>>> NOW AT 5:30, SUFFOLK COUNTY
HAS A ANY COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND
IT’S NO LONGER FILLED BY A
DEMOCRAT.
>> HE’S TAKING OVER THE TOP
SPOT.
GREG CERGOL HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THE RACE.
HE SPOKE TO ROMAINE ABOUT THE NEW JOB.
>> Reporter: HE WAS HERE FOR HIS COUNT JOB, REFLECTING ON THE
MANY CHALLENGES TO COME.
ED ROMAINE SAID TODAY THIS
MOMENT SURPRISE EDD HIM.
>> IT’S GRATIFYING TO KNOW I
HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY FELLOW
CITIZENS.
>> Reporter: THEY HANDED HIM A EASY WIN.
THE 76-YEAR-OLD BROOK HAVEN TOWN SUPERVISO WILL NOW TAKE OVER AT
38 YEARS IN GOVERNMENT, AND 20 YEARS AFTER HE LOST HIS FIRST
RUN FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
>> I’M PREPARED TO ACT, I’M
PREPARED TO LEAD ON DAY ONE.
>> Reporter: MOMENTS BEFORE WE
SPOKE, WE RECEIVED A COUNTY FROM
THE OUTGOING COUNTY EXECUTIVE,
WHO COULD NOT RUN BECAUSE OF
TERM LIMITS.
HE SAID IN A STATEMENT, I PLEDGE
TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO ASSIST
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WILL HAVE-ELECT.
THE SUV FOX LEGISLATURE WILL
AGAIN BE DOMINATED BY HIS FELLOW
REPUBLICANS.
THE GOP WON 12 SEATS ON ELECTION NIGHT, GIVING THE PARTY A SUPER
MAJORITY, AND COMPLETE CONTROL OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN TWO DECADES.
>> WE HAVE TO GET TO WORK.
>> Reporter: HE SAID HIS PARTY WON BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUING
DISSATISFACTION WITH ONE-PARTY
RULE IN ALBANY, WHICH LED TO A
QUESTION -- WHAT ABOUT THE
RUN-PARTY RULE THAT’S NOW COMING
TO SUFFOLK?
IT’S A DIFFERENT PARTY.
I DON’T THINK WE’LL DO SOME OF
THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE IN ALBANY.
>> Reporter: ED ROMAINE TOLD ME
HIS PRIORITIES INCLUDING REPLACING THE OUTGOING POLICE
COMMISSIONER, AND, IN HIS WORDS, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
HE SAID THE FIRST TASK THIS