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The two candidates vying to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for the 1st District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives this fall will meet in Amagansett on Wednesday, February 3, for the campaign season’s first debate.
Sponsored by the East Hampton Town Democratic Party, the debate will feature Anna Throne-Holst, the former Southampton Town supervisor from Noyac, and David Calone, a businessman and attorney from Brookhaven Town.
The forum will begin at 7 p.m. at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church on Montauk Highway—opposite the Amagansett Post Office at the far eastern end of the hamlet’s business district.
The pair are both seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin, a Republican from Brookhaven Town, in his first reelection bid since winning the 1st Congressional District seat in 2012. He defeated six-term Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop of Southampton in 2014.
Mr. Calone, the former chairman of the Suffolk County Planning Commission, recently announced his endorsement by most of the East End’s sitting elected Democrats, including East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell and Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming, who sat on the Southampton Town Board with Ms. Throne-Holst. Ms. Throne-Holst, who served as a councilwoman in Southampton for two years and as the town’s supervisor for six, has been championed by some in the state and national ranks of the Democratic Party, including Mr. Bishop. This week she announced that her campaign has raised more than $1 million since she announced her candidacy last spring.
Voting in the congressional primary elections will take place on June 28 throughout the state.
The debate will be moderated by Charles Hitchcock, a former dean of Southampton College, where Mr. Bishop was the longtime provost. Mr. Hitchcock is also a former chairman of the East Hampton Town Democratic Party.
on Feb 2, 2016