Special District Election Results

The results are in for Port Washington's special district elections for commissioners of the water, water pollution control, and garbage districts. The ballots for the police commissioner election will be counted on Wednesday at 9 a.m. at .

The polls closed on Tuesday at 9 p.m. at , and just before 9:25 p.m., the results were announced. 

In the race for water district commissioner, Thomas J. Murray Jr., the incumbent, received 547 votes  and James A. Brodie received 127 votes. Two of the ballots were void. Craig Johnson, Angelina Cullen, Dave Frankin, Barry Loeb and Steve Kaplan each received one write-in vote. There were 682 votes cast. 

In the race for garbage district commissioner, Bill Scaglione received 506 votes. Steve Kaplan received two write-in votes. Receiving one write-in vote each was Dave Frankel, Tom Murray, Jeremy Devine, Alice O'Leary, Renee Gonzalez, Angelina Cullen, Richard Raskin, Ian Henderson, Alexis Marsupial, Josh White, and Barry Loeb. There were 522 votes cast.

In the uncontested race for water pollution control commissioner, Donald Kurz received 460 votes. Four of the votes were void, seven were for write-ins, with one for Michelle Obama, and one for Mickey Mouse. There were 471 votes cast. 

Voter turnout was "very busy all day," said Dough Augenthaler, a garbage district commissioner, who was at the polls since 11 a.m. A likely draw was the race for the police commissioner and the proposed plan for a new police headquarters. But by nightfall, when the temperatures dropped, turnout dwindled, Augenthaler said.

Note: This article was updated to include the correct spelling of Jeremy Devine, a write-in candidate.