Who is Claudia Tenney?
- 1961 born in New Harford, NY; parents Cynthia and John R. Tenney, New York State Supreme Court Justice, one of five siblings
- 1983 B.A. Colgate University
- 1987 J.D. University of Cincinnati
- Co-owner of a commercial printing and manufacturing company in Sherburne, NY, started by her grandfather
- 2001 co-hosted a weekly radio and television program in Oneida and Herkimer NY counties
- 2002 legal counsel and chief of staff for New York State Assemblyman David R. Townsend Jr.
- 2010 co-hosted a program in Utica, NY, on a conservative talk radio station
- 2010 first elected to the New York State Assembly in an unopposed election, replacing David Townsend and becoming the first woman to represent the district
- 115th district (2011–2013)
- 101st district (2013–2017)
- 2012 “most conservative legislator” by the NYS Conservative Party
- served on the House Financial Services Committee
- cast doubt on the scientific consensus on climate change, saying, “The science is not determined. It’s not certain.”
- 2016 elected to the United States House of Representatives NY22 (2017-19)
- 44% vs 39% for Democrat candidate Kim Myers vs 13% for Independent/Reform Party candidate Martin Babinec
- 2018 The Hill wrote that Tenney was “embracing President Trump’s confrontational style.”
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signed a letter calling for criminal investigations into many former Obama administration officials and high-ranking Justice Department officials
- following the Parkland, FL school shooting said, “It’s interesting that so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats . . .”
- on CNN, she said Democrats who refrained from clapping during the State of the Union address were “un-American.”
2018 defeated for re-election by Democrat Anthony Brindisi
- endorsed by President Trump, who campaigned in the district
- the most pro-Trump congressional district in the nation flipped by a Democrat in 2018.
- 2020 re-elected to the House of Representatives NY22 (2021-23), defeating incumbent Democrat Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes
- ?? boost from President Trump, who won the district with 54.7% of the vote
- Committee on Ways & Means
- Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- 2021 election denier. Said on CNN, “No one knows about what happened in the election…We don’t know if it was stolen or not…I don’t know, the President doesn’t know.
- 2022, faces Mario Fratto in the Republican primary
- 2022 re-districting splits NY22
- 2022 forced to delete tweet mocking Paul Pelosi attack…retweeted a photoshopped image of a group of men holding hammers in front of what some claim is the home of Pelosi-attacker David DePape…” remarkably cruel tweet laughing at the brutal beating of her colleague’s husband.”
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- Reveals a “broken moral compass,” according to the Buffalo News
- 2023 Represents NY24, lives in New Hartford, NY; not in the district
- Claims to “live and vote in Canandaigua which is in the heart of the district.”
- 2024 faces Mario Fratto in the Republican primary (again), endorsed by Trump (again)
- 2024 defeated Mario Fratto in the Republican primary by a bigger margin than in the first meeting. She discloses the use of recording devices in her talks with Fratto.
- 2024 faces Democratic nominee David Wagenhauser in the general election for NY24 seat
