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Colgate University—B.A.; University of Cincinnati—J.D.
Data last updated 10/27/2026
Claudia Tenney served as staff at the consulate general of Yugoslavia, worked as a media owner, and practiced law privately. She was a member of the New York State Assembly from 2011 to 2016 and was elected to the U.S. House for the 115th Congress and again for the 117th through 119th Congresses.
Committee Assignments: House Ways and Means Committee · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Claudia Tenney’s healthcare stance emphasizes lowering costs, protecting Medicare and seniors, fighting fraud and waste, preserving access to care in rural and long-term-care settings, and opposing government-run approaches such as Medicare for All. Her record on this topic includes sponsoring bills on Medicare home health fraud, essential caregiver access, accountable care models, and healthcare workforce shortages, while her campaign says the healthcare system is not working and needs bipartisan solutions.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tenney sponsored legislation to crack down on Medicare home health fraud, protect taxpayer dollars, and help seniors continue receiving quality care at home.
SourceTenney sponsored legislation to guarantee nursing-home and long-term-care residents access to a designated essential caregiver during public health emergencies while directing CMS to set safety guidelines.
SourceTenney sponsored legislation to amend Medicare law to establish a full-risk accountable care organization program, reflecting support for value-based care models in Medicare.
SourceTenney sponsored legislation tied to addressing healthcare workforce and access challenges, including rural healthcare needs.
SourceTenney’s campaign says the healthcare system is not working, calls for Congress to deliver solutions, and separately frames protecting Social Security and Medicare as personal priorities.
SourceClaudia Tenney emphasizes a lower-tax, pro-business economic agenda aimed at job growth, small businesses, family farms, retirement savings, and reducing household costs. Her stated platform opposes what she calls job-killing regulations and supports using tax policy to encourage investment, work, and local economic growth in NY-24.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tenney proposed expanding retirement savings opportunities by building on small-business tax credits for startup and administrative costs of employer retirement plans.
SourceTenney proposed a tax-related savings measure consistent with her broader emphasis on helping workers and families save and keep more of what they earn.
SourceTenney co-sponsored legislation to create a credit against the beer excise tax for brewers that donate spent grain for local agricultural use, linking tax relief with support for local agriculture.
SourceTenney co-sponsored a tax bill aimed at supporting the film, television, and entertainment sector through tax policy.
SourceTenney says her 2026 Tax Plan would lower taxes, reward work, support families and seniors, strengthen small businesses and family farms, and encourage investment and economic growth across NY-24.
SourceClaudia Tenney’s immigration stance emphasizes stricter border security, expanded immigration enforcement, cooperation between local law enforcement and ICE, and limiting benefits or legal recognition for people in the U.S. unlawfully. She has also proposed narrowing birthright citizenship through the Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act of 2025.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tenney proposed legislation in the immigration area to clarify constitutional citizenship, aligning with her broader push for stricter limits on automatic citizenship and immigration enforcement.
SourceTenney supports a comprehensive border-security agenda focused on securing the northern and southern borders, funding CBP and ICE, combating fentanyl and human trafficking, and enforcing immigration laws.
SourceTenney’s campaign says the nation must secure the border immediately and stop the flow of illegal immigrants that she says threatens national security.
SourceTenney opposed New York restrictions on 287(g) agreements and urged restoration of local law enforcement cooperation with ICE to identify, detain, and process illegal aliens who pose public safety threats.
SourceTenney supports withholding federal transportation funding from states that allow people in the U.S. unlawfully to receive driver’s licenses or identification cards.
SourceClaudia Tenney’s Climate & Energy stance emphasizes lowering energy costs through expanded domestic oil and natural gas production, fracking access, nuclear and hydropower, grid reliability, critical minerals, and consumer energy choice. She opposes New York’s climate mandates and utility-rate policies, arguing they raise costs and undermine reliability, while pairing pro-production policies with conservation of Upstate and Western New York natural resources.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tenney backs withholding certain federal grants from states that impose statewide hydraulic-fracturing bans, arguing New York should allow responsible natural-gas development to lower energy costs and create jobs.
SourceTenney supports prohibiting state and local governments from banning fuels such as natural gas and propane, framing the policy as protecting consumer choice and grid reliability.
SourceTenney supports extending the investment tax credit for fuel cells and linear generators to encourage private investment in emerging energy technologies and energy infrastructure resilience.
SourceTenney’s plan calls for expanding domestic oil and natural gas production, supporting nuclear, hydroelectric, biofuel, and emerging energy technologies, securing critical-mineral supply chains, and preserving consumer choice while supporting conservation and water infrastructure.
SourceTenney opposes New York utility-rate increases and state energy mandates, saying Albany’s policies have driven costs higher and made the grid less reliable.
SourceClaudia Tenney frames education policy around parental involvement, opposition to what she calls woke or discriminatory ideologies in schools, protecting girls' and women's athletics under Title IX, and limiting foreign adversary influence in K-12 education. Her available education-related record includes co-sponsoring a Title IX bill and publicly backing restrictions on DEI/CRT, biological males in girls' school sports, and Chinese Communist Party-linked funding or influence in classrooms.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tenney co-sponsored legislation categorized under Education that would clarify Title IX-related policy.
SourceTenney supports barring biological males from participating in federally funded school athletic programs designated for women or girls, arguing this protects Title IX opportunities.
