Politics & Government

VIDEO: East Hampton GOP Lends Support to Altschuler

Congressional candidate also gets support of the East Hampton Conservatives and Tea Party.

East Hampton's Republican elected officials and representatives of the town's Republican, Conservative and Tea Party committees, officially endorsed Randy B. Altschuler in his race for the first Congressional District on Friday at the village's Hook Mill.

Supervisor Bill Wilkinson, Republican council members Theresa Quigley and Dominick Stanzione, were on hand to support Altschuler, of St. James, in his second bid to take the seat from Rep. Tim Bishop, D-Southampton.

George Demos is also running in the 2012 race.

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East Hampton Town Conservative Party chairman Vincent Downing, East End Tea Party chairwoman Lynda Edwards and newly appointed town Republican committee chairman Kurt Kappel joined them in kicking off the campaign season.  

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