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Rockland County Exec Ed Day Coasts To Re-Election Win Rockland County Exec Ed Day Coasts To Re-Election Win
Rockland County Exec Ed Day Coasts To Re-Election Win Both  Westchester County Executive George Latimer and Rockland County Executive Ed Day rolled to re-election victories by wide margins on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2. In Westchester, Latimer earned a decisive victory over Republican challenger Christine Sculti by a record 62 percent to 38 percent margin, according to the Board of Elections. According to his camp, Latimer remains undefeated in his Westchester electoral history - tonight marking his 20th victory, and only once before has a Democratic County Executive broken the 60 percent threshold in an election. “We have established…

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by Zak Failla
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Rockland Democrats Decide On County Executive Candidate Rockland Democrats Decide On County Executive Candidate
Rockland Democrats Decide On County Executive Candidate A longtime lawyer and activist announced that she will be throwing her hat in the ring to challenge Rockland County Executive Ed Day, becoming the first - and possibly only - Democrat to do so. Attorney L'Tanya Watkins, a Spring Valley resident, announced that she plans to run against Day, a two-term Republican, after submitting a petition with nearly 1,500 signatures to qualify to run on the Democratic and Working Families lines. The number of signatures Watkins secured was more than double what's required to run for county executive in Rockland. “We need a County Executive here in Rockla…

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by Zak Failla