Somerset County NJ

Jun 1

All quiet on rainy Westfield front as Christie attends GOP Assembly fundraiser

WESTFIELD - A bevy of Republican stalwarts, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, braved the rain and came out to state Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick's (R-21) Westfield home on Monday night to support the GOP campaign to take over the state Assembly in 2015.

By Mark Bonamo

Apr 2

Menendez indictment barely an afterthought at Somerset Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner

SOMERSET -- The Somerset Republican Organization's annual Lincoln Day Dinner on Wednesday night was mostly about paying tribute to the party's early conservative hero, but there was a moment amid the idol worship and wining and dining that showed there was something else --something more timely -- on the minds of guests in attendance.

By Chase Brush

Mar 4

Kennedy gets Union Dems line for LD 22 Assembly seat to replace Stender

PLAINFIELD - After a back room meeting on Wednesday night at Giovanna's restaurant in Plainfield, former Rahway Mayor Jim Kennedy got the majority of the votes of the seven Democratic municipal chairs who decided who would get the Union County Democratic line to replace state Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-22) in her soon-to-be-vacated seat in the Legislature.

By Mark Bonamo

Mar 4

LD 22 turmoil: On brink of Union Dems line decision, Somerset’s Schaffer watching closely

By Mark Bonamo

Feb 26

LD 22 turmoil: Does the question of Stender’s replacement lead Union County Dems into chaos?

By Mark Bonamo

Feb 6

PolitickerNJ’s Bonamo to appear on WBGO radio Friday night, weekend TV

By Politicker Staff

Jan 30

PolitickerNJ’s Bonamo on weekend TV

By Politicker Staff

Dec 8

N.J. bear hunt shotguns emotions into hunters, protesters alike

By Mark Bonamo

Nov 25

Death certificate: Joyce Sheridan’s death a homicide

By Chase Brush

Oct 13

In Newark, Baraka hosts fundraiser for Watson Coleman

By Mark Bonamo

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