Garbarino Ahead In GOP Primary; Absentee Ballots Not Counted

LONG ISLAND, NY — Long Islanders hit the polls on Tuesday (and the absentees ballots beforehand) to choose who will be on the ballot for New York's 2nd Congressional district. The seat was occupied by longtime longtime U.S. Rep. Pete King, who announced in November he will not be seeking re-election this year.

The district covers a portion of Bethpage, Levittown, North Wantagh, Seaford, Farmingdale, South Farmingdale, North Massapequa, Massapequa Park, and Massapequa. Suffolk County communities include Amityville, Copiague, Lindenhurst, Gilgo, West Babylon, Wyandanch, North Babylon, Babylon, Bayport, Bay Shore, Baywood, Blue Point, Brentwood, Brightwaters, Central Islip, Islip, Islip Terrace, East Islip, Great River, Ocean Beach, Oakdale, Savyille, West Sayville, Bohemia, Cedar Beach, Deer Park, West Islip, part of Dix Hills, a portion of Hauppauge, Holbrook, Islandia, part of Nesconset, Oak Beach, a portion of Patchogue, Wheatley Heights, and Ronkonkoma.

Jackie Gordon and Patricia Maher will be running for the Democratic ballot while Andrew Garbarino and Mike LiPetri will be running for the Republican ballot.

Long Island voters have braved a lot of changes due to the new coronavirus to pick their preferred candidates in a lot of primary races. State election officials said county boards of elections have received a historically high number of absentee ballots for all the June 23 primaries in light of the pandemic.

While the polls closed at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, unofficial election night results do not include the results of absentee ballot voting. The canvass of absentee ballots will begin after election day and will be announced once all the votes are counted.

Absentee ballots must be postmarked by June 23, 2020 and received by the Board of Elections no later than June 30, 2020 to be counted, as per New York State Election Law Section 8-412(1).

Find the unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections below:

Number of districts reported: 299 of 369

Garbarino: 5,749

LiPetri: 3,094

Gordon: 7,310

Maher: 2,529

Find the unofficial results from the Nassau County Board of Elections below:

Garbarino: 3,854

LiPetri: 2,895

Gordon: 1,426

Maher: 727