Anthony Constantino’s NY-21 Lead Shrinks to Single Digits After $16 Million Self-Funded Campaign
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 19
Anthony Constantino’s NY-21 Lead Shrinks to Single Digits After $16 Million Self-Funded Campaign
1 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 19
Summary
Recent polls show Republican Anthony Constantino’s advantage in New York’s 21st district has narrowed to single digits, with one survey earlier this month putting him 4 points behind Democrat Blake Gendebien.
The slippage comes in a district Trump carried by 21 points in 2024 and Republicans have held since 2015, yet Cook shifted the seat in September from solid Republican to likely Republican.
Gendebien has centered his challenge on living costs, veterans, seniors and Fort Drum households, while attacking Trump’s Iran war, higher gas prices and Constantino’s anti-union stance.
Constantino has tried to sell himself as a job creator and outsider, but his Trump-themed rap album, inflammatory attacks on rivals and Sticker Mule layoffs have drawn scrutiny.
The race now tests whether heavy self-funding, celebrity-style campaigning and hard-line Trump loyalty can still dominate a rural North Country seat that Democrats newly see as competitive.