After a tense few days during which nearly 500 absentee ballots from the March 19 village election were counted and certified, incumbent Mayor Ed Fare and his United Community Party slate pulled far …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/27/19
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Election night 2018 yielded significant gains for state Democrats, with hotly contested races leading to the party’s first true Senate majority since 1965.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, of …
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By Peter Belfiore
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11/7/18
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The following provides a list of results in all major South Shore races covered in 2016 by Herald Community Newspapers. Results are organized by community. …
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11/9/16
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Long Beach City Councilman Anthony Eramo defeated former Nassau County Legislator Jeff Toback by a wide margin in Tuesday's Democratic primary for the vacant 20th Assembly District seat.
With all …
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By Jeff Bessen and Anthony Rifilato
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9/13/16
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Voters approved all four Valley Stream school district budgets on Tuesday, and one of the two incumbent school board trustees lost their seat to a challenger.
The Valley Stream Central High …
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By Micah Danney
mdanney@liherald.com
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5/20/15
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Mayor Ed Fare and Village Trustees Vincent Grasso and Dermond Thomas of the United Community Party won their bids for re-election handily on March 18, beating the challengers from the Neighborhood …
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By Micah Danney and Brendan Murray
mdanney@liherald.com, bmurray@liherald.com
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3/25/15
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Mayor Ed Fare and Trustees Vincent Grasso and Dermond Thomas of the United Community Party won their bids for re-election handily on Wednesday, beating the challenging Neighborhood Party ticket by a …
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By Brendan Murray and Micah Danney
bmurray@liherald.com, mdanney@liherald.com
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3/19/15
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Despite Democratic losses in Congress on Tuesday, local Dems fared well in the House of Representatives, retaining the 3rd, 4th and 5th Congressional seats. Incumbent Gregory Meeks handily won re-election in the 5th C.D., capturing 92 percent of the vote, while incumbent Steve Israel hung on with 54 percent. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice won election to the 4th Congressional District seat now held by Democrat Carolyn McCarthy, who is retiring. She defeated Republican Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature.
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By John O'Connell and Scott Brinton
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11/5/14
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In the race to fill the 4th Congressional District seat being vacated by Carolyn McCarthy, Democrat Kathleen Rice, Nassau County’s district attorney, beat Republican Bruce Blakeman.
The race …
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By Alex Costello
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11/5/14
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U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks won the Democratic nomination for the 5th Congressional District in Tuesday’s primary over challenger Joseph Marthone, according to unofficial results from the Nassau County and New York City Board of Elections.
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By T.J. Brennan
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6/25/14
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