New York — 24th District

Alissa Ellman

Supports Medicare for All and Medicaid expansion

Ellman advocates for universal healthcare access, endorsing Medicare for All to prevent healthcare denials by private insurance corporations. She prioritizes reinvesting in community healthcare facilities and restoring rural hospital access in NY-24.

• Endorses Medicare for All to guarantee coverage.
• Supports protecting and expanding Medicaid coverage.
• Proposes federal reinvestment in rural hospitals and local health infrastructure.

“Everyone deserves good quality healthcare. I support Medicare for All, we must make sure nobody is ever denied life saving so that a billion dollar corporation can save money.”

“Claudia Tenney voted for the Republican budget bill that will kick 31,000 NY-24 residents off of Medicaid and close three rural hospitals.”

Claudia Tenney

Opposes ACA and supports free-market reforms

Tenney opposes the Affordable Care Act and advocates for free-market, patient-centric healthcare reform. She focuses on protecting Medicare and Social Security benefits for current retirees while expanding individual coverage choices.

• Voted to repeal and defund the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
• Opposes benefit reductions for individuals at or near retirement age on Social Security and Medicare.
• Supports free-market policies allowing individuals to select private plans and retain their doctors.

“We need a healthcare system that is affordable and accessible. In Washington, Claudia will advocate for free-market, patient centric healthcare allowing New Yorker’s to once again have the right to choose an affordable medical insurance that works for them and indeed, to keep their doctor.”

Alissa Ellman

Supports working-class financial relief and childcare

Ellman focuses on reducing household costs for families by expanding subsidized childcare, housing tax credits, and home repair initiatives. She criticizes economic policies that she argues favor wealthy corporations over working people.

• Proposes expanding access to affordable childcare for working families.
• Supports expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and funding home repair programs.
• Advocates federal assistance for local small businesses.

“Alissa is running to make the district affordable, especially to families. Alissa will expand access to childcare, making sure families never have to choose between earning good wages and being a good parent.”

Claudia Tenney

Supports tax cuts and deregulation

Tenney favors free-market policies centered on cutting taxes, reducing regulatory burdens, and fostering small business entrepreneurship. She consistently opposes state and federal tax increases and crony capitalist subsidies.

• Signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
• Supported congressional measures rolling back business regulations.
• Opposed state government subsidy programs such as START-UP NY.

“In Washington, she will continue to oppose all unnecessary and burdensome regulations and taxes on businesses and individuals.”

Alissa Ellman

Supports campaign finance and congressional reform

Ellman advocates sweeping structural reforms to curb money in politics and restore integrity to government. Her platform includes banning congressional stock trading, overturning Citizens United, uncapping the U.S. House, and establishing term limits.

• Proposes prohibiting members of Congress from trading individual stocks.
• Calls for overturning Citizens United and introducing public matching campaign funds.
• Supports uncapping the House of Representatives, imposing congressional term limits, and ending gerrymandering.

“We need serious reform in our government. Congresspeople should not be able to get rich trading stocks while in office.”

Claudia Tenney

Supports legislative term limits and voter ID rules

Tenney promotes government accountability through term limits, ending defined-benefit pensions for politicians, and restricting executive power. In Congress, she supported federal legislation requiring citizenship verification for voting.

• Signed the U.S. Term Limits candidate pledge.
• Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.
• Sponsored state legislation to establish legislative term limits and transition officials to 401(k)-style plans.

“In the New York Assembly, Claudia has put people first by sponsoring legislation that would stop the perpetuation of self-serving career politicians including: a bill that would prevent the governor from unconstitutionally bypassing the legislature; a bill that would enact term limits on all legislators...”

Alissa Ellman

Supports the PRO Act and labor unions

Ellman champions organized labor as a necessary counterbalance to corporate power. She advocates passing federal labor protections, repealing right-to-work laws, and stopping independent contractor classification abuses.

