Abrahams, 39, of Freeport, has been elected seven times to the County Legislature since 2002. His district now includes parts of Baldwin, East Meadow, Freeport, Hempstead, Roosevelt and Uniondale. With the support of his fellow Democrats, Abrahams has been the Legislature’s minority leader since 2012. He also works as a senior analyst for the North Shore-LIJ Health System. Formerly, Abrahams was budget director for the County Legislature’s Democratic caucus, a legislative aide to McCarthy and a legislative aide to Rep. Floyd Flake.

Blakeman, 58, of Long Beach, is an attorney and businessman who won election to the Town of Hempstead Council in 1993 and the County Legislature in 1995 and 1997. With the support of his fellow Republicans, Blakeman was the Legislature’s first presiding officer from 1996 to 1999. In 1998, he was the Republican candidate for state comptroller, but he lost the election. He then lost his 1999 bid for re-election to the County Legislature. From 2001 to 2009, Blakeman was a Port Authority commissioner. He finished third in the 2010 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat that Kirsten Gillibrand holds.

Scaturro, 41, of New Hyde Park, is a partner at the law firm FisherBroyles, LLP. He was formerly a visiting professor at Hofstra University’s law school and was counsel to Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He lost Republican primaries for this congressional seat twice before to County Legislator Francis Becker. He beat Becker in the 2012 Conservative Party primary via a write-in campaign.