NY suburbs’ last GOP strongholds flip as blue wave makes history on Long Island, Westchester
The tidal wave keeps rolling. Long Island’s Republican stronghold Hempstead shockingly flipped blue under the weight of the Democratic blue wave in Tuesday’s midterms — as the northern suburbs of Westchester and Rockland counties appeared to be headed the same way . Voters in the Nassau County county — the most populous in America — bucked Republican rising star John Ferretti from town supervisor, choosing Democrat Joe Scianablo in a stunning three-point victory. That ran against more than a century of Republican leadership — with Scianablo becoming only the second Democrat to run Hempstead in about 120 years. Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrates on stage after winning reelection during an election night party on Tuesday, Nov. 3,. John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock Democrats were also on track to take Hempstead’s town clerk job, with Joylette Williams leading incumbent Republican Kate Murray by a few hundred votes Wednesday about a day after polls closed. Those results mirrored the nationwide midterms, which left Republicans reeling after Democrats snatched majorities in both Congress and the Senate while flipping five governorships. Jon Stewart warns against ‘bulls–t system’ ruling Dem party, calls for Chuck Schumer to step down after midterm sweep And they weren’t just limited to Hempstead —
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