• Supports passing the federal Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
• Advocates ending state right-to-work laws.
• Calls for closing independent contractor loopholes that deny worker benefits.

“Alissa believes in passing the PRO Act to protect workers who are organizing a union, to end right to work laws, and to prevent abuses of the “independent contractor” loophole that disenfranchises thousands of workers across the district.”

Claudia Tenney

Opposes big union political influence

Tenney views major labor unions alongside lobbyists and big corporations as part of special-interest political class corruption. Her economic platform centers on free-market deregulation and small business flexibility.

• Groups big unions with special interests contributing to political corruption.
• Focuses on small business growth and tax cuts rather than federal labor organization mandates.

“We, the people, are tired of the permanent political class corruption in Washington that comes from incumbent politicians, lobbyists, the main stream media, big business, big banks, big unions and big special interests.”

Alissa Ellman

Supports reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ equality

Ellman is an explicit advocate for abortion access and LGBTQ+ equality, supporting federal protections against discrimination. She opposes efforts to restrict reproductive healthcare or reverse equal marriage rights.

• Supports protecting a woman's right to choose abortion.
• Advocates federal non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ individuals.
• Criticizes votes against federal marriage equality protections.

“Alissa has been a long time ally of LGBTQ rights, a defender of a woman’s right to choose, and a fighter against racism in all of its forms.”

Claudia Tenney

Opposes abortion and supports restrictions

Tenney is a pro-life advocate who sponsored state legislation restricting abortion, including pain-capable abortion prohibitions. In Congress, she voted against the Respect for Marriage Act and supported restricting transgender participation in female school sports.

• Prime sponsor of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in the NY Assembly.
• Voted against the federal Respect for Marriage Act.
• Voted Yea on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28).

“Claudia Tenney believes strongly in the sanctity of life and has taken the lead to protect it by sponsoring many bills in the New York Assembly that would limit the expansion of abortion, including the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, of which she is the prime sponsor.”

Alissa Ellman

Supports inclusive immigration policy

Ellman emphasizes anti-discrimination and inclusion, asserting that welcoming immigrants strengthens the nation. She opposes restrictive border rhetoric and supports fair treatment for newcomers.

• Advocates inclusive policies for immigrants seeking to build lives in the United States.
• Opposes anti-immigrant rhetoric and discrimination.

“Alissa believes there is a place for anyone who wants to call America their home.”

Claudia Tenney

Supports strict border enforcement and opposes amnesty

Tenney prioritizes border security to stop illegal immigration, protect taxpayer resources, and safeguard domestic jobs. She opposes amnesty and supports enforcement legislation mandating detention and deportation for noncitizens charged with specific crimes.

• Opposes amnesty for undocumented immigrants.
• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) mandating detention of noncitizens arrested for burglary or theft.
• Voted Yea on H.R. 875 making driving under the influence grounds for deportation.

“In Washington she will work to protect our sovereignty and our citizens by securing the border and preserving taxpayer resources for Americans and immigrants who respect and follow our laws and choose to come here legally.”

Alissa Ellman

Supports federal funding for rural transit and water

Ellman advocates for federal infrastructure investments tailored to rural hamlets in NY-24. She emphasizes funding public bus networks to connect residents to essential services and securing grants to upgrade municipal water infrastructure.

• Proposes expanding rural bus networks to improve access to healthcare, education, and job centers.
• Supports federal funding for local municipal water system upgrades.
• Assists rural communities in applying for federal grant opportunities.

“Alissa will secure funding to expand bus networks - allowing even those in the most far flung communities access to hospitals, trade schools, colleges, and community centers.”

Claudia Tenney

Supports domestic energy production and deregulation

Tenney approaches energy and infrastructure by lifting federal regulatory restrictions and expanding domestic oil, gas, and mineral development. She supported House legislation to increase fossil fuel production and repeal ESG investment rules.

