Most Long Island Town Supervisors Re-elected

All but two of 10 town supervisors up for re-election on Long Island clearly won back their seats in the early results Tuesday night.

Democratic Islip Town Supervisor Phil Nolan has a 1,735 vote deficit against Republican challenger Tom Croci, a lawyer and aide to freshman New York State Sen. Lee Zelden (R-Shirley), according to the Associated Press.

And on the East End, Shelter Island Supervisor James Dougherty, a Democrat, is trailing challenger Glenn Waddington—a town councilman who is running on the Conservative and Island Unity Party line—by 61 votes. Republican Bob De Stefano came in third with 17 percent.

Two freshmen incumbents also fended off rematches from the predecessors they unseated two years prior.

Southampton Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, a registered Independence Party member who was running unopposed as a Democrat. She faced a write-in campaign from Republican Linda Kabot.

Republican Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walters also fended off Democrat Phil Cardinale with 62 to 35 percent of the vote. Gregory Fischer came in third with 3 percent while running on the Riverhead First line.

Republican East Hampton Supervisor William Wilkinson beat Democratic challenger Zachary Cohen by a margin of 51 to 48 percent and Republican Southold Supervisor trounced Democrat Robert Meguin with 76 to 23 percent of the vote.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Mark Lesko, a Democrat, beat Republican challenger Cecile Forte 58 to 41 percent.

In Nassau County, Democratic North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman beat Republican challenger Lee Tu by a margin of 53 to 46 percent. Republican Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray trounced Democratic challenger Gary Port 66 to 33 percent. And Republican Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto handily topped Democrat John Capobianco 72 to 27 percent.