SOMERSET - A candidate in the CD-12 Democratic Primary, Somerset Commissioner Director Shanel Robinson easily won the Democratic Convention tonight in her home county.

A popular countywide official, Robinson dominated in Somerset, besting a big field (16) of contenders for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Commissioner Director Robinson was endorsed with 100 votes, 95% of those cast.

So far in the convention process, Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds Jackson won in her home county of Mercer, East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen won Middlesex, Union County Democrats went with Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp, and Robinson handily won Somerset.

"County conventions don't elect people," said Mapp, of tonight's Somerset convention. "We're going to win this in the communities across the 12th District."

But tonight in Somerset, Robinson showed her base strength.