• Voted Yea on the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) to expand oil, gas, and coal production.
• Voted Yea on H.J.Res. 30 to overturn Department of Labor rules permitting ESG factors in retirement plan investments.
• Advocates cutting environmental red tape to jumpstart local economies.

“We must enact job-friendly policies, roll back burdensome regulations and cut the red tape to keep jobs from leaving New York and to jumpstart our economy.”

Alissa Ellman

Supports expanding public early childhood education

Ellman advocates expanding public school systems to offer early childhood education programs. Drawing on her experience in special education, she focuses on early screening and support for children with developmental needs.

• Proposes expanding public schools to include early childhood education.
• Focuses on early identification and intervention for children with developmental challenges.
• Advocates increased funding for special education resources.

“If we expand our public schools to include early childhood programs we can immediately help identify children with developmental issues and help support them immediately.”

Claudia Tenney

Opposes federal Common Core mandates

Tenney opposes federal control of education, advocating for the rollback of Common Core mandates and returning authority to parents and local school boards. She co-sponsored opt-out legislation for standardized testing and supports addressing student loan debt.

• Opposed federal Common Core mandates and co-sponsored standardized testing opt-out legislation.
• Advocates local control over school policy by parents and local districts.
• Supports congressional efforts to ease federal student loan debt burdens.

“In Washington, Claudia will continue the fight to roll back Common Core and end federal interference in educational decisions, which are better left to local school districts and parents.”

Alissa Ellman

Supports protecting VA funding and services

As a disabled combat veteran and former VA worker, Ellman opposes federal staffing cuts to veterans' services. She advocates for expanded care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and robust support for combat veterans.

• Opposes federal cuts to Veterans Affairs personnel and healthcare programs.
• Advocates expanded medical resources for toxic exposure and burn-pit survivors.
• Leverages personal background as a disabled Army National Guard combat veteran.

“I am a disabled combat veteran, a mother, a cancer survivor after a toxic exposure in Afghanistan, a former special education teacher, and a former Veterans Affairs employee who was DOGE'd by Elon and his goons.”

Claudia Tenney

Supports Veterans Affairs healthcare reform

Tenney, speaking as a Marine mother, champions active-duty service members and veterans by focusing on VA healthcare delivery reforms. She previously served on the NY Assembly Veterans Committee sponsoring veterans' support bills.

• Sponsored veteran support bills while serving on the NY Assembly Veterans Committee.
• Advocates structural reform of the VA to ensure timely healthcare delivery.
• Voted Yea on the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.

“In Washington, she will be a champion for those who risk their lives to protect ours and will work tirelessly to ensure the Veteran’s Administration is working for our sons and daughters so they receive proper and timely healthcare services...”

Claudia Tenney

Supports aggressive trade tariffs and sanctions on China

Tenney views China as a major national security and economic threat. She advocates tariffs to combat intellectual property theft, sanctions against companies benefiting from stolen U.S. technology, and incentives to reshore pharmaceutical and rare earth manufacturing.

• Proposes tariffs, asset freezes, and sanctions to address Chinese intellectual property theft and trade violations.
• Advocates federal incentives to reshore vital pharmaceutical and rare earth mineral production.
• Opposed multilateral trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

“Restore our industrial base, provide incentives for pharmaceutical manufacturers to bring home vital drug production including the production of our rare earth minerals.”

Claudia Tenney

Opposes gun control laws and protects Second Amendment

Tenney is a vocal defender of gun rights, having introduced state legislation to fully repeal New York's SAFE Act. She opposes federal restrictions on law-abiding gun owners and vows an uncompromising defense of the constitutional right to bear arms.

• Introduced legislation in the New York State Assembly requiring a full repeal of the SAFE Act.
• Opposes federal gun control proposals aimed at law-abiding gun owners.

“Claudia is the leading 2nd Amendment advocate and has been the most vocal against this unconstitutional law. She firmly believes that it is our constitutional right to bear arms and it shall not be infringed.”