Chris Tague beats out political newcomer
KINGSTON, N.Y. >> Incumbent GOP state Assemblyman Chris Tague fended off a challenge by political newcomer Nick Chase to win another term as 102nd Assembly District representative during Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial results with the state Board of Elections.
Tague bested Chase, a Democrat, by a vote of 37,075-19,596, according to the results.
Tague, who was first elected to the state Legislature in 2018, held the Republican and Conservative lines while Chase ran under the Democratic banner.
The new 102nd Assembly District includes the town of Shandaken in Ulster County, all of Greene and Schoharie counties, and parts of Delaware, Albany, and Otsego counties.
Tague, 53, was first elected to the state Assembly on April 24, 2018, and then reelected to serve a full term that November.
He was most recently reelected on Nov. 3, 2020.
Tague’s government webpage said he has focused on key issues that affect his constituents, including expanding access to broadband internet, COVID-19 recovery, reducing taxes, providing support for local farmers, and fixing upstate’s failing infrastructure.
The page said Tague is also “invested in many social issues like combating the heroin epidemic, which he has addressed during his time as Town Supervisor and Assemblyman, and the protection and support of our firefighters, EMS, and first responders.”
Chase, 21, grew up on a small farm in Delaware County and then went on to study political science at Hartwick College.
Three years into that study, Chase had to pause education due to financial hardship.
He became employed at Schenevus Central School District as a long-term substitute teacher. He is currently teaching high school English.