Lys’s Big Win Now Official

The Suffolk County Board of Elections has certified the Sept. 13 Democratic Party primary election results, with East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys defeating his challenger, David Gruber, 61 percent to 39 percent. 

Mr. Lys won 1,757 votes to Mr. Gruber’s 1,117, according to the board of elections. The unofficial result, prior to the counting of absentee ballots, had Mr. Lys winning by 1,489 to 884 votes. 

“I am very happy and thankful that East Hampton Democratic voters concurred with the Democratic Committee who selected me to be their candidate,” Mr. Lys said in a statement issued by the East Hampton Town Democratic Committee on Tuesday. “I will work hard between now and November to win over all voters throughout East Hampton, as I hope to be the councilman for everyone regardless of party by winning the general election.” 

Turnout was 38.9 percent. 

“This decisive outcome bodes well for Democrats in East Hampton, and not only for David Lys but for ensuring Perry Gershon is elected to Congress,” Cate Rogers, the Democratic Committee’s chairwoman, said in a statement issued on Tuesday. Mr. Gershon, who lives in East Hampton, is challenging Representative Lee Zeldin in New York’s First Congressional District. 

The primary election was one chapter in a schism that has opened within the local party. Mr. Gruber leads a caucus called the East Hampton Reform Democrats, which also ran a full slate of candidates for the committee. Few of its candidates prevailed in the Sept. 13 vote. 

Mr. Lys also won the Working Families Party primary election and will appear on that party’s line in the Nov. 6 election, in which he will face Manny Vilar, the Republican and Conservative Parties’ candidate.