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Your Election Day Predictions; Let’s Hear Them

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The Suffolk County Legislature posts some strong races, with Jay Schneiderman getting a strong challenge from Christopher Nuzzi in the 2nd District. William J. Lindsay battles to keep his father’s former seat against challenger Anthony Musumeci.

In East Hampton council races will come down to who gets the top two votes betweenΒ Kathee Burke Gonzalez, Frederick L. Overton Jr., Job Potter and Dominick J. Stanzione. There are two open seats in the race.Β 

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    Ed. Note: Yesterday we erroneously printed that East Hampton Town Council candidates were running head-to-head against incumbents. In fact, with two open seats, the top two vote-getters will win the open seats in the general election. We regret the error.Β 

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