Another election night! And, as always, News 12 Long Island will be there until the last votes are counted to bring you the most complete, comprehensive, up-to-the-minute coverage. I’ll be “in studio” with Lea Tyrell and political analysts Jerry Kremer and Bruce Blakeman to put the races into context. Once the polls close it is always exciting. Because no matter how much you think you have one contest or another figured out, you really DON’T know. Anything can happen. Hope you’ll be with us election night.
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The entire News 12 Long Island staff is gearing up for Island Vote 2007. Election Night is probably our busiest night of the year. I’ll be on the anchor desk with Scott Feldman covering every race that matters to Long Island with political analysis from Jerry Kremer and Bruce Blakeman.
This election is particularly important to Long Islanders because it involves almost all of our local representatives – county legislators, town supervisors, town council representatives and judges. These are the elections that will have the most direct impact on us. These are the elected officials who will decide a lot of Long Island’s quality of life issues – what open space is protected, what can and can’t be built and where, which community programs get funding, which roads get repaired, where cell phone towers go up – I can go on and on, but you get the idea. These are the stories we bring you everyday.
So make a difference on Nov. 6 and get out and vote, then tune in to News 12 Long Island on Election Night and watch the changes all your votes will bring about.
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I’ll be at Suffolk Democratic Party headquarters at the Islandia Marriott, right off the LIE between exits 57 and 58. Suffolk Democrats have had plenty to cheer about on recent Election Nights, and they hope to continue the celebrating Nov. 6th.
After capturing the Supervisor position in Islip last year, Phil Nolan looks to be re-elected and hopes his fellow Democrats can capture a majority on the town board for the first time in decades.
In Brookhaven, Democrat Brian Foley seeks a second term — and hopes to increase the Democrats’ majority on the board.
And on the county legislature, where Democrats hold a 10-8 lead over Republicans, Dems are looking to gain another seat or two.
As for the top of the ticket — Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy — he was cross-endorsed by the Republican Party, so without a major opponent, there’s not much suspense in his race! But, as always, there are local races that make for interesting story lines.
I hope you join us on Election night — and hope you get out and exercise your right to vote!
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I’ll be covering the Suffolk Republicans. It’s a weird year for them. They didn’t even try to unseat Steve Levy for the county’s top job. But they think they have a shot at grabbing a narrow majority … or at least a tie … in the county legislature if they pull off a couple of upsets. They’re also hoping to recapture Brookhaven Town Hall by knocking off Democratic Supervisor Brian Foley. Will the Suffolk GOP become the new comeback kids? What do you think?
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Once again I’ll be covering the Nassau County Republicans on Election night.
Remember when election night used to be a walk in the park for Republicans? When they dominated just about every race? When the Democrats used to have a hard time finding candidates to run against them?
That’s all changed – now the Republicans are fighting to win back power in the legislature. If they pick up one new seat and their 9 incumbents hold on to their seats – they will be back in the majority.
We’ll be keeping score for you. Between now and election day I’d love to hear from you. If you have any questions, concerns, comments about your legislator or town supervisor, please post them here. I may even be able to pass some of those along to the candidates or GOP Chairman Joe Mondello on election night.
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I will be covering the Southampton Town supervisor’s race, and it’s as crowded as the Sunrise Highway Trade Parade on a weekday morning!
Imagine going to the polls on Tuesday and seeing four, that’s right, four names on the ballot for town supervisor. They include incumbent Patrick “Skip” Heaney, running on the Conservative line, Republican primary winner Linda Kabot, Democrat Jim Henry and the Independence candidate Alex Gregor.
It was a wild debate at the News 12 Long Island studios trying to fit in four candidates with four podiums in a half-hour format. This battle was touched off after veteran incumbent Skip Heaney lost some popularity following a townwide property-tax reassessment. Thousands of senior citizens and middle-class families who found their tax bills had jumped blamed Heaney. Town councilwoman Linda Kabot would up winning the Republican nod with 53 percent of the vote.
I’ll be at the headquarters of Kabot, Heaney, Henry, and Gregor on election day bringing you interviews, a read-out on the polls and the very latest election night results.
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I will be covering the Nassau Democrats on election night. It’s a fight to maintain control of the county Legislature. Democrats have a slim one-vote majority — can they hold on to it? And if they do, will there be a push for a new presiding officer? Will the corruption scandals in North Hempstead have any effect on the Supervisor race? Let me know what you think!”
