Republican Michael Krish is set to join the Somerset County board of commissioners, Save Jerseyans, making the board 4-1 after Republicans were swept from power during the Trump years in the traditionally red county.
The county organization led by Chairman Tim Howes also helped generate a pick up of 10 local seats across the county including Hillsborough and, significantly Bound Brooke and Manville which were heavily impacted by Tropical Storm Ida.
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Watchung also flipped back to Republican control; it’s now 4-2 GOP.
Party gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli nevertheless came up a bit short in his home county, losing by a little more than 2,000 votes out of over 100,000 cast.
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