriff Darrin Russo. Manochio worked for nearly three decades in the Union and Essex county...