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Attorney Chris Corsini will assume the Somerset GOP’s nomination for county surrogate after the death of nominee John Sweeney earlier this month, Corsini announced today.

Sweeney, Peapack-Gladstone’s council president, died at 63, and county Republicans had until Aug. 28 to fill his spot on the ballot. Corsini, who served as a Republican state committeeman for Somerset County from 2021 until this year, said Somerset GOP Chairwoman Tracy DiFrancesco asked him to run in Sweeney’s stead.

“John Sweeney’s tragic passing shocked and saddened all of us,” Corsini said. “John was a man deeply committed to his family, his community, and our shared profession. He would have made an outstanding Surrogate. As for me, I had no intention of running for any office before, or any time in the near future. But the circumstances of this vacancy are so unique and tragic that the only responsible decision was to answer Chairwoman DiFrancesco’s call to serve.”

Corsini will face Bernice “Tina” Jalloh, the Democratic incumbent. Jalloh unseated former Surrogate Frank Bruno, a Republican, in 2020.

Somerset Republicans have not won a countywide election since 2017.

Corsini is the municipal lawyer for Bridgewater, Middlesex, Flemington, and Readington, and a partner at the Savo Schalk firm.

In his statement, Corsini said he’s received support from gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, commissioner candidate Nick Cuozzo, and Mayor Matthew Moench of his hometown of Bridgewater.

“There’s a lot of work left to do in the last seventy days of this campaign, and I am happy to pitch in and help our team successfully cross the finish line on November 4th,” Corsini said.

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