Tag: 2019elections

Democratic Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen refused to concede Tuesday's election after Republican challenger Don Clavin declared victory as Gillen wants to have more than 5,000 absentee ballots counted.

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas declared victory Tuesday in her race for re-election to a second four-year term.

Voters elected Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone to a third term Tuesday.

Suffolk County Legis. William Lindsay III (D-Bohemia) was trailing Republican challenger Anthony Piccirillo by 223 votes Tuesday night, making the race too close to call, according to unofficial returns.

Election Day may not be until Nov. 5, but voters can start casting their ballots Saturday at 25 different polling places on Long Island when New York State's new early voting law kicks in.

With national attention focused on the 2020 presidential race, local political candidates are campaigning hard in the final weeks before Election Day to counter the oft-lower voter turnout in such off-year elections.

More than 1,4000 people attended the Nassau County Democratic Committee Spring Dinner celebrating the party's recent wins and discussing plans for the upcoming election at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on Monday.

“We have to get started a little earlier than usual,” says Suffolk County Republican Committee Chairman John Jay LaValle.

The Nassau County Republican Committee released its slate of 2019 candidate endorsements during the Nassau GOP convention at Levittown Hall on Feb. 19

Nassau Democrats held their party convention Wednesday as they aim to increase their recent gains, most notably with one candidate switching from Republican to Democrat to challenge Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino.