Meet the Candidates
Town Supervisor
Anthony Coates – Democrat
Anthony Coates is a financial advisor, an insurance broker, a public affairs consultant and a former member of the Riverhead BID board.
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Jodi Giglio – Republican
Jodi Giglio has been a Riverhead Town Councilwoman since 2010. She is also the founder of Bennett Enterprises, a permit expediting company.
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Sean Walter – Conservative
Sean Walter has been Riverhead Town Supervisor since 2010. He is a lawyer who also served as the Deputy Town Attorney from 2000 to 2006.
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Town Board
Neil Krupnick
Democrat
Neil Krupnick is a small business owner and the president of the Northville Beach Civic Association. He is also a member of the North Fork Preserve County Park Advisory Committee.
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Laure Jens Smith
Democrat
Laura Jens Smith is a member of the Mattituck Board of Education and a project coordinator for the North Fork Alliance, a community coalition to reduce youth substance abuse. She is also a nurse.
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Tim Hubbard
Republican
Tim Hubbard is a retired Riverhead Police Detective. He has served on the Riverhead Board of Education and the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Advisory Board.
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James Wooten
Republican
James Wooten has been a Riverhead Town Councilman since 2008. A retired Riverhead police officer, he also served in the Riverhead Fire Department.
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Town Justice
Town Clerk
Receiver of Taxes
Lori Hulse
Republican
Lori Hulse has been Southold Town Assistant Town Attorney since 2003. She is also a member of the Riverhead Board of Education.
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Jeanmarie Costello
Democrat
JeanMarie Costello is an attorney in private practice in Riverhead. She is also a member of the Town of Riverhead Board of Ethics.
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Diane Wilhelm
Democrat
Diane Wihelm has been the Riverhead Town Clerk since 2009 and worked in the Town Clerk’s office for nine years prior to that. She is running unopposed.
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Laurie Zaneski
Republican
Laurie Zaneski has been the Riverhead Receiver of Taxes since 2012, and was a Riverhead tax receiver for eight years prior to that. She is running unopposed.
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Town Assessor
Mason Haas
Republican
Mason Haas has been a Riverhead Town Assessor since 2007. He is also the former chairman of the Riverhead Republican Committee.
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Paul Leszczynski
Republican
Paul Leszczynski has been a Riverhead Town Assessor since 1998. He is also a member of the American Legion and the Elks Lodge.
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Greg Fischer
Democrat
Greg Fischer is a consultant to businesses, governments and not-for-profits. He is also a governmental reform activist.
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Three minutes with each candidate
Sample Ballot
Riverhead Town 2015 Sample Ballot
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Campaign finance reports
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Anthony Coates, town supervisor candidate:
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Jodi Giglio, town supervisor candidate:
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Sean Walter, town supervisor candidate:
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Tim Hubbard, town council candidate
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Laura Jens-Smith, town council candidate:
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Neil Krupnick, town council candidate:
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James Wooten, town council candidate:
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Jeanmarie Costello, town justice candidate:
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Lori Hulse, town justice candidate:
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Greg Fischer, assessor candidate:
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Mason Haas, assessor candidate:
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Paul Leszczynski, assessor candidate:
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Riverhead Chamber, L.I. Farm Bureau team up on ‘meet the candidates’ night Oct. 27 at Martha Clara Vineyards
| Oct 19, 2015, 4:10 pmThe event will be a relaxed, non-debate, question and answer format with questions submitted by the attendees. It begins at …
Video: Riverhead Town Board candidates debate
| Oct 16, 2015, 9:30 amTown board candidates James Wooten, Tim Hubbard, Neil Krupnick and Laura Jens-Smith, faced off in a debate on local issues Wednesday …
