Hempstead Supervisor Donald X. Clavin Jr. won't seek reelection

Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald X. Clavin Jr., who is serving his third term in that role, will not seek reelection in November, a Nassau County Board of Elections official said Monday.

Clavin declined his nomination on Monday shortly before a 5 p.m. deadline, James Scheuerman, Democratic commissioner of the Nassau County Board of Elections, said.

Clavin did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.

His declining of the nomination means the Nassau County Republican Party has until Friday to nominate a replacement, Scheuerman said.

Joseph Kearney, Republican commissioner of the Nassau County Board of Elections, declined to comment Monday. Hempstead Town spokesman Brian Devine referred questions to the Nassau County Republican Committee. A call to the county GOP leader Joseph Cairo was not returned Monday.

Clavin, a Republican and long-serving town receiver of taxes, defeated incumbent Democrat Laura Gillen in 2019 to become town supervisor. He received his law degree from Hofstra Law School and his undergraduate degree in history from Canisius College in Buffalo and was appointed tax receiver in 2001.

His budget for 2025 included a 12.1% tax levy increase, the biggest in Hempstead in at least a decade.