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Gillen declares victory; GOP Students talk maintains control of other seats unity at annual By JORDAN VALLONE & JOSPEH D’ALESSANDRO
athletics summit
of the Bellmore Herald
Re p u bl i c a n i n c u m b e n t s appear to have retained most local seats in New York on Tuesday, but in Congressional District 4, Democratic challenger Laura Gillen declared victory over incumbent Congressm a n A n t h o ny D ’ E s p o s i t o, securing her first term in the U.S. House of Representatives. “We knocked on 300,000 doors, we made over 600,00 phone calls, and we put together a campaign that was a winning came that we will emulate in the years to come,” Gillen said. In the state le gislature, Republican State Senator Steve Rhoads was re-elected with over 102,000 votes, defeating Democrat Lisa Lin. Rhoads, a prominent advocate on public safety issues, celebrated his win by promising to continue his focus on supporting the values of district constituents. “I’m thrilled and honored that the constituents of the 5th (State) Senate District placed their trust in me,” Rhoads told Herald reporters on Tuesday night. “We’ve worked very hard to represent their values, to work for their safety, to work
with nine other athletic administrators from around the county. The goal of the USC Summit The second annual Unity, Sportsmanship and Civility is to focus on the three pillars Summit was held at the Bell- of education-based athletics: more-Merrick Central High Unity, sportsmanship, and civilS c h o o l D i s t r i c t ’s ity. Brookside Education “I think it’s really Center on Oct. 30, important we educating leading impress upon stufigures in high dent athletes and school sports on how coaches the importo keep their athletic tance of enjoying programs positive, the process, and that on and off the field. entails winning with “It’s a day where h u m i l i t y, t a k i n g you walk into each defeat with dignity, presentation room and being positive and you walk out role models, not only with extreme pride on the field, but in and g ratitude for their community,” what our coaches Caballero said. and athletes have MicHAEL WiLLEt The USC Summit, done to make the Founder of Walk originally held in community a better On Nation the spring this year, place,” Superintenwas met with overdent Michael Harwhelming positive rington said. “We look forward feedback, said Caballero. The to continuing it and enhancing annual tradition was reschedit.” uled to take place at the beginEric Caballero, director of ning of the school year, instead athletics for the Bellmore-Mer- of the end. rick Central High School Dis“They come here and they trict and president of the High leave with something that School Athletic Association makes them think about why Section 8, which oversees Nas- they’re participating in athletsau County high school sports, ics,” he said. “We felt that the spearheaded the USC Summit Continued on page 4
By JOSEPH D’ALESSANDRO
jdalessandro@liherald.com
Adrienne Daley/Herald
Laura gillen declared victory in the Congressional district 4 race on tuesday night. for their prosperity. I’m looking forward to continuing to get to do that work.” On the assembly side, State Assemblyman David McDonough, also a Republican, won re-election against challenger Ellen Lederer DeFrancesco, earning 58 percent of the votes. Republican Assemblyman John Mikulin celebrated re-election Tuesday night, earning over 16,000 votes, defeating Democratic challenger Harpreet Toor, who earned just over 11,000 votes. In the special election for the
Town of Hempstead, Councilman Chris Schneider won a full term in the seat to which he was initially appointed in August. “To my constituents, the trust that they’re placing in me means the world to me,” Schneider said. “This is the honor of my professional life and I’m so touched by it, I’m very humbled by it, and I’m excited by it.” Prop 1, an amendment that a i m e d t o a d d p ro t e c t i o n s against discrimination to the state constitution, was overwhelmingly approved by voters.
ElEction RESUltS Office
Leading
Opponent
4th congressional District
Laura gillen (d) ................... 51%
anthony d’esposito (R) .49%
State Senate District 5
Steve Rhoads (R) ...........60.42%
Lisa Lin (d)..............39.49%
Assembly District 14
david Mcdonough (R) ....63.31%
ellen Lederer deFrancesco (d)36.63%
Hempstead council Member District 5 Christopher Schneider (R)52.07% Kevan abrahams (d)42.87% unofficial results as of midnight tuesday
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