Thomas Lynch Archives - New Jersey Globe

Middlesex GOP protests partisan imbalance of employees counting votes

July 21, 2020 1:20 pmJuly 21, 2020 1:38 pm

The Middlesex County Board of Elections has promised a better partisan balance during the counting of ballots in the general election after the county Republican leader lodged a complaint. Republican County Chair Lucille Panos said that the election board used...

Clem Sommers, former Monmouth freeholder, dies at 91

April 17, 2020 5:47 pm

Clement V. Sommers, a popular former Monmouth County freeholder and Oceanport mayor, died on April 15. He was 91. Sommers was elected to the freeholder board in 1980 when he and fellow Republican Frank A. Self narrowly unseated two-term Democratic...