Thursday, October 1, 2026
Voters turned out across Nassau County on Tuesday to decide critical races that will shape leadership and policy at every level — from county executive to local offices.
Republican incumbent Bruce Blakeman secured another term as county executive, defeating his Democratic challenger, Seth Koslow. Blakeman’s campaign focused on public safety, fiscal restraint and quality-of-life issues.
“I want to thank the men and women of Nassau County for giving us all your trust,” Blakeman said at the Republican election night gathering at the Coral House in Baldwin. “If not for the people of Nassau County coming out the way they did, we wouldn’t have had the tremendous result we had tonight.”
Blakeman, who told the crowd that President Trump has already called to congratulate him on his win, has enthusiastically supported Trump’s efforts to control immigration, cooperating with the ramped-up activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nassau County.
“Four years ago we made promises,” he said. “We said that we wouldn’t be a sanctuary county. We said we would take the masks off the kids and stop oppressing our children here in Nassau County. We said we wouldn’t raise taxes. We haven’t raised taxes one penny in four years.”
Republican county District Attorney Anne Donnelly was elected to another term, defeating Democratic challenger Nicole Aloise. Donnelly emphasized her record of prosecuting violent crime and protecting vulnerable residents.
County Comptroller Elaine Phillips, another Republican, also won re-election, besting Democrat Wayne Wink in a race that focused on fiscal oversight and government efficiency.
Republican County Clerk Maureen O’Connell held on to her seat, defeating Democrat Joylette Williams.
John Ferretti, a Republican who was appointed Town of Hempstead supervisor in August, when Don Clavin stepped down, was elected to a full term, defeating Democratic candidate Joe Scianablo.
“Our position on the issues that Hempstead residents, Nassau County residents — we’re on the right side of every one of them,” Ferretti told Herald reporters on Tuesday night.
Republican Town Clerk Kate Murray won re-election as well, over her Democratic challenger, Yveline Litha Dalmacy.
Democrats won local positions representing the communities of Freeport and Roosevelt. Debra Mulé, the County Legislature’s minority leader, collected 66 percent of the votes in the 6th District, easily defeating Republican Danielle Smikle. Mulé, now a five-term incumbent, focused on infrastructure and housing in her campaign.
“I would like to express a thank-you for the honor of once again representing Legislative District 6,” Mulé told the Herald Tuesday night. “And I promise to always provide the best services to my constituents.”
She has decried what she describes as a “political blockade” by the Blakeman administration to prevent Democratic legislators from following through on local capital projects.
Scott Davis, the Democratic incumbent in the 1st Legislative District, soundly defeated Charlene Jackson Thompson, with 9,367 votes to Thompson’s 4,684, with results still unofficial as of midnight Tuesday.
“I’m looking forward to, hopefully, a victory, and representing the new LD1,” Davis said shortly before the race was called. He has expressed plans to renovate Mirschel Park, in Hempstead; install exercise stations at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center; and to expand summer camps for underserved children.
Dorothy Goosby was re-elected to her seat in the Town of Hempstead’s District 1, having run a grassroots campaign, without backing from the Democratic Party, to defeat Republican Jean Baptiste-Carelus.
