Suffolk County Legislator, 12th Legislative District: Leslie A. Kennedy
Leslie Kennedy, Republican candidate for Suffolk County Legislature District 12, poses for a portrait at the party's countywide designating convention held at the Courtyard by Marriott MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. -- slVOTE -- Credit: James Escher
LESLIE A. KENNEDY
Republican
BACKGROUND:
- Kennedy, 67, of Nesconset, is running for a fourth term.
- She worked as a legislative aide to the late Donald Blydenburgh of Smithtown, a county legislator. She had also been an administrative aide to former Legis. John M. Kennedy, her husband. She succeeded him in the county legislative post.
- She has also been a hospital nurse for 30 years and managed a small business.
ISSUES:
- Kennedy said if reelected she plans to push for more infrastructure improvements in the county including road replacements.
- She supports continued work to protect drinking water and improve waste treatment.
- She said she wants to seek more affordable housing for seniors, veterans and working families.
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