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Nassau Democrats begin their 2013 whacks at the GOP

Wednesday December 5, 2012 1:12 PM By Dan Janison

Jay Jacobs, Nassau's Democratic leader, prepares for 2013.

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Even with a candidate slate yet to take shape, Nassau Democrats played up the 2013 county races during a fundraising dinner Tuesday night at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.

Chairman Jay Jacobs hailed from the rostrum former County Executive Tom Suozzi, who was on hand with his daughter Caroline. Several hundred guests stood and applauded, some of them doing an extended chant of “We...

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