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A Few Clouds Incumbents take town, county elections
Incumbent Republicans Vincent Muscarella and Ed Ambrosino won the 8th county Legislative District and 2nd Town of Hempstead Councilmatic District, respectively, on Nov. 8, in addition to several other local Republicans.
“I’m looking forward to serving the people again,” Ambrosino said last week.
Muscarella received 8,383 votes to Democractic challenger Scott Milano’s 2,064, and Ambrosino received 64 percent of the total vote against Democratic challenger Patricia Locurcio.
James Darcy of Valley Stream, who took 68 percent of the vote to defeat Owen Rumelt in the 3rd Council District, praised residents at the Nassau County Republican Committee’s gathering last week in Westbury. “This is not our victory, this is your victory. Thanks for all you did.”
Muscarella also expressed enthusiasm, following the election results. “I’ve had the privilege of serving the legislature since its inception,” he said. “I became an elected official because I wanted to give something back to the community and I’m grateful to know that the community thinks I’m doing a great job. Hopefully I can continue to serve the community as long as they want it.”
Three Republicans, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, Clerk Mark Bonilla and Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin all won re-election by wide margins. Murray garnered 67 percent of the vote against her challenger, Gary Port; Bonilla earned 64 percent against Steve Anchin; and Clavin took 67 percent over challenger Wilton Robinson.
“I think we at the town work very hard — you never take a break, and you hope that the residents see that,” Bonilla said. “We all work hard … we run as a team and how well we do really sends a message to the residents.”
Murray agreed, adding, “By retaining the towns and by retaining a Republican majority in the Nassau County legislature, the people have spoken. ...”
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