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New York State Assembly District 102
Elizabethtown College—BS in Biology/Allied Health; Thomas Jefferson University—BS and MS in Physical Therapy; Utica College—Doctorate of Physical Therapy
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Janet Tweed is a physical therapist who has spent more than 20 years in the field, including home health and rural healthcare settings, and describes her work as helping people regain strength and independence. She is a local elected official who currently serves on the Delhi village board and previously served on the Delhi Town Board, and she is also active as a community volunteer with groups including the Delhi Rotary Club and Delhi Beautification Committee.
Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.
Janet Tweed, Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 102, emphasizes lowering costs and improving rural access to healthcare. Her stated healthcare agenda includes universal coverage through the New York Health Act, school-based health centers, rural provider recruitment and retention, evidence-based healthcare policy, safe staffing, and support for seniors aging in place.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tweed says she supports passing the New York Health Act to guarantee universal healthcare for all New Yorkers and reduce dependence on for-profit insurance.
SourceTweed stated that, if elected to represent NYS Assembly District 102, she would co-sponsor the New York Health Act and replace for-profit insurance with a state-operated insurance agency.
SourceTweed supports expanding school-based health centers, funding nurse educators, supporting healthcare training programs, and subsidizing student-loan repayment for providers who remain in rural healthcare for 3–5 years.
SourceA Delaware County Democratic Committee report on Tweed’s Assembly District 102 primary win says she supports the New York Health Act and expanding school-based healthcare for all New York kids.
SourceA local news profile reported that Tweed’s medical-field experience has shaped her focus on healthcare and affordability in the 102nd Assembly District race.
SourceJanet Tweed frames Economy & Jobs around rural affordability and infrastructure: lowering utility and health-care costs, expanding housing supply, broadband/cell service, and making state funding work better for small rural communities. She also emphasizes stronger oversight of utilities and AI/data-center growth, arguing that affordable infrastructure is key to economic development in Assembly District 102.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tweed supports increasing housing stock of all types, lowering energy costs through stronger regulation of NYSEG and AI data centers, expanding renewable energy infrastructure thoughtfully, and changing state funding formulas to be more equitable for small rural communities.
SourceTweed supports modernizing New York's Plus One ADU Program with clearer guidelines, updated local codes, streamlined approvals, and state funding for modular or prefabricated housing to expand affordable housing stock in AD102.
SourceTweed points to legislation preventing NYSEG and other electric utilities from automatically raising rates and argues that utility-bill increases are a major cost-of-living concern across the district.
SourceTweed said smart, sustainable infrastructure should include broadband and cell service in rural areas so communities can attract more jobs, improve affordable housing, and strengthen schools.
SourceJanet Tweed frames immigration enforcement primarily as a constitutional due-process issue, criticizing ICE under the current federal administration as lawless and abusive. She supports applying due process, checks and balances, rule of law, protest rights, and the right to record abuses to everyone.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tweed states that ICE under the current federal administration is not acting as lawful law enforcement and describes it as terrorizing communities.
SourceTweed states that law enforcement must obey the law and that due process is for everyone, including in the context of ICE enforcement.
SourceJanet Tweed supports climate action paired with lower energy costs, favoring renewable energy expansion when sited on rooftops, parking lots, brownfields, built infrastructure, or closer to population centers rather than on prime farmland and forests. She also supports stronger oversight of utilities, cryptocurrency mining, and AI data centers that she says drive up energy prices and strain infrastructure.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tweed states that rural infrastructure policy should lower energy costs by better regulating NYSEG and AI data centers while thoughtfully increasing renewable energy infrastructure.
SourceTweed says AI data centers are driving up energy prices and straining municipal infrastructure, and she supports the legislature-passed one-year moratorium on building new AI data centers.
SourceTweed said continuing to invest in home-grown renewable energy can mitigate energy costs by adding supply and reduce the harmful effects of climate change.
SourceTweed supports incentivizing solar construction on buildings, parking lots, and brownfields and opposes siting projects on prime farmland.
SourceIn a voter guide response, Tweed said New York should protect prime farmland and encourage renewable energy buildout on parking lots, rooftops, brownfields, highways, and other built infrastructure.
