Blue Tide: Dems Flip Seats in Hamptons, North Fork, with Razor-Thin Riverhead Supervisor Race Lead

Democratic challengers ousted six Republican incumbents on Election Day in the Hamptons and on the North Fork, where the Riverhead Town supervisor’s race is so close it appears to be heading for a recount.

The upsets included elections for town government seats as well as one of two East End seats on the Suffolk County Legislature — a result that strips local Republicans of their current 12-6 supermajority, which means the GOP will need Democratic support to get some bills passed.

“I am proud of our victory,” said Southold Town Council member Greg Doroski, who declared victory over first-term Suffolk County Legislator Catherine Stark (R-Riverhead) in the first district representing the towns of Southold and Riverhead. “It not only affirms the hard work we put into this campaign and my record on the Southold Town Board; it rejects the cliched attacks the Suffolk GOP ran against me that disrespected the intelligence of our community.

Stark has not conceded and Suffolk County Republican Committee Chair Michael Torres called the race “too close to call” on election night, but Doroski had a nearly 1,000-vote lead with 52% of the vote over Stark’s 47%, according to unofficial early vote tallies that the Suffolk County Board of Elections released.





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