Claudia Tenney
Bio | Claudia Tenney attended Colgate University and the Taft College of Law at the University of Cincinnati. She now co-owns Mid-York Press, a business that has been in her family since 1946. She previously served as the US Representative for New York’s 22nd district before being unseated by Anthony Brindisi in 2018. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of New York |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, New York |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election NY-22 | NY-22 | Yes | Running | 39.0% |
Campaign Financing | Tenney has received much of her finances from Republican-aligned PACs such as the Bulldog Victory PAC, the E-PAC, the Majority Committee PAC, and Eye of the Tiger PAC. |
Voting Rights | Tenney does not have a clear position on how voting rights should be handled. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Tenney has voted against provisions that would expand healthcare. She has voted repeatedly for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and opposes efforts to provide healthcare outside of private insurance. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Tenney has voted against provisions to expand health care and to create government-subsidized healthcare, as well as for cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. |
| Private Healthcare | For | Tenney has opposed legislation that would end or compete with private insurance companies over healthcare. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Tenney generally opposes LGBT rights. Tenney has opposed same-sex marriage and tried to primary a more moderate Republican in 2014 over his support for the policy. |
| Taxes | Against | She supports lowering taxes. Tenney has voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and her campaign platform has noted that she has an "uncompromising pursuit to lower taxes" [sic]. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Tenney's position on a flat tax rate is unknown. Tenney has voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and her campaign platform has noted that she has an "uncompromising pursuit to lower taxes" [sic]. |
| Abortion | Against | Tenney opposes abortion and federal funding for it. In her 2016 campaign, she made a number of statements opposing abortion: that she believes life begins at conception that she supports defunding Planned Parenthood at every level, that she supports pro-life legislation. |
| Gun Control | Against | Tenney opposes any restrictions on the owning/buying of weapons. Her 2016 campaign stated that she opposed any gun-control legislation, and that the right to bear arms should not be infringed for any reason. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | She has not taken a stance on this issue. Her 2016 campaign stated that she opposed any gun-control legislation, and that the right to bear arms should not be infringed for any reason. |
| Government Interference | Against | Tenney opposes most forms of government interference in the markets. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Tenney has stated that Planned Parenthood should be defunded at both the state and local levels. |
| Welfare | Against | While in the House, Tenney has opposed welfare. Her Republican opponent in the 2020 primary has criticized her for her opposition to "welfare to work". |
| Welfare | Unknown | She does not have a public stance yet on stem cell research. |
| Death Penalty | For | Tenney has supported legislation making it easier to seek the death penalty. In 2017, she voted towards making it easier to seek the death penalty for an assault on first responders. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | She does not have a public stance yet on mandatory minimum prison sentences. |
| Military Spending | For | Tenney has supported keeping funding high for the military. |
| War on Terrorism | Nuance | When she visited Iraq and Afghanistan in 2017, Tenney claimed that she rethought going to war there. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | She does not have a overarching stance on international interventionism. N/A |
| United Nations power | Unknown | She does not have a position on the legitimacy of the United Nations. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | She does not have a public stance yet on nationalism. |
| Free Markets | Nuance | Tenney supports sovereignty over free trade. She has opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that would enhance trade in the Pacific in an effort to preserve the US' sovereignty. |
| Brexit | Unknown | She does not have a public stance yet on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | She does not have a public stance yet on affirmative action. |
| Government Spending | Against | Tenney has voted against increases to healthcare or welfare by citing the federal budget. |
| Charter Schools | For | She supports school vouchers for charter schools. |
| Common Core | Against | Tenney opposes the Common Core. In her 2016 platform, she opposed the Common Core as a national educational standard. |
| Clean Energy | Against | Tenney opposes clean energy and has expressed skepticism of climate change. She supported the US' decision to leave the Paris climate accords and has opposed any federal credits for the development of clean energy. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Tenney does not yet have a overarching stance on religious freedom, though her campaign has attacked Brindisi over his supposed opposition. N/A |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | She does not have a public stance yet on the separation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | She does not have a position on this issue. |
| Border Control | For | Tenney supports harsh border control measures. In her 2016 platform, she supported constructing a wall at the border and deporting undocumented immigrants. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | She does not have a public stance yet on profiling. |
| DACA | Against | In her 2018 campaign, she attacked Brindisi over his support of the Dream Act and said that he was prioritizing illegal immigrants. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | She also attacked Brindisi by saying he would stonewall efforts to crack down on sanctuary cities. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Tenney does not support the legalization of marijuana and has spoken out against it in her 2016 campaign. |