Democratic Committee Standard-Bearers Rebuff Reform Challenge

The Sept. 13 Democratic Party primary election did more than formalize East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys as the party's nominee in the Nov. 6 general election; registered Democrats also had a choice of candidates for the town's Democratic Committee, including a number identifying as Reform Democrats, which its standard-bearer, David Gruber, described as a caucus within the party. 

Voters selected two of either three or four candidates to represent their respective election district. Reform Democrats are identified below, while candidates who ran with support of both the party faithful and the Reform caucus are marked with an asterix. The winners of the Sept. 13 vote are as follows, by election district:

E.D. 1 (East Hampton)

Jeanne Frankl

Barbara Ann Layton (Reform)

E.D. 2 (Sag Harbor)

Suzanne McNear

Andrew Malone (Reform)

E.D. 3 (Amagansett)

Arthur Schiff

David Hillman

E.D. 4 (Springs)

Zach Cohen *

Loring Bolger *

E.D. 5 (East Hampton)

Jim Lubetkin

Ira Barocas *

E.D. 6 (Montauk)

Lawrence Smith

Sharon McCobb

E.D. 7 (Wainscott)

Susan McGraw Keber

David Gruber (Reform)

E.D. 8 (East Hampton)

Jerry Mulligan

Mary Busch

E.D. 9 (Springs)

Francis Bock *

Annemarie McCoy

E.D. 10 (Montauk)

Sally Richardson

Andy Harris

E.D. 11 (East Hampton)

Vicki Luria Blatt

Andrew Strong (Reform)

E.D. 12 (Amagansett)

Betty Mazur

Anna Skrenta

E.D. 13 (East Hampton)

Joan McGivern

Ben Dollinger

E.D. 14 (East Hampton)

J.B. Dos Santos

Viral Patel

E.D. 15 (Springs)

Cate Rogers

Christopher Kelley

E.D. 16 (East Hampton)

Marilyn Van Scoyoc

Tim Garneau

E.D. 17 (Springs)

Bette Smith

Pamela Bicket *

E.D. 18 (Montauk)

Edna Steck

Laura Michaels

E.D. 19 (Montauk)

Connie Cortese

Lou Cortese