Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman breezed to re-election, which his fellow Republicans say is a sign that Democrats’ tip to the left in neighboring New York City will cost them in suburban and rural areas across the state and nation.

“People stood up,” Joe Cairo, the county Republican chairman, said. “They want a red line between Queens and Nassau County, and tonight they proved it.”

Blakeman defeated County Legislator Seth Koslow by more than 10 points. Republicans won all four countywide offices and kept control of the county legislature and town governments.

It was a bright red spot on a night when Democrats scored wins in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races as well as a redistricting plan in California. In New York City, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won w

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