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Republican Fred Akshar has defeated Democrat Barb Fiala in the race for the 52nd District New York State Senate Seat.  Akshar won by a better than 3-1 margin.  With all but one district reporting Akshar had a wide margin of over 27,000 votes to just over 8,000 for Barbara Fiala.

Former New York State Senator Thomas Libous of Binghamton is asking a judge for leniency when he is to be sentenced next month on one felony conviction for lying to the FBI. Libous wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Vincent Briccetti asking for mercy when considering the sentence as the former Senate Deputy Majority Leader is dying from terminal prostate cancer...

Former New York Senate Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous will not be sentenced on October 30th, as had been scheduled.

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...

Southern Tier Republicans are filing a lawsuit challenging New York State Senate candidate Barbara Fiala’s listing on the ballot as a candidate on the Woman’s Equality Party line.

Following his father’s conviction on a count of giving false information to the FBI, former New York State Senator Thomas Libous’ son, Matthew, is now serving time in federal prison.

Frederick Akshar, the Broome County undersheriff, has announced that he is running for the state Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Thomas Libous.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has started campaigning for Barbara Fiala for the state Senate seat vacated with the federal court conviction of Thomas Libous.

Closing arguments are to get underway in the trial of New York State Senator Thomas Libous of Binghamton, who is accused by federal investigators of lying to the FBI about his involvement in getting is son a job at a Westchester law firm.

State Senator Thomas Libous returned to the Capitol in Albany June 16, greeting colleagues as he continues to battle cancer.