Republican Anthony Palumbo of New Suffolk defeated Democrat John McManmon of Aquebogue in the special election to fill the N.Y. State Assembly seat vacated by fellow Republican Dan Losquadro after Losquadro’s election in March to the post of Brookhaven Town highway superintendent.
Palumbo, a Republican running with Conservative party backing, won 14,621 votes, or 57.65 percent of the total, to McManmon’s 10,722 votes, or 42.28 percent, according to the Suffolk County board of elections unofficial tally.
The district, designated the First Assembly District until redistricting last year when it was reshaped and renamed the Second Assembly District, has long been a Republican stronghold. Losquadro’s predecessor, Marc Alessi, elected in a special election in 2005 was the first Democrat in history to represent the district in Albany.
Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski won a landslide victory over Republican Albie de Kerillis of East Marion, 72.65 to 27.29 percent.
Krupski, a Democrat, won a similarly lopsided victory over Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter in a January special election to fill the balance of former legislator Ed Romaine’s term. Romaine resigned the post after his election as Brookhaven Town supervisor last November.
Other county races
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco and Suffolk County Treasurer Angie Carpenter were all unopposed and cross-endorsed by both Republican and Democratic parties.
Democrats retained control of the Suffolk County Legislature, winning 10 out of 18 seats. South Fork Legislator Jay Schneiderman, an Independence party member, won re-election by a 60-40 margin. Schneiderman caucuses with the Democrats.
On the bench
Suffolk County District Court Judge Chris Ann Kelley, Democrat, a Riverhead native who is now a Port Jefferson resident, was narrowly defeated by Republican-Conservative challenger Barbara Lynaugh, 50.37 tp 49.59 percent. Lynaugh won 422 more votes than Kelley out of 54,112 ballots cast.
Republican Deborah Poulos was elected Suffolk County Family Court Judge, defeating John Kelly.
David Reilly, John Galasso and Arthur Pitts, all cross-endorsed by both the Republican and Democratic parties won election to the State Supreme Court. Democrat Hope Zimmerman, cross-endorsed by the Conservative party, polled ahead of retired county court judge Gary Weber for the fourth open spot on the state trial court.
Southampton Town results
Incumbent Democratic Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst handily defeated her Republican challenger, former supervisor Linda Kabot, 59 to 41 percent.
Stan Glinka, Republican and Democrat Bradley Bender were the two top vote-getters in the four-way town council race.
Southold Town results
Republicans James Dinizio and Bob Ghosio came out on top in a four-way race for town council. Republicans Bob Scott, Kevin Webster and Rich Caggiano won three open assessor seats. Republicans John Bredemeyer and Mike Domino were elected to the board of trustees. Vincent Orlando, Republican, was elected highway superintendent, succeeding longtime superintendent of highways Pete Harris, who decided against a re-election bid this year.
Judge William Price, the only Democrat to win in Southold yesterday, easily defeated Republican challenger Bill Goggins.
Betty Neville won re-election as town clerk, running unopposed.
Brookhaven Town results
Ed Romaine won a resounding victory over his former colleague on the County Legislature Vivian Viloria Fisher. Elected in a special election last November to fill the unexpired term of former supervisor Mark Lesco, who resigned in September 2012, Romaine earned 62 percent of the vote yesterday.
Two incumbent councilwomen running on the Democratic line were unseated in yesterday’s election, Connie Kepert and Kathleen Walsh.
Republican Kevin J. LaValle, brother of Suffolk County Republican Chairman John Jay LaValle, ousted Walsh, a four-term Republican councilwoman in the Third Council District who lost her party’s nomination to LaValle and ran for re-election as a Democrat. LaValle won 58 percent of the vote.
Democratic incumbent Connie Kepert lost her bid for a fifth two-year term to Republican challenger Michael Loguercio Jr., a 10-year member of the Longwood Board of Education, 51 to 49 percent.
As of Jan. 1, the Brookhaven Town Board will have a 6-1 Republican majority. The lone Democrat is Valerie Cartwright of Port Jefferson Station, elected yesterdat with 52 percent of the vote to represent Council District 1, the seat now held by longtime Councilman Steve Fiore-Rosenfeld, who decided not to seek re-election.
For more results, visit the Suffolk Board of Elections website
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