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Suffolk GOP backs Labate against Rep. Israel
Stephen Labate, a retirement counselor and Army reservist, has just won the endorsement of the Suffolk County Republican Committee in his bid to challenge six-term Democratic Rep. Steve Israel of Dix Hills. Labate sought the GOP nomination to run against Israel two years ago, but Suffolk Republicans instead went with businessman John Gomez, a friend of Fox New host Sean Hannity. Israel...
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