Broad Support for Thiele

Five political parties have announced their endorsement of Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele in his bid for re-election. Mr. Thiele, who has represented the First District in the State Assembly since 1995, will be the candidate of the Independence Party, of which he is a member, as well as the Democratic, Working Families, Women’s Equality, and Reform Parties. 

All five parties filed petitions with the requisite number of signatures to designate him as their candidate.

“I am honored to be endorsed in my re-election to the State Assembly by such a broad cross-section of voters in my district,” Mr. Thiele said in a statement issued on Monday. “The support of these five parties demonstrates that my work on behalf of eastern Long Island has been broadly recognized in the community. Throughout my tenure in Albany, I have put my district first and have rejected the partisanship that has paralyzed so much of our government. I thank the voters across the district who took the time to sign or carry petitions supporting my candidacy.”

The general election will be held on Nov. 6.