Election Coverage

The campaign season is now in full swing as both parties are door-knocking, fundraising, picture-posing, and policy pledging with just about two months to go until Election Day.  A brief recap for those acclimating back...

Candidate: Legislator Nick Caracappa  Residence: Selden  Office: Suffolk Legislature Fourth District  Committees: Veterans & Consumer Affairs (Chair); Public Works, Transportation &   Energy (Chair); Environment, Parks & Agriculture; Budget & Finance  First Elected: 2021  Party Endorsements: Conservative, Republican  Notable Endorsements: Police Conference,...

After Labor Day’s unofficial kickoff of the campaigns, September now sees the action fully commence as door-knockings, fundraisers, and campaign appearances will consume local and social media from now until Election Day.  The Messenger intends...

No doubt a massive issue regarding Suffolk politics is that of home-rule and local people. We’ve had no shortage of people from outside Suffolk who have tried to claim office here in recent cycles....

Candidate: Tom McCarthy  Residence: Smithtown Hamlet  Office Sought: Smithtown Clerk  First Elected:   Party Endorsements: Republican, Conservative  Notable Endorsements: The only endorsement sought is that of the people who vote on November 7  Vacant since Vinny Puleo (R-Nesconset) was elected County...

Candidate: Legislator Jim Mazzarella  Residence: Moriches  Office: Suffolk County Legislature District Three  Committees: Economic Development, Planning, and Housing (Chair); Education and Labor (Chair); Public Safety (Vice Chair); Government Operations,   Personnel, IT, and Diversity  First Elected: May 2021 Special Election,...

Perhaps one of the most competitive races in the Suffolk County Legislature this year has received a massive shakeup.  Democratic candidate Sidney Joyner is facing a lawsuit from Republicans that alleges that he does not...

As summer comes to a close, we enter two seasons: autumn and campaign, the latter of which is what we’ll be examining a bit closer than the other.  As prominent battlegrounds emerge, we think it’s...

American political debates are sort of like going to an amusement park. We’re always excited to get there and see all the unique assets and characters to which we’re not typically accustomed. And then...

As summer draws to a close, the campaign season is now accelerating into full motion. With just a little over two months to go until Election Day, candidates on both sides of the aisle...

The campaign for the open County Executive seat is underway as the Republican candidate stumped in the county’s most Republican township last Tuesday. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine received the Republican party’s nomination for County...

Hauppauge In Hauppauge, the races for two fire commissioner seats yielded a Munro sweep, with incumbent and current chairman of the board, Commissioner Scott Munro (photo left), re-elected and Scott E. Munro (photo right) winning...