Politics & Government

Residents First Announces Mayoral Candidates

Elisabeth McGuire will run against incumbent Patchogue Village Mayor Paul Pontieri.

Elisabeth McGuire announced that she will run for mayor of Patchogue Village on the ticket Wednesday evening at the .

Stephen McGiff (an incumbent), Greg Powers and Lisa Ihne will run for trustee on the Residents First line. 

The ticket will oppose Patchogue 2012, which is made up of incumbent Mayor Paul Pontieri, and incumbent trustees Lori Devlin and Jack Krieger joined by Tom Ferb.

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The NU Village party has also announced its intention to enter this year's race, and is currently screening candidates according to its website.

Election Day for the Patchogue Mayoral election is March 20.

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