NY24 Congressional District Representative: Claudia Tenney

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.”

- 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.”