Suffolk County Legislator - 3rd District
Democratic
Daryl Edelstein
Background:
DEMOCRATIC
Edelstein will be 54 on Election Day. He is running on the Democratic line.
Policies:
- Edelstein said he is not actively campaigning.
Libertarian
Lynda Frego
Background:
REPUBLICAN
Frego, 52, is running on the Libertarian line. She is seeking her first elected office as a Suffolk County Legislator. She is a manager of operations for a real estate investment broker.
Policies:
- Frego said she’s running to stop red-light cameras, which she said were not properly located and are causing more accidents.
- She said Brookhaven Town is also improperly citing homes for code violations, targeting poor and minority owners.
- She also said areas are being overbuilt, “making it like Queens” and negatively impacting the environment.
Republican, Independent, Conservative
Rudolph A. Sunderman
Background:
REPUBLICAN
Sunderman, 50, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence lines. A volunteer firefighter for 32 years, he is seeking his second two-year term as a Suffolk County legislator.
Policies:
- Sunderman said in his first term he helped push a successful referendum to create a sewer district in the Mastic-Shirley area.
- He also supported a resolution that requires tax-delinquent properties seized by the county in an area of Mastic-Shirley be preserved as open space, rather than resold for housing, to restore marshes and wetlands.
- Sunderman said he is focused on fighting for quality of life issues in the community, such as “zombie homes” and the opioid epidemic, by hosting various community meetings.