Port Washington Water Pollution Control District Commissioner Brandon Kurz lost his reelection bid Tuesday to challenger Joseph D’Alonzo, the district confirmed.

D’Alonzo, president of Cow Bay Contracting, received 947 votes to Kurz’s 303.

"I think this election was about how we want our politics look like locally," D'Alonzo said in a statement over text. "Local politics should be about serving your community, not dividing it."

Kurz did not provide a statement through Todd Steckler, his Oceanside-based attorney.

Kurz's defeat caps what has been a contentious year for the district , centered around Kurz's dispute with the district's other two commissioners, Arduino Marinelli and Melanie Cassens.

Marinelli and Cassens have accused Kurz, the former executive director of the Port Washin

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