Nick Cuozzo Archives - New Jersey Globe

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Somerset County in 2026

July 8, 2026 4:23 pmJuly 9, 2026 3:57 pm

For more than a century, Somerset County stood among New Jersey’s premier Republican strongholds. It backed Herbert Hoover over Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression, remained reliably Republican through the New Deal and postwar eras, and...

(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...

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...

Somerset GOP comes closer than usual, but not close enough

November 6, 2024 2:16 pmNovember 8, 2024 9:26 am

Democrats are holding on to a narrow lead in races for two Somerset County Commissioner seats with nearly 16,000 ballots still left to count. Sara Sooy leads Nick Cuozzo by 2,355 votes, a margin that will likely grow – Franklin...