Republicans made big gains across Long Island on Election Day, but the red wave was subdued on the East End, as the South Fork’s Democratic strongholds held and some North Fork voters appear to have turned back the rising GOP tide, but it did flip the Shelter Island Town Board.
Most stunning was the news that Republican Ray Tierney unseated first-term Democratic Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini and the GOP ousted enough Democratic incumbents in the Suffolk Legislature to seize the majority for the first time in 16 years, unofficial early returns tallied by the Suffolk Board of Elections show.
