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Flanagan decides against county exec run

State Sen. John Flanagan (R- East Northport) (Feb.

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | State Sen. John Flanagan (R- East Northport) (Feb. 17, 2011)

State Sen. John Flanagan, who many Republicans considered the party's best chance of winning this year's Suffolk County executive race, has decided not to run and will remain an Albany lawmaker to help protect GOP control of the Senate.

The East Northport Republican disclosed his decision in a 45-minute meeting with John Jay LaValle, Suffolk GOP chairman, at party headquarters in Holtsville...

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