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GOP splurges to keep seats while Dems hope for upset

As Long Island campaigns make the final turn into the straightaway, candidates are spending lavishly to get their messages out — but it's hard to discern reliable trends in the early voting numbers.

Here's where the tallies stood on Tuesday, Day 4:

Nassau: A total of 33,563 early votes were cast in Nassau as of noon Tuesday. Registered Republicans were 46.1% of the turnout while enrolled Democrats were 36% of those who cast ballots, or 15,465 to 12,077. Those not registered to any party made up 14.5%, or 4,864 voters. No third-party registrations broke 2%.

Suffolk: There were 21,391 early votes cast in Suffolk from Saturday through 3 p.m. Tuesday, with 9,015 registered Democrats voting early compared with 7,594 Republ

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