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Patrick Halpin, who was one of the few successful Democrats during the Republican reign, won one term in the 1980's as county executive. He said that when he first ran for office, they never even put on their literature that they were Democrats people wouldn't talk to anyone. Patrick Halpin, one of the few successful Democrats during the Republican reign, who won one term in the 1980's as county executive said that when he first ran for office, they never even put on their literature that they were Democrats. Mr. Halpin credited Suffolk's Democratic Party chairman, Richard H. Schaffer, with shrewd alliances, like diverse Democratic endorsements last fall that elected a Working Families Party member to the County Legislature and a Conservative as the new sheriff.