Debates in the Home Stretch
Representative Lee Zeldin, New York’s First Congressional District congressman, and Perry Gershon, the Democrat who is challenging him, will meet in what is expected to be their only face-to-face debate before an audience on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Hampton Bays High School.
The debate is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons. Candidates will make timed opening and closing statements and answer questions submitted by a panel and by the audience. The moderator will be Cathy Peacock of Amagansett, co-chairwoman of the league’s government committee.
Mr. Zeldin, who hails from Shirley, is seeking his third term; Mr. Gershon, who is from East Hampton, is running for the first time. Mr. Gershon will also take part in a rally at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett on Friday, Nov. 2, from 6 to 8 p.m., along with David Lys, who is running for re-election to the East Hampton Town Board.
As a reminder, tonight the league hosts two back-to-back debates at the Hampton Bays school starting at 7. with the candidates for New York State senator and assemblyman. In the race for senate, the longtime incumbent Republican Kenneth P. LaValle is being challenged by Greg Fischer. Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. of the Independence Party, also a longtime incumbent, faces Patrick O’Connor, a Republican. Representatives of the Press News Group, The Sag Harbor Express, the League of Women Voters, and the Hampton Bays Civic Association will ask the questions before the floor is turned over to the audience.