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November 2019

FA endorsements for 2019 elections

Cynthia Eaton

 

  legislative screenings, July 2019
 
The FA political action committee meets with (head of table, from left) Suffolk County Legislators Susan Berland, Dwayne Gregory, Rob Calarco and Sarah Anker. FA political action committee members shown from left include Bruce Seger, Kim Ng Southard and Dante Morelli. (photo by Cynthia Eaton)

November 5 is the day!

Next Tuesday is Election Day and we encourage all registered members, colleagues and students to get out there and vote.

You can look up your voter registration status and polling place by going to the NYS Voter Registration and Poll Site Search.

We also ask that you consider supporting the candidates for Suffolk County Legislature that our Executive Council voted to endorse at our August 29 meeting (see table below).

The FA's political action committee screened candidates on July 8-10. We invited all candidates to be screened, indicating that our rules probhit us from endorsing any candidate that we don't meet with for a screening.

legislative screening - Steve Bellone


legislative screening - John Kennedy

The photos above show the candidates for county executive: Democrat Steve Bellone, top, and Republican John Kennedy, bottom. (photos by Cynthia Eaton)

During the screenings we ask questions about issues relating to what our members need to most effectively provide for our students as well as other labor-related issues.

We establish the incumbent candidates' past support of the college, public education and other labor issues and, for the non-incumbents, we establish their beliefs about these issues and inquire about actions from any previous elected positions.

This is what FA endorsements are based on, not candidates' political parties or other factors.

The FA political action committee consists of the six officers—Dante Morelli, Courtney Brewer, Cynthia Eaton, Peter DiGregorio, Kevin McCoy, and Kim Ng Southard—as well as Nick Giordano (Political Science, Ammerman) and Bruce Seger (Library, Grant).

 
 
VP Courtney Brewer listens as Dr. William Spencer discusses his support for SCCC. (photo by Cynthia Eaton)

Below you will find a table showing the candidates endorsed by the FA political action committee and Executive Council for the 2019 elections for the positions of county executive as well as for the 18 county legislators. Please note that all endorsed candidates happen to be incumbents this year.

 





FA Endorsements in the 2019 Suffolk County Elections

District or Position
Republican
Democrat

County Executive

  Steve Bellone

LD 1

  Al Krupski

LD 2

  Bridget Fleming

LD 3

no endorsement  

LD 4

Tom Muratore  

LD 5

  Kara Hahn

LD 6

  Sarah Anker

LD 7

  Rob Calarco

LD 8

  Bill Lindsay III

LD 9

  Sam Gonzalez

LD 10

Tom Cilmi  

LD 11

Steve Flotteron  

LD 12

Leslie Kennedy  

LD 13

Robert Trotta  

LD 14

Kevin McCaffrey  

LD 15

  DuWayne Gregory

LD 16

  Susan Berland

LD 17

  Tom Donnelly

LD 18

  Dr. William Spencer