Election season is heating up in Southold Town, with local attorney Eileen Powers announcing today that she’s set to wage a primary for the GOP, Conservative and Independence lines in the November election.
Recently, the GOP announced William Goggins as their choice to receive the Republican nomination; last week, the Dems nominated Brian Hughes to run for town justice.
Powers is running for the position currently held by Justice Rudy Bruer, who will retire this year.
Her past experience includes serving as deputy chief of the major crimes bureau for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office; she began her career as in intern for former Assemblyman Joseph Sawicki of Southold and was appointed to the town’s ethics committee by former Southold Supervisor Jean Cochran. Powers, currently in private practice in Riverhead, is also a former Southampton Town attorney.
“I have been a trial attorney for 23 years. I know what my clients want in a judge. I know what attorneys want in a judge. No matter who they are, people really just want a judge who knows the law, works hard and is fair,” Powers said. “Local courts are the closest to the people and I bring the knowledge, ability and experience needed to mete out justice fairly and impartially as a Southold Town justice.”
