State Senate

Candidates Lea Webb and Rich David faced off in a debate. WSKG's Megan Zerez and Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo recap the race with Matt Butler of the Ithaca Voice.

The state spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees defending gerrymandered maps.

Lea Webb is running in a primary election for the Democratic nomination in the newly drawn 52nd state Senate District. Her primary opponent is Leslie Danks Burke.

The two Democrats are seeking the party’s nomination to take on former GOP Binghamton Mayor Rich David in the general election.

Judge Patrick McAllister wrote in his decision that he believes the Assembly lines are unconstitutional, but the attempts to intervene in the lawsuit came too late.

The state Legislature may decide whether to keep other primaries in June.

Candidates are declaring their intentions to run for State Senate across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes.

The Senate proposal would end the ability of voters to place themselves on a permanent list to receive mail-in ballots.

“I think that’s the right thing to do, but I think you will see a more formal decision from him in the coming months."

“New Yorkers have not only chosen to return to a Democratic Majority, but they’ve chosen to return a super majority.”