07.21.2014 Government Cuomo supporters get signatures for ‘Women’s Equality’ line Days after lieutenant governor candidate Kathy Hochul announced she and Gov. Andrew Cuomo intend to run on a new Women’s Equality Party line, local Democrats were out collecting signatures to make...
07.12.2013 News Maertz won’t force Democratic primary There will be no Democratic primary in the fall to determine who will face Republican Tony Palumbo in the race to fill the North Fork’s vacant State Assembly seat....
06.07.2013 News Maertz vows to primary for Assembly nod Rocky Point attorney Jennifer Maertz will try to accomplish through a primary what she couldn’t do through political conventions, namely gain the Democratic Party’s nomination in this year’s special...
09.13.2012 News Results: Southampton councilwoman wins primary, will face LaValle Southamptown Town Councilwoman Bridget Fleming won in a landslide over Jennifer Maertz of Rocky Point in a Democratic primary to face Senator Ken LaValle in November, unofficial results from...
08.31.2012 News Maertz, Fleming debate before primary to challenge LaValle Over the years, the list of Democratic opponents against longtime incumbent state Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) reads like a “Who’s Who” of candidates nobody remembers. Some of them...