Republican Party

State Senator Thomas Libous is stepping down as chairman of the New York Senate Republican Campaign Committee. The post is going to Senator Catharine Young, an Olean Republican. Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, who announced the change, thanked Libous for his "tireless work" in coordinating the party's Senate campaign strategy in recent years...

Days after Richard David's announcement he won't be running for Binghamton mayor, the chairman of the Broome County Republican Party doesn't seem worried. David ran for mayor four years ago and he'd been planning to make a formal announcement this week that he would seek the Republican nomination...