Democrats bolstered an already strong majority in the Suffolk County Legislature Tuesday night with a decisive victory in a special election to fill a vacancy representing the East End.
Southold Town Councilmember Al Krupski, the Democrat, defeated Riverhead's GOP Town Supervisor, Sean Walter, by more than 30 percentage points. Krupski captured 6,561 votes, or about 67 percent, to Walter's 3,182 votes, or 33 percent.
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