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Long Island Voters Guide for election on Nov. 3, 2026
The race for Governor may have top billing in this election, but over 100 other candidates want your vote, too. See who else is on your ballot, where they stand on the issues and see when and where to vote.
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A new reality facing LI House delegation after Democrats triumph
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Blakeman trails Hochul in Nassau, Suffolk
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Nassau's 9th legislative district race too close to call as absentee votes are counted
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Suffolk OKs $4.6B budget, signs off on union deal
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Appeals court rules Nassau ban on transgender athletes violates state law
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GOP incumbent trailing in town clerk race, with locked ballots set to be counted
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Democrats flip 5 Long Island state Senate, Assembly seats
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3 takeaways from a midterm election dominated by economic anxiety
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Scianablo stuns Ferretti in Hempstead supervisor race
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Photos: Election night on LI
Garbarino wins 4th term in House
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Incumbent Rep. Nick LaLota declares victory over Democratic challenger
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Tom Suozzi defeats Michael LiPetri to win reelection to 3rd Congressional District
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Incumbents prevail in all four LI House races
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Hochul defeats Blakeman
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Long Island races help Dems expand supermajorities in State Legislature
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Nassau GOP keeps legislative majority; Losquadro wins comptroller race
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Programming glitch disrupts voting at sites in Westchester County
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Election Day 2026: What's open, what's closed
Hochul rallies supporters in Suffolk, Blakeman in Queens as campaigns make final push
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Long Island's House races factor into national battle for control
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Campaigns battle over Assembly candidate's firing from state job
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Blakeman's $4.6B budget passes along party lines
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NY AG election: Letitia James and Saritha Komatireddy make case to voters
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Where Hochul, Blakeman stand on the issues
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Who's watching LI polls for fraud and intimidation
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Town supervisor candidate changed voting address from demolished home before Election Day
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'A kick in the teeth'
Democrat Joseph Scianablo won his race for Town of Hempstead supervisor, a surprising upset in one of Long Island's top Republican strongholds. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.
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'We just gotta get back to being America'
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National politics
After midterm loss, Trump is left to weigh his next move in Iran war that contributed to GOP debacle
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Alaskans wait for more votes in US Senate, governor's races. Both could go to ranked tabulations
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FACT FOCUS: False claims of rigged elections are limited as midterm vote heavily favors Democrats
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El-Sayed tells AP Michigan rejected 'hateful, spiteful campaign' after months of Republican attacks
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The 2028 election season begins as both parties navigate midterm fallout
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Vance tries to distance himself from Iran war after GOP's deep losses in midterm elections
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Trump brags about his White House ballroom and seeks to deflect blame for GOP midterm drubbing
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Democrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House
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Speaker Johnson won't seek reelection as House Republican leader after party's midterm losses
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Democratic sweep of Congress ushers in a new era as Trump acknowledges impact of the Iran war
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Midterm elections crack open political map, putting conservative states back in play
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How Trump and Republicans lost the 2026 midterm elections, according to The AP Voter Poll
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Analysis: Trump has defied political consequences for years. The midterms changed that
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Democrats deliver a stunning rout in Texas to retake power for the first time in decades
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Democrat Hakeem Jeffries poised to make history as the first Black speaker of the House
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Republican Mike Rounds wins reelection to U.S. Senate from South Dakota
Democrat Josh Turek wins election to U.S. Senate from Iowa
Democrat Gina Hinojosa elected Texas' first Latina governor, ousts Republican incumbent Greg Abbott
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Vote-scanning machine malfunction to delay counting in New York's Westchester County
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Republican James Uthmeier wins reelection for attorney general in Florida
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'We just gotta get back to being America'
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'I hope it's going to be much better'
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'Will I be the target because of my skin color?'
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'Disregard for care'
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'We have to return our streets back to normalcy'
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'My reaction to the report is outrage'
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'I would struggle'
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'Just foolishness'
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'We can expect negative repercussions'
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'It would be an uphill climb'
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