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Governor Kathy Hochul issued a proclamation on Saturday, June 4 to set the special elections to fill vacancies in the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (D-Schenectady) is resigning from Congress and will be sworn in as New York Lieutenant Governor.

Governor Cuomo - who had said he would "do whatever I can do to elect Barbara Fiala" to the state Senate - didn't call his former DMV commissioner after she lost the special election to Republican Frederick Akshar. Fiala was the Democratic candidate in the race to fill the unexpired term of Republican Thomas Libous, who was forced out of the Senate after he was convicted of lying to the

A debate featuring the candidates for the 52nd District New York State Senate seat will be broadcast Thursday evening. Republican Fred Akshar and Democrat Barbara Fiala discussed a range of issues during a session recorded Tuesday afternoon at the WBNG-TV studios in Johnson City...

Former state Senator Thomas Libous has lost a bid to have his conviction for lying to the FBI thrown out. U.S. District Judge Vincent Briccetti rejected the contention of the former senator's attorney that the July conviction by a federal jury was based on insufficient evidence...

A poll of likely voters in the 52nd New York State Senate District shows Republican Fred Akshar with a big lead over Democrat Barbara Fiala. The Time Warner Cable News/Siena College survey indicated 59 percent of those who expressed a preference said they would vote for Akshar if the election was held today...

Former Broome County executive Barbara Fiala says she's the right person to represent the 52nd Senate district in Albany. Fiala - who also served as Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner in the Cuomo administration - discussed some of the issues she'll be running on during a live interview on WNBF Radio's Binghamton Now program...

Frederick Akshar, the Broome County undersheriff, has announced he's running for the state Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Thomas Libous. Akshar became undersheriff a few weeks ago. He launched his campaign with a formal announcement in the town of Dickinson August 4...