Incumbent Republican supervisor for the Town of Oyster Bay John Venditto was victorious in the Tuesday Nov. 6 election. Venditto, who garnered nearly 10,000 more votes than his Democratic opponent Joe Lorintz, received 41,254 votes while Lorintz received 31,434. Venditto celebrated with fellow Republicans Tuesday night, where he thanked his colleagues and said that the people made their choice clear.

"In the Town of Oyster Bay, the Democrats ran a negative, a nasty, an ugly campaign," Venditto said. "All of my teammates in the Town of Oyster Bay were positive, were upbeat and the residents of our town spoke and in a very loud and in a very clear voice, they made it clear that they want good, Republican leadership in the Town of Oyster Bay."

In the at-large election for three town board seats, Democrat Mary McCaffery of Bethpage and Republican Chris Coschignano of Syosset were elected as first time candidates for town council. Republican Angelo Delligatti of Massapequa was re-elected to the town board, but Republican incumbent Leonard Symons of Plainview was not. The election, returns the Republican Party's majority of the town board, from 5 to 1, to 4 to 2, which was skewed after Councilman Anthony Macagnone changed his party allegiance from Democrat to Republican.

Town Council candidates received the following number of votes, according to Nassau Board of Election Results released Wednesday morning: Angelo Delligatti (Republican): 37,131; Mary McCaffery (Democrat): 35,368; Leonard Symons (Republican): 33,207; David O'Brien (Democrat): 32,908; Chris Coschignano (Republican): 36,273; Josephine Reder (Democrat): 31,758; Joseph Langone (Green Party): 570; Dawn Murray (Green Party): 922.

Democratic incumbent Martha S. Offerman won the town clerk position with 35,704 votes while her opponent, Rose Marie Walker of Hicksville received 33,775.

"I'm happy to report that despite a lot of trouble in this county, all the fiscal problems that we've all heard about for the last few years, we've held all of our legislators," said Republican Party Chairman Joe Mondello. "We've kept our Town of Oyster Bay, we've kept our Town of Hempstead, and it's all due to the work that you have accomplished. These are not easy times. The Republican Party is alive and well, I salute everyone that has worked so hard. We want you all to know that despite a two to one victory that County Executive Tom Suozzi had over our candidate, there were no coattails and that's why our people [have] come back."

Republican Edward Mangano of Bethpage was re-elected as Nassau County legislator in the 17th Legislative District, which encompasses Hicksville, Bethpage, part of Jericho, part of Syosset, Brookville, East Norwich, Muttontown, and Old Westbury. He overwhelmingly defeated Democratic challenger Frank Goban, of Hicksville, by a tally of 9,933 to 5,911.

Legislator Mangano looks to bipartisan cooperation. Mangano, reacting to his re-election as legislator, said Wednesday, Nov. 7, "I want to thank all my friends and neighbors, who came out on Election Day, and exercised their constitutional right to vote. I'm honored and humbled by their confidence in me. He added, "Their overwhelming support re-energizes me to fight even harder for all the residents to make the 17th Legislative District an even better place to live, work and raise a family."

Mangano attributed his re-election, which came in the midst of the historic Democratic takeover of the county executive seat, and majority control of the Nassau Legislature also retained by the Democrats, to his commitment to his constituents. "I believe I've worked hard to advocate for all the citizens that I represent. I listen to them, and I fight for them, and we've accomplished great things within the 17th Legislative District, in the areas of job creation and the preservation of open space, and protection of our drinking water," he said.

Mangano has served in the legislature since its inception in 1996. His last term was the first one as a member of the minority party, as the Democrats took 10-9 majority control of the lawmaking body in the 1999 election, in the midst of the county's fiscal crisis. Previously, the Republican party had dominated the legislature during its first four years.

Mangano pledged to continue to work in a bipartisan manner to correct the county's fiscal problems. "I always have and will continue to work in a bipartisan manner to constructively solve Nassau County's problems, and I believe working together will expedite solutions rather than prolong problems," he said.