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Thursday, November 6, 2025 ~ Volume 137 ~ Issue Number 51 ~ $1.00
Tierney, Toulon Re-Elected By Matt Meduri Four years ago, Ray Tierney (R) mounted a campaign then thought to be unwinnable, but ousted then-District Attorney Tim Sini (DMt. Sinai) by a whopping ten point margin. Unopposed for re-election this year, Tierney earned 144,417 votes to earn a second term. “Four years ago, I was told I wouldn’t win,” Tierney told supporters Tuesday night at the GOP watch party in Patchogue. “My opponent had more money, more institutional support, and the advantage of incumbency.”
Continued on page 4 (Left to right) Suffolk GOP Chair Garcia, Suffolk Conservative Chair Torres, D.A. Tierney (Credit - Matt Meduri)
Wehrheim Secures Third Term Formica
Wins Open Leg. Seat By Matt Meduri Smithtown remained reliably Republican on Tuesday night as Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R-Kings Park) easily secured a third term. Wehrheim was re-elected with 12,283 votes over Rosemary Griffin’s (D-Kings Park) 6,970 votes. Griffin had suspended her campaign for Supervisor in July, but remained on the ballot as the deadline to remove her name had passed. Smithtown Democrats then touted a write-in campaign for term-limited Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga). Trotta had previously told The Messenger he was not actively campaigning in that regard.
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Supervisor Wehrheim (R-Kings Park) (Credit - Wehrheim For Smithtown)
FULL STORIES ON:
Autopsy: Dems Surge in National Elections Page 5
USGS to Monitor Five Suffolk Rivers Page 11
Public Hearing on Town Budget Pages 12 & 13
Sal Formica (R-Commack) (Credit - Matt Meduri)