With four days until election day, voters will soon go to the polls to decide who Nassau County’s next District Attorney will be, whether the Republican Party will achieve a supermajority in the county Legislature, and who will serve on the North Hempstead and Hempstead Town Council.
Acting DA Madeline Singas, a Democrat, took office this January after former DA Kathleen Rice was elected to Congress.
She seeks to win her first full-term election in the DA race against Republican Kate Murray, who has served as Hempstead’s Town Supervisor since 2003.
Singas has been critical of Murray’s lack of experience as a prosecutor and said she is looking to continue her efforts fighting against political corruption, which includes investigating the county’s contracting system following allegations of corruption.
Murray, who has no prior experience as a prosecutor, said that Singas has been lax in her duties as DA, especially in the fight against the rising heroin epidemic in the county.
Coming into the election, Republicans in the county Legislature hold 12 of the 19 legislative seats.
Should they win one more seat, the party will achieve a supermajority, meaning they owned a two-thirds majority, enough to pass legislation without any Democratic votes.
In the race for legislative district 9, Republican incumbent Richard Nicolello takes on Democrat Mal Nathan.
Republican Lisa Benjamin and Green Party Candidate Cassandra Lems look to unseat Democrat Ellen Birnbaum in the race for the Legislature’s 10th district seat.
Democrat Delia DeRiggi-Whitton looks to keep her seat as legislator for the county’s 11th district against Republican Matthew Connolly.
Republican candidate Angel Cepeda opposes Democratic incumbent Judith Jacobs in the race for district 16’s legislative seat.
Democratic candidate Dean Hart challenges Republican Donald MacKenzie for his seat on the Legislature’s 18th district.
Both North Hempstead and Hempstead’s Town Supervisor, Receiver of Taxes, and council seats are also up for election on Nov. 3.
Democratic incumbent Judi Bosworth faces a challenge from Republican candidate Anthony Bulzomi for North Hempstead Town Supervisor.
Republican candidate Scott Diamond challenges Democratic incumbent Charles Berman to be the town’s Receiver of Taxes.
In the race for the town council’s 2nd district seat, Democratic incumbent Peter Zuckerman faces Republican Henry Golis.
In the race for the town council’s 4th district seat, Republican Mary Kay Barket challenges Democratic incumbent Anna Kaplan.
Democratic candidate Emily Beys challenges Republican incumbent Dina De Giorgio for the town council’s 6th district seat.
In the Hempstead Town Supervisor race, Democrat Rita Kestenbaum challenges Republican incumbent Anthony Santino.
The town of Hempstead has had a Republican Supervisor since 1905.
In the race for Hempstead town council’s 2nd district seat, Republican incumbent Ed Ambrosino faces a challenge from Democrat Tammie Williams.
Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m.
