So I don't actually live in Southampton town, but I do work there. It is one of the strangest places on earth currently they are going through quite possibly the strangest election I have ever seen.
There are 3 candidates with strong chances running neck and neck here's how, the incumbent Patrick "Skip" Heaney lost the Republican primary because he is such a piece of corrupt shit even fellow repugs can't stand him. (That's saying a lot) However, he managed to hold onto the conservative line and that means he gets to run as a regular candidate. Linda Kabot is just as bad as Heaney but not as public about it. Jim Henry is a brilliant author and I think his problem is that he's to smart for local politics, I worked for Jim throughout this campaign and probably on his recount tommorrow so I am a little prejudiced.
Follow me down for the current numbers. Its still anybodies race.
Supervisor, Town of Southampton (Elect 1)
As of 11/6/07 10:00 PM
24 Election Districts reported out of 42 57.14%
5,988 Votes cast out of 16,808 35.63%
Candidate Party Votes Share
KABOT, LINDA A Republican 1,930 32.23%
Integrity 73 1.22%
Total 2,003 33.45%
HENRY, JAMES S Democratic 1,721 28.74%
Working Families 119 1.99%
Total 1,840 30.73%
HEANEY, PATRICK SKIP Conservative 1,772 29.59%
GREGOR, ALEXANDER D Independence 373 6.23%
So thats the 10 o'clock numbers now this wouldn't be possible anywhere but one of the richest and oldest republican holdouts in NY which it would be especially fun to bring down. I listed the boe website below and I do realize there is an open thread for local elections but this is way to much data for open threading
15 minutes later Hurrah, Hurrah.
Supervisor, Town of Southampton (Elect 1)
As of 11/6/07 10:15 PM
39 Election Districts reported out of 42 92.86%
11,571 Votes cast out of 32,210 35.92%
Candidate Party Votes Share
HENRY, JAMES S Democratic 3,500 30.25%
Working Families 260 2.25%
Total 3,760 32.50%
KABOT, LINDA A Republican 3,597 31.09%
Integrity 147 1.27%
Total 3,744 32.36%
HEANEY, PATRICK SKIP Conservative 3,309 28.60%
GREGOR, ALEXANDER D Independence 758 6.55%
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