Becker beats Scaturro to face McCarthy in election rematch

As a result of Tuesday’s Republican Primary, Nassau Legislator Francis X. Becker (R-Lynbrook) will square off against Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy in November for her seat. November’s upcoming election will be a rematch for the two elected officials who last brought voters to the polls in November 2010.

According to the Nassau County Board of Elections website, Becker garnered 55 percent of the vote (6,357) to opponent Frank J. Scaturro’s 45 percent (5,175). McCarthy will be seeking her 9th term in office, having first been elected in 1996.

In the Senatorial Primary, Manhattan attorney Wendy Long won a three-way battle for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. With strong support from the Conservative Party and upstate backing, Long earned 51 percent of the vote as compared to Turner’s 36 and Maragos’ 13 percent. Long, a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will take on incumbent Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the November general election.