New York — 21st District

Blake Gendebien

Supports regulatory relief and local manufacturing

Gendebien focuses on reducing everyday costs for families and seniors through practical economic measures. As a dairy farmer and small business owner, he advocates cutting burdensome regulations, strengthening supply chains, and supporting fair trade to bring back domestic manufacturing.

• Repeal costly and unnecessary government regulations
• Support fair trade deals and restore American manufacturing
• Strengthen supply chains to lower everyday prices for families and fixed-income seniors

“With nearly half of our community over 65 and living on fixed incomes, we need real solutions to bring prices down and make everyday essentials affordable.”

“As a farmer and small business owner, I know how to stretch a dollar and keep costs down at the dinner table—it’s just common sense.”

Anthony Constantino

Advocates cutting waste to lower costs

Constantino centers his economic approach on his private-sector experience as a business founder to eliminate government waste and lower expenses. He pledges to use his cost-cutting skills to put more money directly back into voters' pockets.

• Put more money back into voters' pockets
• Apply private-sector expertise to aggressively cut government waste
• Self-fund campaign to remain free from special interest spending

“I am running to put more money into your pockets and don't even ask for donations.”

“Cutting waste as I'm an expert at cutting costs which why I have enough money to self fund my campaign.”

Blake Gendebien

Supports pragmatic border enforcement and reform

Gendebien emphasizes that NY-21 is a border district requiring bipartisan solutions rather than political wedge tactics. He advocates hiring more Border Patrol agents, deporting criminal illegal immigrants, enhancing port infrastructure to stop illegal drugs, and reforming guest worker programs to support local agricultural needs.

• Hire more Border Patrol agents and increase funding for local law enforcement
• Deport criminal illegal immigrants and upgrade physical infrastructure to stop illicit drugs at ports of entry
• Reform H-2A and H-2B guest worker programs to meet agricultural and livestock labor needs

“New York’s 21st district is a border district, and for too long politicians on both sides of the aisle have failed to deliver real immigration reform.”

“We need to make it harder to enter our country illegally, but easier to enter legally.”

Anthony Constantino

Opposes open borders and illegal immigration

Constantino makes ending illegal immigration a primary campaign priority. Citing his fluency in Spanish and understanding of border dynamics, he argues open borders have caused severe harm to the country and promises to defend MAGA values on border security.

• Strongly oppose open borders and curb illegal immigration
• Leverage language skills and outsider perspective to address border suffering
• Defend national MAGA border security priorities

“Illegal immigration as I'm fluent in Spanish and know how much pain and suffering open borders caused the United States of America and the world.”

“I am New York's strongest Republican and will aggressively defend MAGA values.”

Blake Gendebien

Protects entitlement programs and expands rural access

Gendebien pledges never to vote for cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. He proposes expanding telehealth, improving rural transportation to medical care, lowering prescription drug prices, and retaining healthcare workers in local communities.

• Protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from budget cuts
• Expand telehealth and rural transportation options to connect patients with care
• Lower prescription drug costs and make it affordable for healthcare workers to remain in local communities

“That’s why I will never vote to cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid—seniors and families deserve the care they’ve earned.”

Anthony Constantino

Promotes healthcare innovation over government funding

Constantino argues that Congress should move past debate about government-funded free healthcare to focus on innovation. He advocates for market-driven solutions that deliver improved medical outcomes.

• Stop legislative debates over government-funded free healthcare
• Focus federal policy on medical innovation and better outcomes

“Healthcare as I'm the only candidate who wants to stop the endless debate about making free to focus on innovation and delivering better outcomes.”

Blake Gendebien

Supports ethics legislation and structural reforms

Gendebien presents a detailed ethics reform platform to eliminate dark money and special interest influence in Washington. He advocates stock trading bans for lawmakers, three-term limits for House members, mandatory five-day work weeks, and ending presidential pardon powers.

• Ban members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks
• Establish term limits of three House elections (signed U.S. Term Limits pledge)
• Suspend congressional pay during government shutdowns and require members to live in their district

“Money is at the root of the problem – too many politicians see elected office as a means to personal financial gain and special interest groups are more than happy to buy their votes.”

“We need to end the “elected to lobbyist” pipeline and get dark money out of politics.”

Anthony Constantino

Emphasizes self-funding and anti-corruption outsider status

Constantino positions himself as a business outsider fighting government corruption. By entirely self-funding his campaign and refusing donations, he asserts he is completely independent from special interests.

• Self-fund campaign to remain entirely free from special interest influence
• Expose government corruption as a political outsider
• Defend constitutional rights, citing his creation of a free-speech social network

“I am totally self funded to be free of all special interest influence.”

“Exposing government corruption as I'm a true outsider who's already enjoyed tremendous success and hate government corruption as much as everyone else.”

Blake Gendebien

Supports dairy farmers and rural workforce development

As a second-generation dairy farmer, Gendebien advocates for policies that strengthen North Country farms and Main Street businesses. He supports cutting burdensome regulations, investing in rural broadband and infrastructure, expanding vocational programs like BOCES, and promoting responsible worker training for emerging technologies like AI and cryptocurrency.

• Cut regulations driving up operational costs for rural farms and small businesses
• Invest in roads, bridges, and rural broadband access
• Expand trade education through BOCES and the Agricultural Studies Academy

“Farms and small businesses are the backbone of our rural economy, and we need policies that help them not just survive, but thrive.”

Blake Gendebien

Expands VA services and mental health support

Gendebien proposes expanding healthcare access and economic support for rural veterans. His plan includes mobile VA clinics, a 24/7 hotline, expanded community care programs, and targeted job training and hiring initiatives for veteran-owned businesses.

• Deploy mobile VA clinics and a 24/7 hotline for remote rural veterans
• Strengthen community care programs allowing access to local non-VA providers
• Expand job training and hiring initiatives for veteran entrepreneurs

“Our veterans have sacrificed so much for our country, and it’s our duty to ensure they receive the care and support they have earned.”

Blake Gendebien

Protects abortion rights and opposes total bans

Gendebien supports protecting a woman's right to choose. He explicitly opposes federal or state efforts to institute total abortion bans without exceptions.

• Protect a woman's right to choose reproductive healthcare options
• Oppose total abortion bans without exceptions for rape, incest, or life of the mother

“We also must protect a woman’s right to choose and oppose new regulations that put in place total abortion bans even in cases of rape or when the life of the woman is at stake.”