Incumbents hold seats in local elections

Polls in New York State closed at 9 p.m, but it wasn't until just after 2 a.m. that the final results of ballots cast in voting machines in Nassau County were available.

Nassau incumbents held their seats against their challengers. Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy saw a decisive victory against her two challengers, Fran Becker and Frank Scaturro. State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos held his seat. And newcomer Michaelle Solages, a Democrat, won her race against Sean Wright for the newly formed 22nd Assembly District.

But with tens of thousands of paper ballots that still need to be counted by hand, some races could see changes in the days and weeks to come.

Congress — 4th 

Vote total

Percentage

Carolyn McCarthy (D)

138,561

61.72

Fran Becker (R)

72,673

32.37

Frank Scaturro (C)

13,243

5.90

Congress — 5th 

Gregory Meeks (D)

19,288

78.58

Allan Jennings (R)

5,109

20.81

Catherine Wark (L)

144

0.59

State Senate — 6th 

Kemp Hannon (R)

52,221

52.37

Ryan Cronin (D)

47,478

47.61

State Senate — 7th 

Jack Martins (R)

48,305

51.93

Daniel Ross (D)

44,707

48.06

State Senate — 8th 

Charles Fuschillo (R)

49,274

61.75

Carol Gordon (D)

30,514

38.24

State Senate — 9th 

Dean Skelos (R)

59,649

60.48

Thomas Feffer (D)

38,955

39.50

Assembly — 14th 

Dave McDonough (R)

27,693

62.92

John Brooks (D) 

16,309

37.05

Assembly — 15th 

Michael Montesano (R) 

23,749

59.74

Mario Ferrone (D) 

15,988

40.22

Assembly — 17th 

Thomas McKevitt (R) 

24,246

57.32

Kevin Brady (D) 

18,040

42.65

Assembly — 18th 

Earlene Hooper (D)

30,812

90.59

Elton McCabe (R)

3,191

9.38

Assembly — 19th 

Edward Ra (R)

24,759

62.08

Gary Port (D)           

15,114

37.90

Assembly — 20th 

Harvey Weisenberg (D)

18,100

55.16

David J. Sussman (R)

14,710

44.83

Assembly — 21st 

Brian F. Curran (R)

24,198

54.07

Jeffrey S. Friedman (D)

20,544

45.90

Assembly — 22nd 

Michaelle Solages (D)

27,536

65.74

Sean Wright (R)

14,337

34.23