A heated race for two Freeport school board seats ended with board President Maria Jordan-Awalom recapturing her seat, while the seat left vacant by departing board Vice President Gabriela Castillo went to 23-year-old Shuron Jackson. Meanwhile, the school budget passed handily, with 1,269 voting in favor and 542 opposed. more

Many voters may believe election season gets under way in early fall and ends on Election Day in November. That’s the way it might have been . . . more

Bruce Blakeman’s first public act as Nassau County executive-elect, in the second week of December, was one of rebellion. more

The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections. more

Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, retained his Election Night lead over Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran after all absentee ballots were counted on Nov. 15, finishing with a 2,150-vote lead. more

If Election Day 2021 proved anything, it’s that Long Island voters shouldn’t be taken for granted. more

As of Wednesday morning, Republicans in Nassau County-wide races were inching toward a GOP sweep. As the Herald went to press, Bruce Blakeman, the Republican Town of Hempstead councilman, had surged past incumbent Democrat Laura Curran in the race for county executive, with nearly all precincts reporting. At press time, an official winner had not been declared in the race, but Blakeman had 52 percent of the vote to Curran’s 47 percent. Close to 20,000 absentee ballots remained to be counted, however. On Wednesday morning, Curran had not conceded the race, saying, "This is not over, and we must trust the process." more

In the race for filling Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman’s seat between Democrat Ryan E. Cronin and Republican Elaine R. Phillips, the choice to support Cronin comes down to a wholistic plan of accountability across parties and systems modernization. more

In the race for Town of Hempstead Clerk, the Herald endorses incumbent Kate Murray. more

After slashing the Town of Hempstead supervisor’s budget in half, proposing tax freezes or tax cuts each year in office and spending tens of millions of dollars to repair town roads and parks, Don Clavin deserves to be re-elected to two more years as town supervisor. more