Republicans made massive good points throughout Lengthy Island on Election Day, however the crimson wave was subdued on the East Finish, because the South Fork’s Democratic strongholds held and a few North Fork voters seem to have turned again the rising GOP tide, nevertheless it did flip the Shelter Island City Board.
Most beautiful was the information that Republican Ray Tierney unseated first-term Democratic Suffolk County District Lawyer Tim Sini and the GOP ousted sufficient Democratic incumbents within the Suffolk Legislature to grab the bulk for the primary time in 16 years, unofficial early returns tallied by the Suffolk Board of Elections present.
However within the Twin Forks town-level races, outcomes had been extra of a combined bag, with Republicans selecting up some seats whereas Democrats made good points in others. Most notably, the GOP seems to have received nearly all of the Shelter Island City Board from Democrats, and Dems on the North Fork seem to have received two seats vacated by Republican Southold City councilmen, which means the six-member GOP-majority city board, which has one sitting Democrat, might now be tied 50/50, if the election evening outcomes maintain after absentee ballots are counted.
“I’m very assured that we’ve already secured one council seat, one trustee seat, and the freeway superintendent, nevertheless I’m optimistic that we’ll decide up one other council seat, and one, presumably two extra trustees,” says Southold City Councilwoman Sarah Nappa, presently the one Democrat on the board. “In 2019 I used to be down by 47 and ended up successful in absentee rely by 81, so I gained 128 votes. That might positively put each of our trustees over the end line.”
Up-island and past, it was a special story. First-term Democratic Nassau County Government Laura Curran is trailing Republican rival Bruce Blakeman, who declared victory whereas Curran awaits a tally of absentee ballots. The GOP additionally flipped open seats within the Nassau district legal professional and comptroller races, as Republican voters surged throughout New York State and the nation a 12 months after Democrats received the White Home and Congress.
Whereas it will likely be just a few weeks earlier than native races which are too near name are licensed by elections officers, it’s secure to say that the East Finish’s two county lawmakers, Suffolk Legislators Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue) and Bridget Fleming (D-Noyac), who had been each re-elected, seem to now be within the minority.
And though Tierney replaces Sini because the county’s new high prosecutor, within the different countywide regulation enforcement seat on ballots, voters re-elected Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, a first-term Democrat who’s the primary Black man to carry the put up, which is headquartered in Riverhead.
EAST HAMPTON TOWN
Democrats within the farthest reaches of the Hamptons had little hassle holding their jobs this Election Day. East Hampton City Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc fended off two challengers.
Democrat East Hampton City Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez received her third four-year time period and her operating mate, Cate Rogers, a longtime former Zoning Board of Appeals member, captured the seat vacated by outgoing Councilman Jeff Bragman, who ran on the Independence Get together line to problem Van Scoyoc as a substitute of searching for re-election to the city board.
All 9 Democratic East Hampton City Trustees candidates received, with newcomer David Cataletto changing Rick Drew, a Democratic incumbent who ran on the Independence Get together line after he was not nominated for re-election. The highest vote getter was James Grimes, who was cross endorsed by Republicans.
Successful re-election after operating unopposed had been East Hampton City Clerk Carole Brennan, East Hampton City Superintendent of Highways Stephen Lynch, East Hampton City Justice Steven Tekulsky and East Hampton City Assessor Eugene DePasquale — all Democrats.
RIVERHEAD TOWN
The GOP maintained its streak as voters re-elected Republican Riverhead City Supervisor Yvette Aguiar over Democratic Councilwoman Catherine Kent by a margin of 59% to 41%.
“The residents of Riverhead have spoken loud and clear,” Aguiar mentioned. “I’m profoundly honored to have obtained a lot help. After the absentee ballots are counted, there’s a chance, the ultimate outcomes might have damaged an all-time document for a Supervisor’s election bid.”
What’s extra, since Kent was the lone Democrat in town board and he or she sought increased workplace as a substitute of re-election, Republican Riverhead Chamber of Commerce President Robert Kern received the seat Kent left open and Republican Riverhead City Councilman Kenneth Rothwell was re-elected — which means all 5 members of the city board are within the GOP. Democrats trailed by greater than 1,500 votes within the council races.
Kent’s wasn’t the one seat Riverhead Republicans flipped. Republican Michael Zaleski beat Democrat William Renten Jr. within the race to switch retiring longtime Democratic Riverhead Superintendent of Highways George Woodson.
And keeping off Democratic challengers by wholesome margins had been two of the three members of the Riverhead Board of Evaluation Assessment (BAR), Chair Laverne Tennenberg and BAR member Dana Brown, each Republicans.
SOUTHAMPTON TOWN
Republicans additionally flipped just a few Democratic seats within the City of Southampton, however not sufficient to upset the steadiness of energy.
