Huntington Town Supervisor Ed Smyth, a Republican, was reelected to a second term while Democrat Jennifer Hebert won a seat on the all-GOP board, party officials said.
Hebert was elected to the town council alongside Republican incumbent Dave Bennardo. Hebert will succeed Sal Ferro, a Republican who declined to run for reelection .
Hebert said Wednesday she planned to advocate for constituents and work collaboratively with the board's Republicans.
“I think it’s really important that we work as a team,” she said in an interview. She noted that she was a Huntington school board trustee for 9 years.
Smyth was leading Democrat Cooper Macco by 602 votes as of Wednesday afternoon, according to unofficial returns from the Suffolk County Board of Elections. Thomas McNally, chair of the Hunti

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