Politics & Government
Conservative Primary Candidates Wait For Word On Final Results
In the working families primary, results are available.
Candidates vying in Tuesday's Conservative primary election will have to wait until at least Thursday for results, according the Suffolk County Board of Elections.
On Tuesday, in the Town of Southampton, two primary races took place, one on the Conservative line for the Supervisor slot and another on the Working Families line for the highway superintendent seat.
According to the Board of Elections, 144 of the 712 registered Conservatives in Southampton Town cast ballots for the two candidates, former Southampton Supervisor Linda Kabot, who has the the Republican Party backing, and Phil Keith, a US Naval Commander, who has the support of Conservative Party leaders.
The Board of Elections said it is now working to count all the ballots in that race.
Results in the Working Families primary for highway superintendent were more clear: 27 ballots were cast on primary day. Of those, Highway Superintendent Alex Gregor received 19.
The remaining 8 votes were write-ins for Gregor's challenger David Betts, who has the backing of the Republican and Conservative party and is a code enforcement officer in Southampton Town.
Betts' name did not appear on the ballot.
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