High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas F. "Tom" O`Mara (born May 31, 1963) is a Republican member of the New York State Senate, representing the 53rd senate district, which includes all of Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Yates counties, and a portion of Tompkins County (the city and town of Ithaca, and the towns of Enfield, Newfield and Ulysses).