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Judge Rules Missing Candidate Remains on Ballot
10/4/2025
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Story summary
- A judge ruled Petros Krommidas will remain on the Nassau County Legislature ballot in November.
- Krommidas, Democratic candidate from Long Island, disappeared five months ago during a nighttime ocean swim.
- Extensive searches by drones, divers, and beach-walkers failed to locate him.
- Family and colleagues presume him dead; Nassau County Police Department Republicans oppose that presumption and blocked removing his name.
