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The incumbents won big on Suffolk County’s North Shore this Election Day, with only a couple real upsets at the county and town levels. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) handily won a second term at the helm against his Republican challenger, lawyer Jim O’Connor, with 57 percent of the vote. Bellone thanked many people for his victory and also thanked his opponent for a “good race.” “Tonight the people of Suffolk County delivered a mandate — to advance the issues we talked about in this campaign,” he said, at the Democratic Election Night headquarters in Hauppauge. “To continue the reform government so that we can protect taxpayers, make government more efficient and effective. To reverse the decades of decline that we have seen in water quality so that we can protect this precious natural resource for ourselves and future generations.”
He vowed that he would work hard for the voters. “To the people of Suffolk County: I want to thank you for the confidence you placed in me and this incredible team of legislators. I can guarantee you we will repay that confidence by working hard every single day to make progress on the issues that matter to you and to your families. We may celebrate a little bit tonight but that work begins tomorrow.” Though Bellone was the clear winner early on, O’Connor said he was proud of his campaign. “I think we talked about the issues that need to be talked about here on Long Island,” he said. Despite the results, the challenger enjoyed himself: “I love this. … In America we run for office, we put our ideas forward and we let the people decide.” In the Suffolk County Legislature, incumbents from Brookhaven, Smithtown and Huntington towns won reelection, one of them by a razorthin margin: Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), who
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Brookhaven supervisor ed romaine, top, and suffolk County executive steve Bellone, above, celebrate their re-elections tuesday night.
represents the 6th District, was leading her challenger by just one vote after the polls closed. It was not immediately clear if absentee ballots would tilt the scales in the favor of Republican candidate Steve Tricarico, a Brookhaven Town deputy highway superintendent. But Anker said Tuesday night that she felt
“cautiously optimistic.” Tricarico was more positive. “I’m feeling very confident,” he said before results were in. “This shows … that people are looking for a change. That’s what I’ve been offering.” According to Tricarico, Republican absentee ballots eLeCTION continued on page A15