Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 8, 2023
Rep. Claudia Tenney's (R-N.Y.) chief of staff has traded the Hill for foreign-affairs advocacy.
Nick Stewart is now senior director of government relations at FDD Action, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies's lobbying affiliate. FDD is an officially nonpartisan think tank that advocates for a neoconservative approach to foreign policy and national security. FDD Action's federal lobbying work focuses on defense, foreign policy and banking issues.
Stewart was Tenney's chief of staff until 2017, when he left for the State Department. He rejoined Tenney's office in early 2021, when Tenney rejoined Congress after losing her 2018 reelection bid. Tenney is a part of the House Democracy Partnership commission and sits on the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Science Committee.
