Riverhead Town Democratic committee

Republican Town Board members seeking re-election decline to attend two of three civic group "meet the candidate" events, due to concerns over impartiality of civic group leadership.

After Democratic voters ousted the incumbent party chairperson and elected 10 new members to the Riverhead Town Democratic Committee in the June party primary, the newly reconstituted committee on Tuesday elected Laura Jens-Smith as its chairperson and replaced all of its other officers.

Councilwoman Catherine Kent is running for supervisor. The first-term council member was tapped by the Riverhead Town Democratic Committee Tuesday night, the committee announced in a press release.

For the first time in town history, a major party is fielding an all-women slate of candidates for town office.

Riverhead Town Democrats voice their objections to President Trump's executive order in a letter to their congressman.

Riverhead Town elections: 11-day pre-general campaign finance disclosure report from Riverhead Town Democratic Committee.