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Singas beats Murray for DA Dem rides experience as prosecutor to 58%-42% landslide victory over GOP challenger “When you’re in a tight race, you see who your friends are, and Democratic Acting District At- my goodness, I never knew I had so torney Madeline Singas won a full many friends,” she said. Singas, a Manhasset resident, term in office Tuesday night, winning nearly 58 percent of the vote took the $174,000-a-year job at the (113,110 votes) to Republican Kate helm of the DA’s office in January, after her Democratic predecessor and Murray’s 42 percent (82,028 votes). “This victory transcends Repub- current U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (Dlican or Democrat,” Singas said at a Garden City) took office in Congress. A graduate of Fordham Unigathering of Democrats in Garden versity’s law school, City. “This victory she started her prosmeans the voters put See more ecutorial career at aside their partisan issues. The voters over- election coverage the Queens DA’s office in 1991 and eventuwhelmingly said we’re pAgES 24, 25 and 26 ally led its Domestic going to put our comViolence Bureau. In munity first.” Singas beat former Hempstead 2006, Rice tapped her to run NasTown Supervisor Murray by a 15-per- sau’s newly created Special Victims cent margin despite a Newsday/ Bureau. She was there until 2011, News 12/Siena College poll showing when Rice chose her as her chief asthe race nearly tied going into elec- sistant. Murray was elected Hempstead’s tion day. Speaking to fellow Republicans Town Supervisor in 2003, the first in Westbury, Murray said she had woman to ever hold the office, after “never been prouder” of any cam- serving two years as Town Clerk. Continued on Page 24 paign she had run.
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PHOTO BY JOE NIKIC
Democratic Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas gives her victory speech Tuesday night at a party gathering in Garden City. She defeated Republican Kate Murray in the district attorney race by a 15-point margin.
Incumbents win in town, county races By J O e n i k i c , n O a H en seats to avoid a Republican su- cumbent Republican town council- jamin and Green Party candidate supervisor against Republican permajority and all five incumbents man, escaped with a victory of 232 Cassandra Lems, receiving 5,300 of candidate Anthony Bulzomi, who Manskar, anD H a r r i s O n M a r D e r in the Town of North Hempstead votes, out of 6,525 cast, defeating the votes to Benjamin’s 3,014 and received 32 percent of the votes —
won re-election on Tuesday — in- Democratic political newcomer Emily Beys 3,378 to 3,146. Democrats in the Nassau Coun- cluding four Democrats. Nassau County Legislator ElDino DeGeorgio, the lone inty Legislature maintained their sevlen Birnbaum, who had been stripped of her position in the Democratic caucus for racially charged comments she made in 2014— easily bested Republican challenger Lisa Ben-
Lems’ 138.
Town of North Hempstead North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth led the town Democrats, receiving nearly 68 percent of votes to win re-election as the Town of North Hempstead’s
20,122 to 9,587. “I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve as supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead for another two years. Fiscal responsibility, open and transparent government, environmental protection, and responsiveness to our residents Continued on Page 26
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