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Somerset Dems prepare to pick county commissioner replacement

June 19, 2025 11:47 amJune 19, 2025 3:20 pm

Somerset County Democrats will meet next week to select a new county commissioner to replace Douglas Singleterry, who resigned earlier this month after becoming a Superior Court Judge. The leading candidate appears to be Elizabeth Graner, the former Bernards Township...

N.J. Democratic National Committee members re-elected

December 9, 2024 9:49 pmJanuary 30, 2025 2:57 pm

Five Democratic National Committee members from New Jersey were re-elected tonight without opposition, giving Modia Butler, John Graham, Marcia Marley, Laura Matos, and Bernadette McPherson new four-year terms. Those five, along with Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr. and Vice...

George Norcross, others will keep Democratic National Committee posts for another four years

July 23, 2020 5:30 pmJuly 24, 2020 1:16 pm

Update (6:19 PM): The New Jersey Democratic State Committee re-elected George E. Norcross III, Marcia Marley, Tonio Burgos, John F.X. Graham and Bernadette McPherson to four-year terms on the Democratic National Committee. The five incumbent Democratic National Committee members from...

Apprentice star raising money for Weber

February 16, 2018 8:44 pm

Former Apprentice star Randal Pinkett, who was on the short list for Lt. Governor in 2009, will be part of a fundraiser next month for Linda Weber, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 7th district. Somerset...

Somerset is the new swing county

January 28, 2018 7:48 pmApril 24, 2018 11:59 am

The new battleground county in New Jersey may be Somerset, where Democrats are making extraordinary gains in a county that used to be among the most solid Republican areas of New Jersey. After unseating the Republican County Clerk last November...

Malinowski objects to Somerset vote

January 26, 2018 11:50 pm

Two of the congressional candidates on the losing side of the battle for the Democratic organization line in Somerset County had different takes on the decision to endorse Linda Weber in the race to unseat Rep. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton). Somerset...