SourceTenney's 2026 values plan says she seeks to combat anti-American ideologies, eliminate taxpayer-funded DEI initiatives, and protect children from what she calls radical ideological agendas.
SourceTenney supports requiring K-12 schools to disclose foreign-source funding and cutting federal funding to schools receiving direct or indirect Chinese Communist Party-linked support.
SourceTenney's campaign says she has spent extensive time meeting with teachers, parents, and students and is familiar with challenges facing the education system.
SourceClaudia Tenney’s public safety stance emphasizes a pro-law-enforcement agenda: supporting police resources and legal protections, opposing policies she characterizes as anti-police or soft on crime, and expanding protections or benefits for public safety officers. She also backs tougher tools against rioting and stronger cooperation among federal, state, and local law enforcement.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tenney co-sponsored legislation to expand Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program coverage for qualifying public safety officers and their families.
SourceTenney co-sponsored legislation to amend federal criminal law so rioting would be included in the definition of racketeering activity.
SourceTenney released a plan to support law enforcement, strengthen public safety, provide officers with resources and legal protections, protect first responders and corrections officers from violence, improve federal-state-local cooperation, and address barriers to keeping dangerous criminals off the streets.
SourceTenney’s official issues page says she supports giving police officers the legal protections and tools needed to do their jobs safely and effectively while rebuilding relationships between police and communities.
SourceTenney highlighted legislative efforts to support police officers, strengthen public safety, and defend the rule of law during National Police Week.
SourceUS House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/T/TENNEY%2C-Claudia-%28T000478%29/Fetched: biography, age, education, background, committee assignments
Representative Claudia Tenney
https://tenney.house.gov/aboutFetched: biography, background, committee assignments
Committee on House Administration New Member Pictorial Directory
https://cha.house.gov/_cache/files/6/0/60498220-10d1-4c67-8017-2ff642a420b5/6CEB9252C9796CA681ED73554DD95B6A8D47DDEB6A220BDF202ABBF2FD2750CC.115thnmopictorialdirectory.pdfFetched: location, education, background
FEC API
https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/H4NY22051/totals/Fetched: totalRaised, totalSpent, cashOnHand
OpenWatchdog
https://www.openwatchdog.com/member/T000478Fetched: partyAlignment, missedVotes, keyVotes
OpenSecrets
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/claudia-tenney/summary?cid=N00036351Fetched: campaignFinance
Vote Smart
https://j.futurefacts.votesmart.io/candidate/evaluations/127668/claudia-tenneyFetched: endorsements, ratings
Maggie's List
https://maggieslist.org/maggies-list-announces-first-round-of-u-s-house-endorsements/Fetched: endorsements
SBA Pro-Life America
https://sbaprolife.org/home/sba-list-candidate-fund-endorses-claudia-tenney-re-election-ny-22Fetched: endorsements
AFL-CIO
https://aflcio.org/scorecard/legislators?name=&order=full_name&page=2&party=All&sort=desc&source=post_page---------------------------&state=AllFetched: ratings
ACLU
https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/acl18002_legislative_report_card_v2.pdfFetched: ratings
National Education Association
https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/nea-legislative-report-card-for-the-118th-congress-full.pdfFetched: ratings
Club for Growth Foundation
https://clubforgrowthfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2022-Congressional-Scorecard-Final-Updated-2024-C.pdfFetched: ratings
Humane Society Legislative Fund
https://humaneaction.org/sites/default/files/scorecard/pdfs/HumaneScorecard_2022_web.pdfFetched: ratings
American Federation of Government Employees
https://www.afge.org/globalassets/images/apps/legcon/2024/2023-voting-record_jan30.pdfFetched: ratings
DCCC
https://dccc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200528-Claudia-Tenney-Research-Book-ONLINE.pdfFetched: endorsements, ratings
Claudia Tenney for Congress issues page
https://claudiaforcongress.com/issues/Fetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney official House website
https://tenney.house.gov/Fetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney Essential Caregivers Act press release
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenneys-essential-caregivers-act-advances-through-ways-and-meansFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney - 2026 Tax Plan press release
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-releases-2026-tax-plan-deliver-relief-new-york-familiesFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney - Tax Plan
https://tenney.house.gov/issues/tax-planFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney official House issues page
https://tenney.house.gov/issues/border-security-planFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney press release on ICE cooperation
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-urges-hochul-restore-local-law-enforcement-cooperationFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney - Freedom to Frack Act press release
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-introduces-freedom-frack-actFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney - Energy and Environment Plan
https://tenney.house.gov/issues/energy-and-environment-planFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney - My Votes Explained
https://tenney.house.gov/about/my-votes-explainedFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney - 2026 Energy and Environment Plan press release
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-releases-2026-energy-and-environment-plan-lower-costs-andFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney - Utility rate hikes statement
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-condemns-latest-utility-rate-hikes-impacting-upstateFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney official House site
https://tenney.house.gov/issues/supporting-commonsense-american-and-family-valuesFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney official House press release
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-releases-2026-supporting-commonsense-american-and-familyFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney official House site
https://tenney.house.gov/about/my-votes-explainedFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney official press release: 2026 Law Enforcement Plan
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-releases-2026-law-enforcement-plan-support-police-andFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney official issues page
https://tenney.house.gov/issuesFetched: issuePositions
Representative Claudia Tenney official press release: National Police Week
https://tenney.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-tenney-highlights-legislative-efforts-back-blue-during-nationalFetched: issuePositions