Tag: elections

Republican candidates are poised to take the majority of the Suffolk County Legislature for the first time in 16 years after three Democratic legislators were unseated Tuesday.

Wallenstein: The argument is, as goes Virginia, so goes the rest of the country. But I would argue that Nassau County is even more predictive than Virginia. 

A dramatic four-way race ended in the Village of Hempstead's mayor being unseated after a series of corruption investigations rocked the locality halfway through the incumbent's first four-year term.

For ex-New York State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury), running for Nassau County executive may return him to where he started: Mineola, the county seat where he grew up and was first elected.

Primary primer: For signs of how the ongoing federal corruption dragnet has affected local politics, look no further than the four executive-level county positions with no incumbents running for re-election this fall.

Nassau County Legis. Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) made history this spring when she became the first woman ever to be named a major party nominee in the race for Nassau County executive.