Stern Defeats Poulos in 16th District

, D-Dix Hills, defeated , R-Dix Hills, Tuesday night in the Suffolk County 16th Legislative District race with 54.5 percent of the vote.

It will be his fourth term representing the greater Huntington community. 

A total of 13,075 residents in the district came out to cast their ballots. Stern earned 7,126 of those votes and Poulos raked in 5,945 votes. There were also four write-in votes.

Stern said that his first plan of action is to create a veterans program that would establish job training and health services, especially those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. He also said he plans to speed up the county permit process for new businesses.

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