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NOVEMBER 5 - 11, 2020
Dead heat in 21st District Absentee ballots may decide outcome of race By SCOtt BRiNtON sbrinton@liherald.com
Election Day 2020 turned out to be a wild one. As of midnight on Tuesday, tens of thousands of absentee ballots remained to be counted, making projecting winners in any number of races for Congress and the State Legislature tricky, if not impossible. In the 21st District, State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, a Democrat from Rockville Centre, was losing to Republican challenger Patricia CanzoneriFitzpatrick, who, at press time on Wednesday, had 50 percent of the vote to her opponent’s 49 percent, according to the Nassau County Board of Elections. But thousands of absentee ballots, which could tip the scale of the race, were still to be counted, and tallying them could take days. Meanwhile, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach representing the 9th District, was re-elected with 53 percent of the vote to 47 percent for his challenger, Victoria Johnson. Kaminsky said it was “really gratifying” to return to Albany, noting that a few years ago, none of Long Island’s senators were Democrats. U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat representing the 4th Congressional District, was
Covid-19 closes two Lynbrook school buildings “We all want what is best for our students,” Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak said in a stateAs Covid-19 cases recently ment. “However, the schools canbegan to rise across the Lyn- not do it alone. With positive brook School District, Lynbrook cases of Covid-19 increasing North Middle and West End Ele- throughout the state and nation, mentary schools switched to full it is important that guidance remote learning for two weeks, from health officials is also folstarting Monday. lowed when out in District officials the community. We were recently notimust all be mindful fied of cases in of our actions and both schools and the possible consethe high school, quences of not folwith a total of 14 lowing the recomcases confir med mended health since the school guidelines.” year began. Students in kinCovid-positive dergarten through students and those third grade will use wh o h ave b e e n the SeeSaw prowithin six feet of gram to locate livethem for more than JOSEpH RaiNiS streamed classes 10 minutes are Prinicipal, Lynbrook via WebEx and required to quaran- High School access their assigntine, in accordance m e n t s . S e e S aw with Nassau Counenables students ty Department of Health guide- and parents to communicate lines. The two schools will re- with teachers and provides orgamain closed until Nov. 16, and nization during remote learning. the high school switched to full Students in fourth through 12th remote learning on Monday to grade will use the Schoology conduct contact tracing. It was platform to create, manage and unclear how long it would stay share academic content. WebEx closed. At press time on Tuesday, meeting links will also be availit was scheduled to reopen on Wednesday. Continued on page 7
By Julia SwERdiN lyneditor@liherald.com
Courtesy Kathleen Rice
u.S. REp. KatHlEEN Rice, above voting early in Hempstead, won reelection with 52 percent of the vote. also re-elected. She grabbed 52 percent of the vote to 47 percent for Republican Douglas Tuman. “I believe we can move forward from this election stronger and more unified,” Rice said in a statement. “Long Islanders and Americans of all political backgrounds want an end to the dysfunction in Washington, and we can only achieve that if we work together.” Assemblywoman Melissa Miller, a Republican in the 20th District, also claimed victory, garnering more than 60 percent of the vote over her opponent,
Democrat Gregory Marks. “It is truly an honor,” Miller said in a statement, “and I will continue to make all voices heard.” As the Herald went to press Wednesday morning, the presidential race pitting Donald T r ump a g ainst Joe Biden remained undecided, with key battleground states — Pennsylavania, Michigan and Wisconsin, along with Arizona, Nevada and Georgia — still furiously counting votes. The presidency, according to the pundits, may not be decided until Friday.
ElEction RESUltS office
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Winner
opponent
4th c.d.
Kathleen Rice (d) — 52%
douglas tuman (R) — 47%
9th S.d.
todd Kaminsky (d) — 53%
Victoria Johnson (R) — 47%
20th A.d.
Melissa Miller (R) — 64%
gregory Marks (d) — 36%
21st A.d.
patricia C.-Fitzpatrick (R) - 50% Judy griffin (d) — 49%
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e want our schools to be the example of what can be done during a pandemic.