Long Islanders heading to the polls on Midterm Election Day
Polls are open across New York from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. today.
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Months of campaigning for positions up and down the ballot come to an end today as New Yorkers cast their ballots for the 2026 Midterm Election.
There are plenty of races on Long Island including all four Congressional seats, every seat on both the Nassau and Suffolk County legislatures, five town supervisor jobs including all three in Nassau, Suffolk County clerk and comptroller.
Every New Yorker will also weigh in on three statewide races for governor, attorney general and comptroller.
For the second cycle in a row, incumbent Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul is seeking to win over a Long Island Republican.
Hochul has had an advantage in nearly every poll against challenger Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in the lead-up to Election Day, but Blakeman has to look no further than 2022, when then-Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin came within six points of victory.
Zeldin carried both Nassau and Suffolk Counties. That's momentum Blakeman is hoping to build on.
Blakeman is scheduled to cast his vote at Atlantic Beach Village Hall this morning.
Hochul cast her ballot early on Oct. 24 in her hometown of Buffalo.
A Gallup Poll released last week found that the economy, healthcare and the situation in Iran are among the top issues on voters' minds as they head to the polls today.
