Nassau County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Ed Lino describes himself as a community advocate who supports freezing county taxes and backs the county's police officers, per his campaign site.

Viviana L. Russell is a realtor and small business owner who served on the North Hempstead Town Board from 2010 to 2021 and is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 2, per her campaign site. She earlier worked as a district liaison for the 13th Assembly District, per her campaign site.

Lamont E. Johnson appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Nassau County Legislature, District 2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Lamont E. Johnson.

Carrie Solages (listed on the county roster as Carrié Solages) is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 3, a lawyer and former Bronx assistant district attorney who practiced as a partner at Solages & Solages, per the county Legislature's member page. He holds a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and a law degree from Boston College, per the same page.

Patrick Mullaney is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 4. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps Reservist and a more than 20-year veteran of the FDNY assigned to its Special Operations Command, per the Legislature's official district page. He chairs the Public Safety Committee and is vice chair of the Veterans & Senior Affairs Committee, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Olena Nicks is the incumbent Nassau County Legislator representing the 5th Legislative District, per the county's official 2026 elected officials list.

Debra Mulé (listed on the county roster as Debra Mulé) is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 6, first elected in 2018 after serving on the Freeport school board, including as president, and on the Freeport Village Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2018, per the county Legislature's member page. A social worker, she holds a music degree from William and Mary and a master's degree in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University, per the same page.

Howard J. Kopel is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 7 and Presiding Officer of the Legislature, per the county Legislature's member page. An attorney, he runs a national title insurance and settlement services business based in Valley Stream and is a Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School graduate, per the same page.

Doug Segan, MD, JD is an emergency room physician who practiced for more than three decades in Michigan before returning to Long Island, where he teaches at Hofstra/Northwell's Zucker School of Medicine, per his campaign site.

No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Scott Strauss is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 9, a retired NYPD Emergency Service Unit detective and a former four-term mayor of Mineola who has been a Mineola volunteer firefighter since 1981, per the county Legislature's member page.

Mazi Melesa Pilip is serving her second term as the Nassau County Legislator for District 10, covering Great Neck, Manhasset, New Hyde Park, Roslyn and Plandome, per the county's official website. She chairs the Towns, Villages, Cities committee and also serves on the Public Safety and Veterans & Senior Affairs committees.

Skylar Epstein is a Great Neck resident who was a law student at St. John's University School of Law and a George Washington University political science and history graduate who worked as a reporter for Fire Island News, per Newsday's 2025 profile. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.

Delia DeRiggi-Whitton is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 11 and Minority Leader of the Legislature, first elected in 2012 after two terms on the Glen Cove City Council, per the county Legislature's member page and her campaign site. A 1986 Glen Cove High School graduate, she attended Hofstra University, per the county page.

John Canning appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Nassau County Legislature, District 11, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for John Canning.

Thomas McKevitt has represented Nassau County Legislature District 13, covering East Meadow, Salisbury, North Levittown and Island Trees, since 2017 and was appointed Deputy Presiding Officer in 2024, per the county's official website. He previously served about 12 years in the New York State Assembly and worked as Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of Hempstead.

Christina M. Lemyre appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Nassau County Legislature, District 13, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Christina M. Lemyre.

Kayla Knight is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 15, a lifelong Wantagh resident and attorney who has worked for the Nassau County Legislature and the County Executive's Office, per the county Legislature's member page. She holds a bachelor's degree from St. John's University and a law degree from Hofstra University (2022), per the same page.

David Smith has lived in Wantagh for more than 25 years and describes himself as a husband, father and community advocate who has worked with students, educators, employees and families, per his campaign site.

No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Rose Marie Walker is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 17, first elected in 2009 after serving on the Town of Oyster Bay Town Board from 2004 to 2009, per the county Legislature's member page. A Hicksville resident, she holds a bachelor's degree in education from Belmont Abbey/Sacred Heart College and has served on the Hicksville school board, per the same page.

Samantha Goetz is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 18, an attorney who was a deputy county attorney defending Nassau County in appellate litigation and earlier an assistant town attorney in Oyster Bay and counsel to State Senator Carl Marcellino, per the county Legislature's member page. She graduated from New York Law School and SUNY Binghamton, per the same page.

Graham Musynske is a lifelong Long Islander and an attorney in private practice in Nassau County, per his campaign site.

James Kennedy is the sitting Nassau County Legislator for District 19 and a Fordham University graduate who worked as a fifth-grade teacher at Holy Child Academy before taking office, per the county Legislature's member page. He was first elected to the Legislature in a February 2015 special election, per the same page.

