| Claudia Tenney | |||
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| Former U.S. Representative from New York's 22nd Congressional District From: January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
| Predecessor | Richard Hanna | ||
| Successor | Anthony Brindisi | ||
| Former Member of the New York State Assembly from the 101st District From: January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
| Predecessor | David Townsend | ||
| Successor | Brian Miller | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Wayne Cleary, Jr. | ||
| Religion | Presbyterian[1] | ||
Claudia Tenney (born February 4, 1961, age 63) is an attorney, publisher, and Republican who was the U.S. representative from New York's 22nd district from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, she served in the New York State Assembly from the 101st district.
In early 2021, she supported a mass-amnesty bill for illegal aliens.[2]
In February 2022, Tenney asserted that "I was Trump before Trump," as she seeks to replace the retiring Republican Tom Reed in a redrawn western congressional district in New York.[3]
U.S. House of Representatives
2016 election
Tenney won election to the United States House of Representatives in 2016, defeating Democrat opponent Kim Myers by 5% of the vote.[4]
Tenure
Tenney voted in favor of the Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act, a bill that would repeal the bureaucratic Obamacare-installed IPAB.[5]
Rep. Tenney voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.[6]
Tenney voted in January 2018 in favor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.[7]
Rep. Tenney voted for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.[8]
Tenney voted in favor of a bill to cut unnecessary government spending,[9] legislation that narrowly passed the House and narrowly failed to pass in the Senate.
Among Tenney's last votes in the 115th United States Congress was voting in favor of the First Step Act.[10]
2018 election
Rep. Tenney ran for re-election in 2018 during a blue wave and ended up losing to Democrat Anthony Brindisi by less than 2% of the vote.[11]
2020 election
Tenney announced in September 2019 that she is running in the 2020 U.S. House elections to unseat Rep. Brindisi and gain back her old seat.[12] Her bid is endorsed by Donald Trump,[13] and she won her party's primary with 60% of the vote to proceed to the general election.[14] While the general election was tight, she was eventually declared the winner.
References
- ↑ Religious affiliation of members of 115th Congress
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/17/lindsey-graham-house-republicans-promote-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens-amid-border-crisis/
- ↑ https://buffalonews.com/news/local/claudia-tenney-a-complicated-conservative-congresswoman-in-waiting-for-wny/article_efaa5f5c-8b58-11ec-99a9-634bf98326ef.html
- ↑ New York U.S. House 22nd District Results: Claudia Tenney Wins
- ↑ HR 849 - Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 4712 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 3 - Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ S 756 - First Step Act of 2018 - National Key Vote
- ↑ New York’s 22nd House District Election Results: Claudia Tenney vs. Anthony Brindisi
- ↑ Claudia Tenney officially announces 2020 bid to regain House seat
- ↑ President Trump endorses Claudia Tenney for Congress
- ↑ New York Primary Election Results: 22nd Congressional District