NY-21 North Country
New York
Not calledR -4.0closes 9:00 pm ET
Lean Ropen seat
Who's running
Anthony ConstantinoR
Anthony Constantino founded and runs Sticker Mule, a printing company in Amsterdam, New York, with more than 1,000 workers. He has never held office and took up pro boxing at age 40. He won a heated June primary with Trump's endorsement.
What they say they'll do
- Self-funding much of his race; raised about $17 million
- Runs on loyalty to Trump and MAGA values
- Beat Assemblyman Robert Smullen in the primary
Blake GendebienD
Blake Gendebien is a second-generation dairy farmer from Lisbon in St. Lawrence County. He served on the Lisbon school board and on the board of the Agri-Mark dairy co-op. He has never held a state or federal office.
What they say they'll do
- Runs on cost of living and protecting Social Security and Medicare
- Added to the national Democrats' Red to Blue list
- Raised about $7.7 million
The tea ☕
- Rep. Elise Stefanik held this seat since 2015 and left it to run for governor, which opened the race.
- A roughly two-year-old Sticker Mule video showed Constantino using a slur for people with intellectual disabilities. A disability group called it disgusting and asked him to take it down and apologize. He called the group and did not apologize, the group said.
- When a Siena poll showed Gendebien ahead by 4 points in October, Constantino's campaign called the poll fraud by the establishment and media. Siena published the poll as is.
Sources
- https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_21st_Congressional_District_election,_2026
- https://www.wamc.org/news/2026-10-09/gendebien-leads-constantino-in-new-siena-ny21-poll
- https://spectrumlocalnews.com/central-ny/politics/2026/08/19/anthony-constantino-blake-gendebien
- https://www.270towin.com/2026-house-election/table/cook-political-report-2026-house-ratings