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1st S.D.: Fleming earns Progressive Coalition nod
Southampton town board member Bridget Fleming has earned the Long Island Progressive Coalition endorsement in Thursday’s Democratic primary for New York’s 1st State Senatorial district.
Fleming, 52, a former city prosecutor, will face off against Jennifer Maertz, 36, an insurance litigation attorney who ran for the same seat on the Democratic line in 2010. Maertz was ultimately defeated by...