Nassau 2025: Olena Nicks Wins Landslide to Replace Bynoe

Former Hempstead Town candidate and volunteer firefighter Olena Nicks (D) easily defeated former Westbury school board member Karin Campbell (R) on Tuesday night, winning 87% of the vote in a special election to replace now State Senator Siela Bynoe (D-Westbury).

"Nicks, a Uniondale High School graduate, is an elected trustee of the Uniondale Public Library and a committee member for the Uniondale school district. Nicks holds a bachelor’s degree in business operations from Baruch College and an MBA from American University," reported Newsday. "When Bynoe was elected to the seat in 2014, she won 80% of the vote in the Democratic stronghold, one of Nassau’s 'majority-minority' areas where more than 50% of residents are no white. In District 2, 40% of residents are Hispanic and 23% are Black, according to census figures."