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GOP fends off Dems in Suffolk, mostly

The power of incumbency was alive and well in Suffolk County on Election Day — except in LD 1.

Democrat Gregory P. Doroski beat Republican incumbent Catherine L. Stark, and the GOP lost its 12-6 supermajority in the Suffolk Legislature by one seat. Unofficial results Wednesday had Doroski leading with 11,219 total votes compared with 10,311 for Stark.

Every Republican incumbent in the legislature saw their vote totals drop compared with 2023, and every Democratic incumbent got more votes than in 2023. Even three Democrats who didn’t campaign — Jawaan M. Sween, Kevin B. O'Shaughnessy and Nancy Silverio — pulled in percentages in the mid-40s.

Were voters upset about the federal shutdown? Inflation? Presidential policies? Longtime politic

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