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Door-to-door efforts shift to Brookhaven Town special election

Sunday January 27, 2013 4:52 PM By Rick Brand

Now that his party picked off a North Fork legislative seat long held by Republicans, Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has moved his corps of about 20 paid grassroots operatives into Brookhaven for a special election March 5 for highway superintendent.

Schaffer said those operatives began a new round of door-knocking last Wednesday and the county party will also invest in...

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