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Nassau GOP out slugging; where are the Democrats?

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There's little more than six weeks until local town and county elections on Nov. 7. That's usually prime campaigning season. But while GOP has been campaigning by mail, social media and on television; there seems to be little Democrat response at this point. Take North Hempstead. The town had been Democratic controlled for 40 years but then Jennifer DeSena, a Democrat running as a Republican, won the supervisor's job two years ago. Several Republicans were elected to the town board but Democrats still retained the majority. This year, former Democratic Supervisor Jon Kaiman is challenging DeSena.  The Nassau GOP has been mailing campaign attacks against Kaiman since August. Last week it aired its first Anti-Kaiman commercials on local television stations. The tv ad labels Kaiman,who served from 2004 through 2013,  as a "serial tax hiker" who raised his own pay by 33 percent, while saying DeSena cut taxes. And where is Kaiman? Like DeSena, he's mak