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GOP's LaValle: 'We're on the offensive'

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Photo credit: Danielle Finkelstein | A file photo of John Jay LaValle on election night in Holtsville. (Nov. 3, 2009)

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's defection to the GOP last year will likely net party chairman John Jay LaValle, a potent, if unannounced, top of his fall ticket. Now LaValle is intent on building a slate to ride Levy's coattails to regain control of the county legislature, which Republicans lost five years ago.

"We're on the offensive," LaValle said. He says six of the 18 seats are in...

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