Candidate Profiles: 7 Incumbents, 11 Newcomers Want Trustee Seats

Eighteen candidates are vying to become East Hampton Town Trustees, whose nine members manage common lands on behalf of the public by virtue of the Dongan Patent of 1686. Those elected will serve a two-year term.

Standing for re-election are the Republican incumbents Diane McNally, the trustees’ clerk, or presiding officer; Tim Bock, who has served five terms; and Sean McCaffrey and Nat Miller, both of whom have served two terms. The Democratic incumbents seeking re-election are Deborah Klughers, who has served two terms, and Brian Byrnes and Bill Taylor, both of whom were elected in 2013.

Two members of the current board, Stephen Lester and Stephanie Forsberg, the assistant clerk, are not seeking re-election.

Eleven non-incumbents are also looking for seats. Voters can find short biographies of them below by clicking their names. Two of them — Joe Bloecker, a Republican candidate, and Francis Bock for the Democrats -- have served on the board in the past.

Pat Mansir, who is also running on the Democratic line, has been a member of the East Hampton Town Board. Zachary Cohen, another Democratic candidate, has run for town supervisor and town board in the past, and Rona Klopman, also a Democrat, has run before for trustee. Six of the candidates are running for elected office for the first time -- Tyler Armstrong and Rick Drew for the Democrats and Joshua Davidson, Mike Havens, Jim Grimes, and Steven Lynch Jr. for the Republicans.

For brief biographies of the sitting trustees seeking re-election, click here.