Bruce Blakeman defeats Seth Koslow to retain his Nassau County executive seat

Incumbent Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman declared victory over his Democratic challenger, Seth Koslow, on Tuesday.

Blakeman, who gained his second four-year term, had focused his campaign on what he considered his successes — boosting public safety, cutting taxes and protecting the county’s quality of life.

In speaking with the Herald previously, he expressed pride in the county’s partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — the first of its kind in the U.S. — which is using a portion of the Nassau County Correctional Center in East Meadow to hold detainees.

I want to thank the men and women of Nassau County for giving us all your trust,” Blakeman said. “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.” 

In another high-profile race, Republican John Ferretti, who was appointed Hempstead town supervisor in August, defeated Democrat Joe Scianablo to secure a full term.

“Our position on the issues that face Hempstead residents, Nassau County residents — we’re on the right side of every one of them,” Ferretti told Herald reporters Tuesday night.

Incumbent County District Attorney Anne Donnelly defeated Democrat Nicole Aloise, and Democratic Legislator Scott Davis was re-elected in the 1st District, over opponent Charlene Jackson Thompson.