Carlow is a 55-year-old small business owner from Plainview who is playing up her status as a political newcomer in an election year where anti-incumbent fervor runs high. She was not her party’s first pick, but she won the Democratic nod after David Mejias dropped out of the race due to his stalking arrest.
Election Guide 2010: Long Island’s State Senate and Assembly Races
What’s at stake in next Tuesday’s election is huge for New York: a new governor, for sure, and possibly a radical shift in the balance of power in Albany. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, won’t lose his prestigious title but his [...]
Elections 2010: Dan Losquadro
Dan Losquadro (R, C, STR) Losquadro, 38, is serving his third term in the Suffolk legislature where he is the minority leader. He is also a Shoreham resident who wants to reform the state education funding formula and the public employee pension system. [...]
Elections 2010: Marc Alessi
Marc Alessi (D, I, WF-Shoreham) Alessi is running for his third full term after first being elected in a special election in 2005. He previously served as the Long Island director of the state comptroller’s office where he helped ferret out fraud. The [...]