Christine Barlow appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Nassau County Legislature, District 19, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Christine Barlow.

Martin Oliner is a former Village of Lawrence mayor running an independent campaign for Hempstead Town Supervisor on his own ballot line, Citizens Not Developers, per the Long Island Herald. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Richard LaMarca is the sitting Oyster Bay Town Clerk, elected in November 2019. He worked for more than 20 years at a Fortune 500 company, rising to vice president, and earlier served as the town's director of labor-management relations, per the town's Town Clerk page. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.

Shreya Gupta is the Democratic nominee for Oyster Bay Town Clerk and said she is running to restore efficiency, accountability and accessibility to the clerk's office, per Long Island Press. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.

Richard Ambro is a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court in Suffolk County and Supervising Judge of the County Court and Supreme Court, per the Suffolk County Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. He is the only Suffolk County Democratic nominee for this seat also cross-endorsed by Suffolk Republicans this year, per Newsday. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Leonard D. Steinman is a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court in Nassau County, per the Nassau Supreme Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. He presides as Presiding Justice of the Child Victims Act Part for the 9th and 10th Judicial Districts, per the New York Courts website. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Mary E. Porter is a sitting Family Court Judge in Suffolk County, per the New York State Unified Court System's 2025 Annual Report. She was elected to the Suffolk County Family Court bench in 2021, per Suffolk County's official general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Joy M. Watson is a Nassau County Court Judge who also serves as an Acting Supreme Court Justice, per the Nassau County Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. She previously worked in the Nassau County District Attorney's office, per a local newspaper archive. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Stephen L. Ukeiley is a Suffolk County District Court Judge and Acting County Court Judge, and serves as Coordinating Judge of the Outlying District Courts, per the Suffolk District Civil Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. He is an adjunct professor of law at Touro Law Center and has authored a regular law column in The Suffolk Lawyer, per Touro Law Center's website. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Eric Sachs is a Suffolk County District Court Judge and Acting County Court Judge who has served since January 2021 as Presiding Judge of the Suffolk County DWI Treatment Court, per his campaign site. He earned his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1985 and began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County from 1985 through 1989, per the same source.

William D. Wexler is an attorney based in North Babylon, New York, per Suffolk County Supreme Court case filings. He has served as Ocean Beach Village Justice for approximately 27 years, having begun his public service as an assistant district attorney, per the Fire Island News. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

John Kelly, of Deer Park, has served as a Family Court Judge and an acting Supreme Court Judge in Suffolk County, per the Suffolk County Legislature, which honored him as its 2024 Irish American of Distinction. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Ellen R. Greenberg is a sitting judge on the Nassau County Family Court, per New York State Unified Court System records. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Ayesha Keri Brantley is a sitting judge on the Nassau County Family Court, presiding over juvenile delinquency, custody, guardianship, parenting time and family offense matters, per Eastern Shore NY Links, Incorporated and New York State court records. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Tricia M. Ferrell is cross endorsed by the Democratic, Republican and Conservative parties for District Court Judge, 2nd District in Nassau County, per the county Board of Elections candidate list. Ferrell currently serves as a judge on the Nassau County District Court in the 2nd District, covering the Town of Hempstead, per Long Island Uncovered News. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Michael W. Alpert is cross endorsed by the Democratic, Republican and Conservative parties for District Court Judge, 2nd District in Nassau County, per the county Board of Elections candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Lauren Doddato Goldman is cross endorsed by the Democratic, Republican and Conservative parties for District Court Judge, 2nd District in Nassau County, per the county Board of Elections candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Lisa Petrocelli is a sitting Nassau County District Court judge, per the state court system's Nassau District Court judges list. Before the bench she was managing attorney and project director of the Hofstra Law Center for Children, Families and the Law and a principal law clerk in Nassau County Supreme Court, per Newsday's 2020 voters guide. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.

William P. Bodkin, of Port Washington, was appointed by the Nassau County Legislature on March 9, 2026 to serve as Judge of the District Court for the Third Judicial District, after nearly 20 years in the New York court system, per Long Island Press and an official Nassau County Legislature announcement. He previously served as senior principal law clerk to an Appellate Division justice, as village justice in Manorhaven, and as chief court attorney in Nassau County Supreme Court. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

David Wright is a sitting Nassau County District Court judge, a lifelong Bayville resident who has served on the bench since 2021, per the county's Judge Wright page. He earned a B.S. from St. John's University and a J.D. from Touro Law Center and previously served as a Bayville village justice and deputy mayor, per the same page.