05.04.2019 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Squeakers and runaways in First District races Democrat Perry Gershon, running a second time against incumbent U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), will take a similar approach to that of Otis Pike decades ago. Democrat Pike initially...
04.08.2019 Politics Gershon’s hat in the ring again for 2020 Perry Gershon, who lost a close election to Representative Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) in the 1st Congressional District race last November, but scored major gains for Democrats, announced that he’ll...
02.10.2019 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Defeated Democrat wants another shot at Congress Perry Gershon is “strongly leaning to another go” at running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the lst Congressional District against incumbent Lee Zeldin.
12.31.2018 Columns Year in Review: Suffolk Closeup Among the major events in Suffolk in 2018 was the midterm election which saw Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), the two-term incumbent in the lst Congressional District, which includes Shelter...
12.26.2018 Politics Reporter Year in Review: Zeldin wins Congressional race Over the next several days, leading to the New Year, the Reporter will be posting our annual Year In Review series of important stories from 2018. The campaign for...