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Long Island Democrats came out in force Monday night for a dinner fundraiser at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury that paid tribute to Carolyn McCarthy, of Mineola, for her 17 years representing Nassau County in Congress. The gala’s guest list included Democratic notables from the region and beyond, like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and it likely netted hundreds of thousands of dollars for the party.
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By Brian Racow
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4/3/14
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It is official: Kevan Abrahams, the Freeport Democrat who leads his party’s caucus in the Nassau County Legislature, is running for Congress.
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By Brian Racow
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3/12/14
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Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, on Thursday became the first prominent Long Island Republican to throw his hat into the ring in this year’s election contest to succeed Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) in Congress.
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By Brian Racow
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2/20/14
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Ending weeks of speculation, Kate Murray, the Town of Hempstead supervisor and a Levittown Republican, announced Friday that she will not run for Congress this year. Murray’s name had been discussed recently in local and national political circles about who will be the Republican Party’s candidate in New York’s 4th Congressional District.
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1/31/14
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The race for New York’s 4th Congressional District seat will be unlike races this year in most congressional districts around the country. That is, there is no surefire winner, and as things stand currently, the field is wide open to candidates from both major parities.
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By Brian Racow
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1/27/14
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Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy announced Wednesday that she will not seek re-election to a 10th term in 2014. McCarthy, a lifelong resident of Mineola, was first elected to represent the 4th Congressional …
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By Mary Malloy
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1/8/14
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When you decide what to write in a column, there are many subjects that you could cover. There’s only one problem.
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11/21/13
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They say that travel is a broadening experience, and that when we leave our home base, there’s always something we can learn.
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10/24/13
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Government shutdown. The term sounds so ominous. A temporary end to all government services. How long will it last?
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10/3/13
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You don’t have to be a Harvard Business School graduate to realize that the average voter has little or no respect for government, from the top down.
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9/26/13
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