BROOME, NY (WIVT/WBGH) – Longtime Broome County Sheriff Dave Tougher is endorsing Kate Newcomb within the marketing campaign to exchange him. 

Tougher, a Republican is ending his sixth time period in workplace, retiring after a complete of 58 years on the Sheriff’s Workplace. 

Newcomb is presently the Captain of the legislation enforcement division on the division overseeing the highway patrol, detectives, SWAT Workforce and the workplace’s accreditation.

She has been with the Sheriff’s Workplace for over 30 years and switched her get together affiliation from Republican to Democrat final yr with a purpose to run as a Democrat. Tougher cited her effectivity, work ethic and a spotlight to element in asserting his assist. 

Newcomb is working in opposition to Republican Fred Akshar who can be a veteran of the Broome County Sheriff’s Workplace. 

Tougher had appointed Akshar as his Undersheriff previous to Akshar leaving legislation enforcement for his profitable run for State Senate. 

Akshar introduced final yr that he wouldn’t search one other time period as Senator with a purpose to run for Sheriff. 

Tougher’s endorsement of Newcomb will not be a whole shock as he has been showing along with her in public at occasions and earlier this yr closed his marketing campaign account and donated the cash to Newcomb’s marketing campaign.