The Independence Party line is still vacant in Nassau’s competitive 14th Legislative District, where incumbent Democrat David Mejias is being challenged by Republican Joseph Belesi.
After both parties lobbied hard for the line, the Nassau Independence party submitted petitions for its own candidate, Peter Nerantzinis. Chairman Bobby Kumar said, “We were very unsure what way we wanted to go. We decided we would do our own candidate.”
But Nerantzinis on Tuesday declined the nomination. Kumar said the party’s committee to fill vacancies will meet to nominate a new candidate tonight. And yes, he said, it could be Mejias, or Belesi, or somebody else.
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“We made no final decision as to who the candidate will be as of right now,” Kumar said. “It’s open.”
He said the committee’s choice will be disclosed Thursday