Election 2024

In a good pot of gumbo, no one ingredient overtakes another, not one spice dominates another, but there's just enough of each individual offering so that we all may sup peacefully,  even though some of the ingredients are not what we brought to the table.

Three debates between candidates for the East End’s State Senate, Assembly and Congressional seats are scheduled over the next two weeks, hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons.

Former Riverhead Council Member Catherine Kent represented eastern Suffolk Democrats last week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, helping to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for president.

#NoFoWomen4Kamala will host a "Harris for President" fundraiser on Monday, Aug. 26 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Greenport Harbor Brewery in Peconic. All supporters are welcome.

It is up to us, each of us individually and collectively as the body politic, to examine our thoughts and think about the impact of our words before we speak or write them. RiverheadLOCAL editorial.

William Condon, a registered Conservative endorsed by the Riverhead Town Democratic Committee defeated incumbent Town Justice Sean Walter, a registered Conservative endorsed by the Riverhead Republican Committee in an unusual Democratic primary.

John Avlon trounced Nancy Goroff in the Democratic Party primary Tuesday in New York’s First Congressional District, winning 70% of the votes cast to Goroff's 30%, with 96% of the NY-01 election districts reporting.

First Congressional District candidates John Avlon and Nancy Goroff faced off Monday evening in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and North Fork. Watch the video and read a transcript of debate highlights here.

Democratic congressional candidates Nancy Goroff and John Avlon will debate on June 10 in advance of the primary election that will decide who will challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Nick LaLota in November.

Reaction to the first-ever criminal conviction of a former U.S. President Thursday underscores the growing chasm separating the two major political parties.