The Democratic candidate for Nassau County Legislature who has been missing since April will remain on the November ballot, a judge ruled Monday, siding with Republicans against an effort to substitute in another candidate.

Petros Krommidas, 29, of Baldwin, was the Nassau County Democratic Committee's pick in March to unseat first-term Republican Legis. Patrick Mullaney of the 4th Legislative District. Earlier this month, the Democratic commissioner of the county Board of Elections filed a "Certificate of Substitution" to replace Krommidas on the ballot with Democrat James Hodge, a Long Beach community advocate.

Republicans brought a lawsuit on Sept. 11 and won with State Supreme Court Justice Gary Knobel ordering Krommidas’ name to remain on the ballot. Nassau County's 4th Legislative D

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