Politics & Government

Vecchio's Reign as Supervisor Continues in Smithtown

Republican Supervisor beats Creighton, Snair at the polls to lead Smithtown for another 4 years.

Vecchio has won enough votes to  further extend his reign as New York's longest-serving town supervisor. 

Republican incumbent Patrick Vecchio has won the 2014 election for Town of Smithtown supervisor with 8,805 votes, over his Conservative challenger, Councilman Robert Creighton with 5,930 votes, and Democratic candidate Steven Snair with 4,783 votes with 89 out of 93 districts reporting, according to Suffolk County Board of Elections at 10:27 p.m. 

Vecchio won Tuesday's election with 45 percent of the overall vote, less than the 60.35 percent he received against Patricia Biancaniello in the 2009 election. 

Vecchio will begin his next four-year term as supervisor on Jan. 1, 2014 and serve through 2018. 

The Smithtown supervisor first announced he would seek another term in February, much to the surprise and dismay of some of his other party members. Suffolk Legis. John Kennedy Jr., R-Nesconset, graciously yield to his request to seek re-elections while his fellow town board member Creighton met him head-on. 

Creighton announced on Feb. 25 before a gathering of Smithtown Republicans that he intended to seek the GOP's nomination to run for town supervisor. He did so with the s of Smithtown Republican Chairman Bill Ellis and John Jay LaValle, chairman of Suffolk Republicans. 

Both Creighton and Vecchio set up campaign headquarters to visibly split Smithtown Main Street. 

Yet, when it came time for primary vote, Vecchio seized the Republican party nomination over Creighton by 3,245 votes to 2,566 votes, according to Suffolk County Board of Elections. 

Creighton chose to continue his campaign for town supervisor running on the Conservative line. 

Democratic challenger Steven Snair, a political newcomer, stayed relatively quiet in the run-up to the primaries, choosing to focus on his campaign in September and October. 

Snair publicly released a comprehensive plan of his proposals for Smithtown, should he be elected, and pledged to slash the current salary of the town's supervisor by 10 percent. 

Other Smithtown Races 

Alongside Vecchio, Republican Glenn Jorgensen has been re-elected to Smithtown Superintendent of Highways over challenger Thomas D. McCarthy, with 12,427 votes over 6,835 votes, according to Suffolk County Board of Elections. 

Republican Town Clerk Victor Puleo has also been re-elected with 12,172 votes over Democratic challenger Edward Haeffer, who received 6,170 votes, according to Suffolk County Board of Elections. 


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