After 97 days, state certifies Claudia Tenney as winner of NY-22 by 109 votes
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Republican Claudia Tenney has officially won the race for New York’s 22nd Congressional District over Rep. Anthony Brindisi (D-Utica).
The New York State Board of Elections certified Tenney’s win Monday, more than three months after Election Day. The board unanimously voted to declare Tenney, who received just 109 votes over Brindisi, the winner. It was the final house race to be declared in the country.
Tenney keeps lead in undecided NY 22nd as ballots go to judge
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect new figures from Oneida County that show Tenney is up 29 votes, not 27 as her campaign previously said. The total unofficial results across the 22nd district have Tenney with 155,862 votes and Brindisi with 155,833.
OSWEGO, N.Y. Claudia Tenney has maintained her lead in the last undecided Congressional race in the country, but just barely, and much is yet to come in the race.
Tenney has a lead of 29 votes in the 22nd Congressional District after Oneida County announced its completed tally Wednesday. Oneida County finally finished up its review of about 1,800 affidavit ballots that were not included in the initial count.