Barber Announces Run For NY Senate Schoharie Farmer Challenges Seward MIDDLEBURGH – A fifth-generation farmer and son of a former state Ag & Markets commissioner announced here Saturday he’s seeking the Democratic nomination to run for state Senate in the 10-county 51st District, which includes Otsego County. In he wins the nomination, Jim Barber would challenge state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, next fall.…