Former Binghamton Mayor Rich David has conceded to Democrat Lea Webb in the race for a state Senate seat.

Webb held a slight lead over David by close to 1,500 votes.

"I want to congratulate Lea Webb on her victory in the 52nd District race. We spoke earlier today, and while there are still absentee and affidavit ballots to be processed, it appears we’ll fall just short," David said in a statement Wednesday evening.

Rich David led Binghamton as mayor for eight years. Binghamton is the largest city in New York’s 52nd District. The former Binghamton mayor and leader of the state’s Conference of Mayors has told us that his experience taught him to work with everyone.

Meanwhile, Lea Webb is the first Black woman in Binghamton City Council history. A top focus throughout Webb’s campaign has been wage inequality.  She’s a supporter of “Raise the Wage,” and wants to expand workforce training to provide more people with opportunity.

This Senate seat is currently held by Sen. Fred Akshar who appears to have won the race for Broome County Sheriff against Kate Newcomb.

One sheriff's race that is still hotly contested is here in Onondaga County. Both Toby Shelley and Esteban Gonzalez are vying for the seat being vacated by current Sheriff Gene Conway.

Shelley is leading Gonzalez by a little more than 2,600 votes in the unofficial count. Shelley’s campaign declared victory Tuesday night, but Gonzalez said he will not concede until all the votes are counted and confirmed.

Gonzalez, who is the current chief custody deputy in the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, said he would create a school safety division to "keep our children safe in the school systems."

This is Shelley's fourth time running for sheriff. He's been touting a plan to place retired officers in schools that need one as a way to increase school safety.

In state Senate race news, Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny tweeted Wednesday morning that both NY-50 and NY-22 are too close to call and that Onondaga County officials are "working diligently to provide numbers of outstanding absentees and affidavits for a Nov. 16 opening." 

According to the Onondaga County Board of Elections website, in the race for NY-50, Republican Rebecca Shiroff leads Democrat Incumbent John Mannion with in the district with 50.2% of the vote to Mannion's 49.8%.