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UC Professor pens cover article examining 2018 midterms for City & State New York
UC Government and Politics Professor contributes cover article to April 15, 2019 edition of City & State New York.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Politics at Utica College Dr. Luke Perry contributed the cover article to the most recent issue of City & State New York, pulling from his expertise and his newest book, Donald Trump and the 2018 Midterm Battle for Central New York, for a piece entitled “How the GOP Lost Trump Country.”
The book is the first in a new series between the Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research and Palgrave MacMillan, which Dr. Perry established and edits.
In it, Dr. Perry writes:
On August 13, Donald Trump became the first sitting president to visit Utica in 70 years. The reason for Trump’s stop was to raise funds for Claudia Tenney, then a first-term Republican representing New York’s 22nd Congressional District. Trump’s coattails had carried Tenney to victory in 2016, and she was banking on the president putting her over the top again in 2018.
Trump’s visit was important for Tenney’s campaign – and for a city long seeking to redefine itself in a post-industrial economy. Prominent political visits to Utica are a relic of better times. A century ago, the city was a thriving metropolis, and the home to Vice president James Sheman. It was a place where Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for governor, Teddy Roosevelt frequented as a New York state legislator, and Abraham Lincoln stopped to speak at the train depot on route to his first inauguration. But, the last time a president had come through was in 1948, when Harry Truman spoke there.
Details of Trump’s visit remained secret, fueling speculation on the undisclosed location of the event and what was in store for the “hosts” shelling out at least $15,000 to attend, nearly half the median household income in Utica. Tenney supporters were told there were no comps, per a request from the White House, but last-minute offers of discounted tickets were made to select party faithful. Earlier in the day, Republican state Senator Joseph Griffo, Utica’s longtime advocate in Albany, drove to Fort Drum in the neighboring 21st Congressional District to see the president. The Tenney campaign denied requests by Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri, a Democrat, to welcome the president, claiming this was not customary to a fundraiser. Later, when Palmieri requested reimbursement for nearly $30,000 in public security-related expenses, the Tenney campaign refused.
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