NY-21 Democratic nominee?
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JUN 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleDairy farmer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderMale
LocationNew York
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BackgroundDairy farmer
Notable personal detailsBlake Gendebien is a dairy farmer and small business owner from St. Lawrence County, New York, running as a Democrat for U.S. House in New York’s 21st Congressional District. He is the owner and president of Twin Mill Farms in Lisbon, New York, and has served as vice chair of the Agri-Mark board of directors. He has also served on the Lisbon Central School District Board of Education.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
No clear, direct position on tax rates or specific tax policy is stated in the available campaign materials; the campaign emphasizes lowering costs for families, opposing tariffs, reducing regulatory red tape for farms, and protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The candidate frames his approach as moderate and pragmatic, focused on affordability and supporting small businesses and farmers rather than proposing explicit tax increases or major tax cuts.
Healthcare
Supports protecting and strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security; wants to lower prescription drug costs, expand telehealth and rural healthcare access, and protect reproductive choice. Emphasizes improving affordability and access to care for seniors, veterans, and rural communities.
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Immigration & Border
Supports securing the border and adding Border Patrol agents for the northern border while also advocating for fixing immigration reform to streamline legal pathways for workers, remove violent criminals with due process, and provide a secure legal workforce for industries like farming.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports protecting a woman’s right to choose and opposes regulations that would impose total abortion bans, including bans that lack exceptions for rape or threats to the life of the woman.
Climate & Energy
The candidate emphasizes support for agricultural conservation programs and funding to scale “climate-smart” farming practices and describes dairy producers as environmental stewards with industry goals for greenhouse-gas reductions by midcentury. His campaign issue pages do not outline broader national climate or energy policies (e.g., Paris Agreement, carbon pricing, or fossil-fuel phase-out).
Public Safety & Guns
Supports the Second Amendment and identifies as a gun owner while endorsing universal background checks and safe-storage laws; favors some gun-violence prevention measures without advocating gun confiscation.
Fundraising
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