Voters in local election districts reinforced the reputation of the greater Farmingdale area as a Republican stronghold Tuesday, when they re-elected several GOP incumbents to both state and national seats.

Although New York state voters ousted Long Island's long-time, powerful Republican US Senator, Alfonse D'Amato, in favor of Brooklyn Democrat Charles Schumer, Farmingdale's representatives in the House of Representatives, State Senate, and Assembly were returned to office.

In the 3rd Congressional District, which stretches as far northwest as Manhasset and as far southeast as Massapequa, Republican Congressman Peter King of Seaford, who also ran on the Conservative Party line, won by a large margin. He will serve a fourth term in the House of Representatives.

According to unofficial results obtained from the Nassau County Board of Elections at press time, King received approximately 64 percent of all votes. His Democratic Challenger Kevin Langberg of Plainview received approximately 35 percent of all votes, and Liberal candidate Thomas Dilavore received just under 1 percent, according to the unofficial results.

In a telephone interview Wednesday, King said that he was gratified by the election and pleasantly surprised by how large the margin was. "I look upon it as a vote of confidence to continue doing what I've been doing up until now - that is working hard and taking nothing for granted."Langberg said Wednesday that the campaign brought to light key middle class issues. "It's always gratifying to see that the issues that were important, hopefully resonated with a lot of residents and through a lot of voters," he said.

In the 6th Senatorial District, which stretches as far west as Garden City and as far east as North Massapequa and Farmingdale, Republican Senator Kemp Hannon of Garden City, who also ran on the Conservative line, won after receiving approximately 60 percent of all votes, according to the unofficial results.

Farmingdale resident Anthony Macagnone, the Democratic challenger, received approximately 36 percent. Right to Life Candidate Paul Callahan of Garden City received about 3 percent of the votes. Edna Craig of Hempstead was on the ballot on the Liberal Party line, and she received less than 1 percent of the votes, according to the unofficial results.

In a telephone interview Wednesday, Hannon, who has been in office since 1989, noted that he won by a larger margin of votes than he had expected, considering the presence of third and fourth party candidates on the ballot. He said the election was a response to the strides New York state has made over the past few years. "I think it was that we had begun to work on the economy in the state. Jobs and taxes had been part of it, and trying to improve the educational system. I think folks were responding to that."

Macagnone, who said he spent only about $120 on his campaign, expressed pride in garnering 36 percent of the votes despite working with limited resources. "I'm a first-time candidate, and to be honest with you, I enjoyed the heck out of it. I met some really good people," he said. "People on Long Island, we need better HMOs - the HMOs need to be enforced more strictly - and Senator Hannon says he going to do it. So, if there's anything good about me running, maybe that's it."

Callahan was not surprised with receiving 3 percent of the votes. "That's about average where you have a situation where you don't campaign. It takes a lot of money to really undertake a campaign," he said Wednesday. He also expressed a feeling that his name on the ballot helped get out the Right to Life Party's pro-life message.