13 Photos
Some waterfront homeowners in East Quogue are raising their houses to comply with new elevation regulations. MICHELLE TRAURING
Cast-iron ironing stoves were typically found in Southampton estates, with different weighted irons, one held by Emma Ballou. MICHELLE TRAURING
Fashion of the early 1900s is on par with the costume design of "Downton Abbey." MICHELLE TRAURING
Anna Throne-Holst officially celebrated a victory on Friday afternoon as the counting of absentee ballots was winding down.
“I am deeply grateful to all who placed their trust and support in me, and I am truly humbled by the privilege it has been to get to know, share the concerns, and my message with so many,” she said in a statement. She congratulated her opponent, David Calone, for a “spirited race” and began turning her attention toward the incumbent: “Lee Zeldin has shown in every way how out of step and wrong he is not only for Long Island but for the country.”
Mr. Calone issued a concession statement a short time later, noting that he came within about 300 votes of victory despite being outspent in the primary campaign by nearly $1 million. “That’s a testament to the great Democratic volunteers supporting our campaign across the district,” he said.
He likewise took the opportunity to take aim at the incumbent and back his primary opponent: “We cannot continue being represented by Congressman Lee Zeldin, one of Donald Trump’s loudest advocates in Washington … so I urge people across eastern Long Island to join me in supporting our Democratic nominee, Anna Throne-Holst, to replace him this November.”
Mr. Zeldin’s campaign also offered a statement on Friday, calling him “an independent, strong and effective leader in Congress,” and saying that the district’s voters “are smart enough to sort fact from fiction and reject all of the false, negative and partisan attacks on our congressman being spun up by the Democrats.”
The statement added, “He looks forward to continuing his work for Long Island and our nation in his second term.”
Former Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst appeared poised to win the Democratic nomination for the 1st Congressional District race on Friday afternoon.
Counting of the 1,803 absentee and affidavit ballots was still underway at the Suffolk County Board of Elections headquarters in Yaphank, but with nearly 80 percent of the ballots counted as of noon on Friday, and just 400 remaining, Ms. Throne-Holst had widened her lead to 273 votes over Brookhaven businessman David Calone.
Just 29 votes separated the two after polling on Election Day.
The vote totals were expected to be finalized later Friday afternoon.
At the end of the day on Thursday, with 795 of 1,803 ballots counted, Ms. Thone-Holst had widened her lead to 188 votes.
Most of the ballots counted on Thursday came from towns that she had won, while the bulk of the ballots left to be counted on Friday came from East Hampton and Brookhaven, towns that Mr. Calone won handily.
Brookhaven, with some 950 absentee ballots, accounted for more than half the total, much as it had accounted for a little more than half of the votes cast at polls last Tuesday. Mr. Calone got better than 600 votes more than Ms. Throne-Holst did at the Brookhaven polls. But in the early counting of absentte ballots there, the former supervisor, who lives in Noyac, outperformed the election day results: garnering 141 votes to Mr. Calone’s 140.
As of noon on Friday, absentee ballot counting had been completed for election districts in Islip, Shelter Island, Smithtown, and East Hampton towns with the remaining 400 ballots coming from Brookhaven and Southhold districts. Ms. Throne-Holst was the top vote getter in Southold last Tuesday.
The winner of the race will face U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin, a Republican, in his first re-election campaign.
on Jul 8, 2016