Democratic Southampton City Councilman Thomas Schiavoni was re-elected and Republican Cynthia McNamara, who chairs the East Quogue Residents Advisory Committee, received outgoing Democratic Councilwoman Julie Lofstad’s seat, early returns present. Within the four-way race for the 2 seats, McNamara’s GOP operating mate positioned third and Schiavoni’s operating mate positioned fourth. McNamara will be a part of Republican Southampton City Councilman Rick Lewis within the board’s GOP minority, as Democrats preserve a 3-2 edge.
“I’m trying ahead to serving the individuals of Southampton City for an additional two years,” says Democratic Southampton City Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, who ran unopposed, as did Southampton City Clerk Sundy Schermeyer, who was cross-endorsed.
Republican Charles McArdle, a former city police detective, is main Democrat Thomas Neely, the city’s director of Public Transportation & Visitors Security, by greater than 500 votes within the race to switch outgoing Southampton Superintendent of Highways Alex Gregor, an Independence Get together member.
The GOP additionally added a choose to the bench within the city. Republican Patrick Gunn, a former Suffolk prosecutor, beat Democrats Adam Grossman, a former Riverhead city prosecutor, and Shari Oster, a longtime legal professional, by about 1,000 votes to switch outgoing Democratic Southampton City Justice Deborah Kooperstein. Republican Southampton City Justice Barbara Wilson was re-elected.
Within the Southampton City Trustees race, three cross-endorsed incumbents had been re-elected, as was a Democratic trustee, and Republican William Parash received outgoing former Democratic Trustee President Eric Shultz’s seat.
“I believe it will likely be a productive board,” Schneiderman says.
SHELTER ISLAND TOWN
Within the East Finish’s least populous city, Shelter Island’s races produced just a few razor-thin margins of victory for some GOP candidates, who seem to have seized management of the city board from the Democratic majority.
Republican Marcus Kaasik, a city planning board member, is main Democrat Barbara Jean Ianfolla, who serves in town’s board of assessors, by seven votes within the early returns within the race for the 2 years left on the time period of former Democratic Shelter Island City Councilman Mike Bebon, who resigned in June. Republican City Councilwoman Amber Brach-Williams, the one incumbent on the poll, received re-election, and Republican Margaret Larsen, who’s vice chairman of Shelter Island Sand, Gravel, & Contracting, received the seat held by retiring Democratic Councilman Albert Dickson. If the victories survive the absentee poll rely, that may give the GOP a 3–2 majority on the board.
Republican Shelter Island City Clerk Dorothy Ogar, who has held the put up for greater than 40 years, is main Democratic challenger Kristina Martin-Majdisova, who works as a clerk for numerous city departments, by lower than 100 votes.
Simply crusing to re-election had been Democratic Shelter Island City Supervisor Gerard Siller, who was unopposed, and Assessor Patricia Castoldi and Superintendent of Highways Brian Sherman, each of whom had been cross-endorsed.
SOUTHOLD TOWN
The Southold City Board wasn’t the one contest during which Democrats had the lead on election evening.
Democrat Daniel Goodwin, who works for an environmental providers firm, has a greater than 300-vote lead over Republican Donald Grim, who owns a tow truck firm, within the race to switch the retiring Republican Southold Superintendent of Highways. Democrats are additionally main Republicans in two of three Southold City Trustee seats on ballots.
Within the city board race, Democrats Brian Mealy, a Mattituck-Cutchogue Faculty Board member, and Greg Doroski of Greenport Harbor Brewing Company, are main Republicans Anthony Sannino, who owns Sannino Vineyard, and Gregory Williams, who owns Nation Time Cycle, of their bid to fill seats being vacated by GOP Southold City Councilmen Jim Dinizio and Bob Ghosio.
“Southold has been changing into more and more Democratic previously few years, however we additionally engaged the voters,” says Kathryn Casey Quigley, who chairs the Southold City Democratic Committee — one of many few native Democratic celebration leaders on LI to flip Republican seats on election evening. “We have now a extremely organized Committee that has been laser targeted on registering and connecting with voters to flip city corridor. This allowed us to recruit robust, dynamic candidates who labored actually exhausting, and impressed and motivated voters. Additionally they coordinated extraordinarily effectively as a slate to run a disciplined, streamlined {and professional} marketing campaign.”
But it surely wasn’t a sweep for the North Fork Dems. Republican Denis Noncarrow, the federal government liaison officer for the city’s financial improvement committee, beat Democrat Candace Corridor, an insurance coverage dealer, within the race to switch retiring Republican Southold City Clerk Elizabeth Neville.
Republicans operating unopposed to re-election had been city Board of Assessors (BAR) Chair Kevin Webster, are BAR member Charles Sanders, Southold City Justice Eileen Powers and Louisa Evans, a member of the city board who additionally presides over circumstances on Fishers Island.
