Election Analysis

Election 2014 –– a day for South Shore incumbents

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Despite Democratic losses in Congress on Tuesday, local Dems fared well in the House of Representatives, retaining the 3rd, 4th and 5th Congressional seats. Incumbent Gregory Meeks handily won re-election in the 5th C.D., capturing 92 percent of the vote, while incumbent Steve Israel hung on with 54 percent. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice won election to the 4th Congressional District seat now held by Democrat Carolyn McCarthy, who is retiring. She defeated Republican Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature.

Republican Peter King, of Seaford, held his seat in the 2nd Congressional District.

In the New York State Senate, local Republicans swept the ballot, taking the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th district seats. The only newcomer was Nassau County Legislator Michael Venditto, a Republican from Massapequa, who ran unopposed in the 8th District. His opponent, Democrat David Denenberg, of Merrick, dropped out of the race in September after his former law firm accused him of defrauding a client of $2.3 million. Denenberg is currently seeking to settle with the firm.

In local State Assembly races, it was a day for incumbents from both sides of the political aisle. Nearly every local Assembly incumbent won election with more than 60 percent of the vote, with Democrat Earlene Hooper, the Assembly deputy speaker from Hempstead, garnering 84 percent of the vote. 

For a breakdown of the races, click on the above chart.

For results for all the races in Nassau. click here.