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Long Island Voters Guide for election on Nov. 3, 2026
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Councilwoman urges LI town to remove Flock cameras
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LI voters reject party labels in record-high numbers, data shows
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Long Islanders cast 1,069,237 votes in gubernatorial election, a 50% turnout
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Undecided Nassau legislative race tightens even further
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LI GOP reckons with future. 'The day of Trump is over,' says one leader.
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Nassau's 9th legislative district race too close to call as absentee votes are counted
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Democrat who secured major upset victory in Hempstead lays out agenda
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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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Mamdani urges 'foot on the gas' approach after Democrats' success
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Hochul's reelection victory could lift her national stature, experts say
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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
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National politics
Democrats win the Arizona House, Senate and governor's office for the first time since 1966
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Republicans rammed through Supreme Court nominees. Now Democrats will have the votes to stop them
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Gina Hinojosa begins work to take office as Texas' first Democratic governor in decades
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Iowa Democrat wins state House race despite suspending campaign in September
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Hegseth is not under consideration as jockeying begins for Tennessee Senate seat, AP source says
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Democratic socialist Nithya Raman ousts embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
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Democrats' victory was clear. The party's future is not
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What races the AP has not yet called in contests for Senate and governor
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Elon Musk gambled $445 million to boost Republicans in the midterms and came up short
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After taking control of Congress, Democrats vow major probes into Trump's 'tentacles of corruption'
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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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'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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