Nassau Comptroller Eyeing Schumer Challenge

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos has only been in office – the first elected post he has ever held – for less than four months, but he already has his eye on something bigger.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long confirmed Maragos has expressed interest in challenging Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer this fall and will interview with party leaders next Wednesday.

Long said he met Maragos for the first time at a cocktail party/fundraiser hosted last week by his brother, Queens Conservative Party Chairman Tom Long.

Maragos approached the chairman and said he wanted to discuss a challenge to Schumer after he “cleared it up with certain people,” Mike Long said. He followed up with a phone call this week.

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