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Township Luminaries Named To African-American Political Power List

February 20, 2019 General News

Former Township Councilwoman and now Somerset County Freeholder Shanel Robinson was named to a state political publication’s “African-American political power list.”

Several township figures are considered among the state’s African-American power elite by a statewide political publication.

InsiderNJ.com‘s “2019 African American Political Power List” includes people as varied as state Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet, former Township Councilwoman and current Somerset County Freeholder Shanel Robinson, longtime Councilwoman Kimberly Francois, entrepreneur Randall Pinkett and the Rev. DeForest “Buster” Soaries of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens.

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