Waxman Aide Wins Long Island Primary
Phil Schiliro, chief aide to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles), has narrowly won his Democratic primary race for a congressional seat on Long Island, N.Y.
Schiliro, 35, now faces Republican nominee David A. Levy, a Hempstead town councilman, in the Nov. 3 election. Levy, a party loyalist, easily won the GOP nomination in a newly drawn 4th District, which is considered a Republican stronghold.
Schiliro defeated Joan F. Axinn, a political newcomer, with 51% of the vote Tuesday. He took a leave from Waxman’s staff this summer to run in Nassau County, where he went to school and his family still resides.
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