With the election of incumbents Shanel Robinson and Sara Sooy, Democrats held on to their 5-0 control of the County Commission. Robinson, with 74,435 votes, and Sooy, with 73,579 votes, outpolled Republicans Nick Cuozzo,

Elections officials and employees at the Somerset County Office building were evacuated due to a bomb threat Wednesday morning, but the scene has since been cleared..Somerset Borough police said a bomb threat was directed toward the county office building and Office of the Voter Registration and Elections at 300 N Center Ave.

The Somerset Borough Police Department announced that the County Office Building and Office of Voter Registration and Elections have been evacuated. 11/6/24