Gadarian quoted in City & State article on Tenney's win in New York's 22nd congressional district

February 12, 2021

City & State

Shana Kushner Gadarian

Political Science Department

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

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City & State

Shana Kushner Gadarian

In New York’s 22nd congressional district, Republican Claudia Tenney was certified as the winner on Monday, unseating moderate Democrat Anthony Brindisi—who just two years earlier defeated Tenney after her first term in Congress. "If you’re a Democrat who is trying to walk the line in a kind of socially conservative district, I think having to vote on impeachment, having to take positions on budgets—those are now (votes) that your opponent can push against," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "It’s not just rhetoric to say that you vote with Nancy Pelosi. You’re a Democrat in Congress, you have voted with the House speaker." Read more in the City & State article, "How Claudia Tenney won back her seat in Congress."