Republican candidate Kevin LaValle wins over Democratic candidate Lisa Di Santo at 6,396 votes to 4,940 votes, respectively, according to brookhavenrepublicans.com as of early Wednesday morning, in …
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Republican candidate Kevin LaValle wins over Democratic candidate Lisa Di Santo at 6,396 votes to 4,940 votes, respectively, according to brookhavenrepublicans.com as of early Wednesday morning, in the special election to replace Brookhaven town clerk Donna Lent.
LaValle and Di Santo both vied head-to-head in a special election on Tuesday, Jan. 17 to replace retired town clerk Donna Lent.
Both LaValle, 45, of Selden, and Di Santo, 58, of East Patchogue, were chosen by their respective parties to continue the last three years of Lent’s term. LaValle, who was endorsed by Brookhaven Conservatives, proved victorious in a contentious race.
A member of the Independence Party, Lent, 70, retired on Nov. 10, following a nine-year tenure in office, which coincided with her plans to relocate out of state.
Special election voting to replace Lent started with early voting from Jan. 7 to 15, with voting coming to its conclusion on Tuesday.
LaValle, a mortgage loan officer, the ostensible winner of the election, has one year remaining in his four-year council term. His stated objective was to abdicate his town board seat if he proved victorious over Di Santo.
William Ferraro, co-chair of the Central Brookhaven Democratic Club, and erstwhile candidate for Brookhaven supervisor, said, “Lisa, against all odds, just pulled off the best performance of any Brookhaven Democratic townwide candidate in the last decade, against the most powerful Republican political machine in New York State. That’s a testament to her hard work as a candidate, the relentlessness of our volunteers, and a superior organizing strategy executed by a Democratic Committee that will not give up the fight,” he said at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday night, when Di Santo was hovering around 48 percent in the polls, which closed at 9 p.m.
At approximately 10 p.m. on election night, Di Santo took the time to thank all those who supported her with about 2,500 doors knocked on, thousands of calls made, and more than 1,300 voters obtained, mostly through canvassing. In addition, volunteers robocalled about 10,000 voters, texted 6,000 voters, and put out hundreds of lawn signs declaring their support for the underdog candidate during the fired-up five-week campaign.
“I am grateful and humbled by the tremendous outpouring of support I have received from voters across Brookhaven Town,” she said of the hot-ticket race.
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