Crime & Safety
Wehrheim Officially Defeats Vecchio In Smithtown Supervisor Primary
The result effectively ends the tenure of Patrick Vecchio, who has been supervisor for the last four decades.
Councilman Ed Wehrheim announced he has received word that he was declared the winner in the race for Republican nominee for Smithtown Town supervisor, beating out incumbent Patrick Vecchio who has served in the position for 40 years.
"It was a tough race, we always knew it would be but we prevailed," Wehrheim told Patch.
After the primary election on Sept. 12, the race was too close to call with Wehrheim is leading by a margin of 2,822 to 2,783, according to the unofficial results.
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However, over 300 absentee ballots still needed to be counted.
According to Wehrheim this week he received word that he had won by 83 votes.
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The Suffolk Board of Elections has not yet posted the official results but will do so within the next couple of days.
"We are very proud of the way we ran," Wehrheim said.
Now he will be focused on the general election on Nov. 8, working with campaign manager Nicole Garguilo.
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