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-Democrat

Background info
-attorney
-Democratic New York State Assembly member for Utica
-Represents New York's 119th Assembly District
-mother died from cancer at age of 4
-raised $18,000 more than Tenney
-defends healthcare system and wants to fix Affordable Care Act
-Strengthen public education system
-wants gun control laws
-wants to protect and preserve the environment

Moderate/Left Democratic

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Anthony Brindisi
Claudia Tenney

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-Republican
-Incumbent

Background Info
-a attorney
-longtime small business owner
- selected to serve on the House Financial Services Committee
- elected to serve as a member of the United States House of Representatives

Longtime small business owner
Is currently holding the position U.S. Representative of New York 22nd

Far right conservative

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Anthony Brindisi
- Increase educational funding: for any attempts of privatized education he fights against it. He wants schools to be fully funded so kids in poverty get a good education and to ensure that they are prepared for a 21st century economy.
-This ties into the democratic party platform due to wanting to allow kids to get the proper education they need.
- Preserve and defend our environment: He believes that protecting the environment should not be a partisan issue. He wants to create jobs in clean energy that will help middle class families.
-Democrats are dedicated to protecting the environment
- Improving health care: He believes that everyone should ave access to good healthcare. He strongly opposes the bill to repeal the ACA, raise premiums, and take coverage away from more than 20 million Americans.
-Democrats have been fighting to secure universal health care

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Claudia Tenney
- Illegal immigration: She wants to secure the nations borders, she believes that we should stop illegal immigration because it is a threat against out national security.
-Republican party believes in immigration laws and immigration reforms that address the needs of national security.
- Against tax increases: She voted against tax increases that further out of control government spending. She wants to provide meaningful solutions to reduce the state income tax, sales tax, and property tax.
-Republican views on taxes include the belief that tax reduction is important.
- Government spending: She will not vote for any additional spending that adds to the debt and will scour the budget to eliminate wasteful spending.
-The republican party believes that they should keep government spending as low as possible

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Aaron Bycoffe, Ritchie King and Dhrumil Mehta

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The latest political polls collected by FiveThirtyEight.

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Campaign AD:
Anthony Brindisi

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Campaign AD:
Claudia Tenney

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Claudia Tenney voted for Donald Trump and Anthony Brindisi voted for Hillary Clinton.

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Anthony Brindisi
contributors
- Small individual contributions ($984,834)
- Large individual contributions ($1,915,277)
- PAC contributions ($665,339)
- Candidate self financing ($0)
- Other ($249,544)

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Claudia Tenney
contributors
- Small individual contributions ($186,070)
- Large individual contributions ($882,259)
-PAC contributions ($1,224,359)
-Candidate self financing ($0)
-Other ($598,374)

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Demographic Makeup:
-the average age is 41.1
-the percentage of female and male is an even 50 50.
-87% White, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic,3% Asian, and 2% other.
Voter Turnout in Last Election:
-Kim Myers (Democratic) had 114,266 votes.
-Claudia Tenney (Republican) had 129,444 votes.
Voter Registration Laws:
-must be 18 by December 31st of the year in which you file the form.
-must be a resident of New York for at least 30 days before election.
-not be in prison or on parole.
-U.S. citizen

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Anthony Brindisi will most likely win this yearś midterm elections for New York district 22ndś House of Representative. Brindisi has shown great promise with his views because he wants to stop private schooling, so people in poverty can get an education. This will appeal to people in New York because there is a 14.8% of people of are below the poverty line. Not to mention, Brindisi wants to protect the environment by creating jobs in clean energy, which will help the middle class families. Even though Claudia Tenney is the incumbent, Anthony Brindisi has many ideals that will benefit the state of New York, and many people will see this.

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