Janet Tweed Announces Second 102nd Assembly District Run
By ERIC SANTOMAURO-STENZEL
DELHI
Democrat Janet Tweed, a Delhi village board member and former town board member, has announced her candidacy for the New York State Assembly’s 102nd District. Tweed also ran unsuccessfully in 2024 against Republican Assemblyman Chris Tague, who recently announced his candidacy for the State Senate.
Tweed, a physical therapist, made healthcare the focus of her announcement.
“I’m running for New York State Assembly District 102 because we desperately need elected leaders who want to serve people, not corporate profits,” Tweed said. “Did you know that the United States pays more per person for our healthcare system than any other country? We pay twice as much as other wealthy countries. We are also the only developed country in the world that does not guarantee its citizens universal healthcare. This is an economic failing and a moral failing. And it only exists because the current system is designed to benefit profits, not people.”
Tweed called for stronger regulations on for-profit healthcare companies and incentives for nonprofit ones, expanding Medicaid eligibility, expanding school-based health clinics, and incentives for more investment in rural healthcare including offering medical student debt relief to those who agree to work in rural areas for five years.
“If elected, I would be one of only a handful of state representatives who have a background in healthcare,” Tweed said. “In order to fix these systems, we need to have people in the room who have worked with these systems and seen firsthand how they need to change.”
The 102nd District includes Schoharie and Greene counties and parts of Delaware, Otsego, and Albany counties. Tague was first elected to the seat in a close 2018 special election. Since then, he has comfortably won his re-election campaigns. Tweed is the first to announce their candidacy to fill his seat.
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