2026 Elections

Mattituck attorney Stephen Kiely, who is running on the Republican line to unseat sitting Democratic State Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni, is calling on the State Legislature to take a step back from Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). He made the announcement Wednesday across the street from a light industrial-zoned farm field on bucolic Oregon Road in Cutchogue where a BESS had been proposed before Southold Town instated a moratorium on

Christopher Gallant, a 36-year-old air traffic controller, Black Hawk helicopter pilot and volunteer firefighter with the Copaigue Fire Department, will be the Democratic Party's candidate to run against Congressman Nick LaLota in this November's election. According to unofficial tallies from the Suffolk County Board of Elections Tuesday evening, Mr. Gallant had won 62.89 percent of the vote against 25-year-old Lukas Ventouras of Northport, who put his law school education on

Both candidates in a June 23 Democratic primary to run this fall against incumbent Republican Congressman Nick LaLota say they will work to get the other candidate elected if they fail to win their bid to represent Eastern Suffolk County in Congress. Twenty-five-year-old Lukas Ventouras of Northport, who has put his law school education on pause to run on a message of affordability for Long Islanders, and Christopher Gallant, a

The first thing you'll likely hear about Democratic congressional candidate Lukas Ventouras is his youth. At 25 years old, he's just reached the age threshold to be allowed to serve in Congress, but he's hoping his message of standing up for working class people on Long Island will resonate with voters of all ages. Pictured Above: Lukas Ventouras at an April 23 Town Hall in Mattituck. Mr. Ventouras, who grew