The 76-year-old Brookhaven town supervisor won the Suffolk County executive seat with 56% of the roughly 26,000 votes.
HAUPPAGUE, N.Y. -- Long Island Republicans are celebrating a big Election Night victory. Ed Romaine was elected Suffolk County executive, defeating Democrat David Calone. With his win, Romaine flips the county's top elected office from blue to red.
Political analysts say Romaine's win could boost the freshman congressmen who swept last November and played a major role in helping Republicans take control of the House of Representatives.Analysts say there has only been a brief period in the last few decades that Republicans had this much control over Long Island.
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