Suffolk County Election Results

Long Island Morning Edition

Election Results as posted on NEWSDAY.com:

For U.S. President Donald J. Trump won with over 51% of popular vote and 277 in the Electoral College. V.P. Kamala Harris did win the popular vote in New York State.

U.S. Senate

1 Seat Open

WINNER = Incumbent Kirsten E. Gillibrand

• DWF
• 58.07%
• 4,246,344 Votes

U.S. House - CD1

1 Seat Open

WINNER = Incumbent Nicholas J. LaLota

• RC
• 55.74%
• 217,461 Votes

U.S. House - CD2

1 Seat Open

WINNER = Incumbent Andrew R. Garbarino

• RC
• 60.19%
• 197,168 Votes

New York State Senator - 1st District

1 Seat Open

WINNER = Incumbent Anthony H. Palumbo

• RC
• 53.41%
• 84,776 Votes

New York State Assembly - 1st District

1 Seat Open

WINNER = Thomas Schiavoni

• DWF
• 56%
• 33,192 Votes

New York State Assembly - 2nd District

1 Seat Open

WINNER = Incumbent Jodi A. Giglio

• RC
• 65%
• 45,085 Votes

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Suffolk County voters have overwhelmingly approved a new water quality improvement program that will create a new one-eighth-percent sales tax to fund upgrades to municipal sewer systems and the replacement of hundreds of thousands of outdated septic systems.

Michael Wright reports on 27east.com that more than 71 percent of those who marked a vote for what was Proposition 2 on Suffolk County ballots supported the measure.

The new 0.125-percent tax will go into effect in 2025, with the funds becoming available for use in 2026. Sales tax in Suffolk will now be 8.75 percent.

The new tax is expected to generate some $47 million in its first year, and likely climb from there throughout its 50-year life.

In the one statewide proposal on the ballot, state residents approved the Equal Rights Amendment, which nominally guaranteed equal treatment under the law to all residents regardless of race, gender or nationality, but was specifically intended to protect the right to an abortion in the State of New York by making it harder for rights already guaranteed in the state constitution to be legislatively dismantled in the future.

The measure passed with more than 60 percent of the vote statewide, but only about 53 percent among Suffolk County voters who cast votes on the proposition.

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The Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events will host its annual Veterans Day ceremony next Monday, November 11, at 11 a.m. at Agawam Park in Southampton Village. Prior to the service, there will be a short parade from the First Presbyterian Church, down Jobs Lane, to the park. All veterans are invited to participate and are asked to be at the church parking lot by 10:30 a.m. next Monday. Cars will be available for those who cannot march. The guest speaker will be Tim Hendricks, an author and former U.S. Army tank platoon leader and military intelligence officer. So next Monday morning, the public is invited to Southampton’s Veterans Day ceremony. Then afterward all are welcome for refreshments at Veterans Memorial Hall, across the street from Agawam Park in Southampton, U.S.A.

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Incumbent Republican Nick LaLota defeated Democratic challenger John Avlon in the hotly contested First Congressional District race yesterday.

Denise Civiletti reports on Riverheadlocal.com that LaLota took the stage at Suffolk Republicans’ election night headquarters at the Stereo Garden in Patchogue shortly before 11 last night to declare victory.

“I’m so thankful for every one of you,” LaLota told a cheering crowd. “You trusted me, you placed your trust in me… I’m fired up to go back to Washington and take another oath to fight for you,” he said.

LaLota, 46, of Amityville, won election to his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives with nearly 56% of the votes cast in the eastern Suffolk congressional district, besting Avlon by 44,761 votes, according to unofficial returns reported by the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

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Believe the signs you’ve seen everywhere this fall saying “Suffolk is Trump Country.” Beth Young reports in EAST END BEACON that the former president, who officially became the president-elect this morning received 55.01 percent of the vote in Suffolk, while Kamala Harris received 44.16 percent. Ms. Harris took 55.4 percent of the vote statewide in New York. The Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act was the biggest local winner of Election Day 2024, passing with 71 percent of the vote, while Republican incumbents are projected to be victorious in most east end races. Unofficial tallies show Congressman Nick LaLota retained his seat, as did State Senator Anthony Palumbo and State Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio, while Democrat Tommy John Schiavoni has won the NYS Assembly seat held for the past three decades by Fred W. Thiele, Jr. Meanwhile, Christopher Walsh reports on 27east.com that East Hampton Town’s voters have apparently approved a ballot referendum authorizing the removal of the triangular patch of land between the southern terminus of Three Mile Harbor Road and Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton from the town’s nature preserve holdings and its conveyance to Suffolk County. Approval of the parkland alienation would clear the way for the county to potentially incorporate a roundabout at the awkward intersection, which also includes North Main Street and Indian Hill Road, into upgrades to County Road 40, as Three Mile Harbor Road and the portion of North Main Street north of Collins Avenue are officially known. That work is scheduled for the spring of 2027. Construction of a roundabout would require use of at least a portion of the parkland. As of 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the Suffolk County Board of Elections’ unofficial count was 7,375 votes in favor of parkland alienation and the land’s conveyance to the county against 5,600 against.

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