Schneiderman Is Supervisor Again, This Time in Southampton

Jay Schneiderman, an outgoing Suffolk County Legislator and a former East Hampton Town supervisor, has been elected the next Southampton Town supervisor. 

Mr. Schneiderman, who moved from Montauk to Southampton and had reached the term limit in the Suffolk Legislature, got 56 percent, according to unofficial results with all 42 districts reporting in. An Independence Party member, he also ran on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Schneiderman served as the supervisor in East Hampton for four years before joining the Legislature 12 years ago. He considered running for the top spot in East Hampton two years ago.

His opponent in this race, Richard W. Yastrzemski, a longtime Southampton Village Board member and the deputy mayor there, received 44 percent of the vote in the Town of Southampton. 

Mr. Schneiderman will succeed Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, who chose not to seek re-election and instead is mounting a campaign in the First Congressional District against Representative Lee Zeldin in 2016.

He will be joined at the dais in Southampton Town Hall by his running mate John V. Bouvier of Westhampton and by Christine Scalera, the Republican incumbent. Councilwoman Scalera, an attorney from Water Mill, received the most votes, with 5,235, and Mr. Bouvier took in 4,808. 

In a four-way race for two seats, the other Democratic candidate, Julie R. Lofstad of Hampton Bays came in third with 4,698 votes. Damon A. Hagan, an attorney from East Quogue who ran on the Republican line with Ms. Scalera, finished last with 4,365 votes.

Bridget Fleming did not run to keep her seat on the town board, instead running a successful campaign for a seat at the Suffolk Legislature. She defeated Amos Goodman on Tuesday night.