SourceJanet Tweed’s education-related positions emphasize expanding school-based health centers, supporting healthcare workforce education programs in rural communities, and addressing racial disparities in education. She has also highlighted support from New York State United Teachers in her 2026 Assembly District 102 campaign.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tweed says she supports expanding school-based health centers as part of improving access to care for children and families in rural Assembly District 102.
SourceTweed supports funding nurse educators and local provider-training programs, including programs such as those at SUNY Delhi and Hartwick College, to strengthen the rural healthcare workforce.
SourceIn her VOTE411 response, Tweed identified education as one of the areas where racial disparities persist because of historical and current policies and practices rooted in racism.
SourceTweed lists New York State United Teachers among her campaign endorsements, and NYSUT’s VOTE-COPE voter guide lists Janet Tweed for Assembly District 102.
SourceJanet Tweed frames public safety around both support for local police and constitutional limits on government power. She says she respects officers who serve according to law, supports due process and protections against unreasonable search and seizure, and highlights her Delhi village board police committee experience.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Tweed states that, as a Delhi village board police committee member, she respects police officers who protect communities in accordance with law and says law enforcement must obey the law, with due process for everyone and rights to protest and record abuses.
SourceIn a 2026 Power & Politics interview as the Democratic nominee for New York's 102nd Assembly District, Tweed discussed 287g, legislative independence, urban-rural issues, and public safety.
SourceA Delaware County Democratic Committee event page says Tweed, as a Delhi Village trustee and former Delhi Town Board member, contributed to initiatives including public safety.
SourceDelhi Village Board minutes record Tweed seconding acceptance of the police report and saying she had done a police ride-along and encouraged other board members to do one as well.
SourceDelhi Village Board records identify Tweed on the Police Committee and note committee business involving PBA negotiations and bulletproof vest grant submission information.
SourceTimes Union
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/democrats-vie-102nd-assembly-seat-19508654.phpFetched: age, location, biography
VOTE411 Voter Guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/candidate-detail.do?id=73189543Fetched: education, biography
New York State Board of Elections
https://elections.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/05/accessible-june-23-2026-primary-certification-amended-4.30.26-.pdfFetched: office, district, party
Transparency USA - Janet Tweed - New York Candidate
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/janet-tweedFetched: votingRecord, campaignFinance
Transparency USA - New York State Assembly District 102 Election
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/race/new-york-state-assembly-district-102-74513Fetched: campaignFinance
New York State Board of Elections - 2024 General Election Contest 5789
https://results.elections.ny.gov/contest/5789Fetched: votingRecord
New York State United Teachers
https://www.nysut.org/resources/special-resources-sites/voter-guide/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
New York State Nurses Association
https://www.nysna.org/news/nysna-2026-general-election-endorsementsFetched: endorsements
Delaware County Democratic Committee
https://dcnydems.org/dcdc-endorses-janet-tweed/Fetched: endorsements
Janet Tweed for NYS Assembly - New York Health Act Champion
https://www.janettweed.com/updates/new-york-health-act-championFetched: issuePositions
Janet Tweed for NYS Assembly - Healthcare policy should be led by evidence, not influencers
https://www.janettweed.com/updates/healthcare-policy-should-be-led-by-evidence-not-influencersFetched: issuePositions
The Mountain Eagle
https://mountaineagle.net/articles/display/tweed-seeks-term-in-assembly/Fetched: issuePositions
Janet Tweed for NYS Assembly - Understanding Housing Affordability in AD102
https://www.janettweed.com/updates/understanding-housing-affordability-in-ad102Fetched: issuePositions
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
https://www.wamc.org/news/2024-06-21/two-democrats-face-off-in-tuesdays-primary-in-new-yorks-102nd-state-assembly-district-race?_amp=trueFetched: issuePositions
All Otsego
https://www.allotsego.com/candidates-for-the-general-election-in-their-words/Fetched: issuePositions
Times Union
https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2024/new-york-voter-guide-mohawk-valley/Fetched: issuePositions
Delaware County NY Democratic Committee
https://dcnydems.org/virtual-rally-janet-tweed/Fetched: issuePositions
Village of Delhi Board Minutes
https://villageofdelhiny.gov/sites/default/files/documents/board-meeting-2024-12-17-minutes.pdfFetched: issuePositions
Village of Delhi Board Agenda
https://villageofdelhiny.gov/sites/default/files/documents/board-meeting-2024-06-17.pdfFetched: issuePositions