Patrick Halpin

Patrick Halpin is the Democratic and Working Families Party nominee in NY-2. A former Suffolk County legislator, New York State Assemblyman and Suffolk County Executive, he later chaired the Suffolk County Water Authority. His campaign says he is running on affordability, public safety, housing and protecting drinking water.[1][2][3]

Patrick Halpin was born in 1953 and grew up on Long Island's South Shore; he was student body president at West Babylon High School, according to his campaign website.[1][2][3] He earned a B.A. in political science and economics from Old Dominion University, according to Wikipedia, and then worked as a campaign staffer and congressional aide for U.S. Rep. Tom Downey.[3] First elected to public office at age 26, he represented the 13th District of the Suffolk County Legislature starting in 1979.[2][3]

Halpin served in the New York State Assembly from 1982 to 1987; according to his campaign website, he was the first Democrat elected to the Assembly from the Town of Babylon area in over a century.[2][3] In 1987, at age 34, he was elected Suffolk County Executive, the youngest in county history, and served one term; he says he created the Long Island Housing Partnership and launched community-based policing and anti-domestic-violence programs.[1][2][3]

Halpin worked as Executive Vice President of the Institute for Student Achievement from 1994 and later as a managing director of Mercury Public Affairs, according to Wikipedia; his campaign says he hosted public-affairs television programs.[2][3] He joined the Suffolk County Water Authority board in 2006 and became its chairman in December 2018.[1][3] According to his campaign website, he chaired the Town of Babylon Industrial Development Agency and currently chairs the Town of Babylon Planning Board.[2] He announced his campaign against Rep. Andrew Garbarino in July 2025, PoliticsNY reported.[4]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.