Lafazan, Youngest-Ever Nassau Legislator, Falls In Bid For 4th Term

SYOSSET, NY —All of the Nassau County Legislature seats were up for grabs Tuesday and only one incumbent lost.

Democrat Joshua Lafazan fell in his re-election bid for the 18th District. Samantha Goetz, 34, of Locust Valley, a former deputy attorney in Nassau County won with 58 percent of the vote, as all 100 precincts were in, according to unofficial results from the county Board of Elections.

Goetz, elected to public office for the first time, was an assistant town attorney in Oyster Bay.

As for Lafazan, 29, who was seeking his fourth term in the legislature, is the youngest-ever member of the body, when, at 23, he was elected in 2017. In 2012, when Lafazan was only 18, he became one of the youngest to win office in the state's history when he was elected to the Syosset School Board.

Lafazan lost in the Democratic primary for Congress last year which, ultimately, would be won by George Santos. Lafazan has since announced he's running again for 3rd Congressional District in 2024. It's not clear if Tuesday's result will impact that.