Trump said Blakeman's reelection was historic. Not even close.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's reelection victory last year was impressive, certainly, but a historic landslide? Not even close.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Blakeman as the Republican gubernatorial candidate in a prerecorded video message played at the state GOP convention in Garden City. Trump did what Trump does — make hyperbolic boasts pumping up his allies — but even by Trump's standards, this one was a whopper.

In the prerecorded video message, Trump said, "You know, Bruce has a fantastic record of winning as a Republican. He won Nassau County by a landslide, and that's something that never happened before. He is a winner."

The Point didn't have to dig too deep into the archives to find county executive elections that were real blowouts. In fact, since 1937, when the position was first created, there have been 17 times when the winner of the county executive race had a wider margin of victory than Blakeman did last year (see chart below). Political party nominating conventions aren't exactly symposiums of fact-checking. And while Blakeman's win, especially last year when Republicans across the country got shellacked, was notable, it was far short of a historic landslide of epic proportions never seen before in the history of humanity. J. Russel Sprague, the county's first executive, twice won with greater than 70% in the 1940s.

Nassau County executive elections history:

• 2025: Bruce Blakeman (R) wins 56-44%
• 2021: Bruce Blakeman (R) wins 50.4-49.6%
• 2017: Laura Curran (D) wins 51-48%
• 2013: Edward Mangano (R) wins 59-41%
• 2009: Edward Mangano (R) wins recount 48-48%
• 2005: Thomas Suozzi (D) wins 59-39%
• 2001: Thomas Suozzi (D) wins 64-33%
• 1997: Thomas Gulotta (R) wins 67-31%
• 1993: Thomas Gulotta (R) wins 51-49%
• 1989: Thomas Gulotta (R) wins 57-43%
• 1985: Francis Purcell (R) wins 61-39%
• 1981: Francis Purcell (R) wins 64-36%
• 1977: Francis Purcell (R) wins 57-43%
• 1973: Ralph Caso (R) wins 62-38%
• 1970: Ralph Caso (R) wins 54-46%
• 1967: Eugene Nickerson (D) wins 50.3-49.7%
• 1964: Eugene Nickerson (D) wins 57.5-42.5%
• 1961: Eugene Nickerson (D) wins 50.9-49.1%
• 1958: A. Holly Patterson (R) wins 54-46%
• 1955: A. Holly Patterson (R) wins 62-38%
• 1952: A. Holly Patterson (R) wins 69-31%
• 1949: J. Russel Sprague (R) wins 65-35%
• 1946: J. Russel Sprague (R) wins 74-26%
• 1943: J. Russel Sprague (R) wins 76-24%
• 1940: J. Russel Sprague (R) wins 64-36%
• 1937: J. Russel Sprague (R) wins 68-32%

— Mark Nolan mark.nolan@newsday.com. 
Election data compiled by Caroline Curtin, Dorothy Guadagno and Laura Mann. Statistics verified by Karthika Namboothiri.

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