<a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/elections/huntington-election-issues-ybqw9r9y" target="_blank">Watch our video</a> on Town of Huntington election issues 
 THERESA A. MARI&nbsp; 
 Republican&nbsp; 
 BACKGROUND: 
<ul> 
 <li> Mari, 59, of Centerport, is seeking a first term on the Huntington Town Council. She is also endorsed by the Conservative Party. </li> 
 <li> She is a former president of the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association, former president of the Suffolk County Matrimonial Bar Association, a former two-term director of the Suffolk County Bar Association and&nbsp;former associate dean of the Suffolk County Bar Association Academy of Law. </li> 
 <li> She graduated from SUNY Binghamton and the Hofstra University School of Law. </li> 
</ul> 
 ISSUES: 
<ul> 
 <li> Mari supports budgeting within the tax cap, increasing transparency in government, protecting Huntington’s fragile environment&nbsp;and getting the roads paved. </li> 
 <li> She said her top priority is stopping overdevelopment and keeping Huntington an idyllic suburb. </li> 
 <li> She said she is focused on increasing public safety,&nbsp;creating drug education and mental health programs for Huntington’s youth, and working with a breast cancer coalition in Huntington to educate about the need for mammograms and breast health. </li> 
</ul>

Watch our video on Town of Huntington election issues THERESA A. MARI Republican BACKGROUND: Mari, 59, of Centerport, is seeking a first term on the Huntington Town Council. She is also endorsed by the Conservative Party. She is a former president of the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association, former president of the Suffolk County Matrimonial Bar Association, a former two-term director of the Suffolk County Bar Association and former associate dean of the Suffolk County Bar Association Academy of Law. She graduated from SUNY Binghamton and the Hofstra University School of Law. ISSUES: Mari supports budgeting within the tax cap, increasing transparency in government, protecting Huntington’s fragile environment and getting the roads paved. She said her top priority is stopping overdevelopment and keeping Huntington an idyllic suburb. She said she is focused on increasing public safety, creating drug education and mental health programs for Huntington’s youth, and working with a breast cancer coalition in Huntington to educate about the need for mammograms and breast health.

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