The Watertown Post has been pressing both candidates in NY-21 on Canada, tariffs, trade and the growing economic strain along the northern border. On that point, I agree completely: these are exactly the kinds of questions anyone asking to represent the North Country should be expected to answer. Where I differ is in what I […]
The NY-21 race took a sharp and deeply personal turn overnight after Republican candidate Anthony Constantino used a Facebook post to attack Democratic opponent Blake Gendebien as a “fake farmer,” accusing him of mismanaging his family farm and aligning himself with Democratic policies on immigration, solar development and transgender issues. Constantino also described Gendebien as […]
Democrat Blake Gendebien is taking his campaign for New York’s 21st Congressional District to television with an advertisement centered on farming, grocery prices and the financial pressure facing Upstate New York families. The Lisbon dairy farmer presents himself as a political outsider who understands hard work, while criticizing Washington spending and tax breaks for corporate […]
Can Democrat Blake Gendebien attract enough independent and moderate Republican voters to flip a congressional district that has favored Republicans in recent federal elections? That’s one of the central questions heading into the race for New York’s 21st Congressional District. With Republicans now largely united behind Anthony Constantino following the GOP primary, political observers are […]
From The Daily Gazette Democratic congressional candidate Blake Gendebien has lost his independent Lower Costs Now ballot line after the New York State Board of Elections ruled he did not submit the required number of valid petition signatures. The decision means Republican Anthony Constantino will appear on two ballot lines in November, while Gendebien will […]
