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Newest challenger is business consultant from St. Lawrence County

Tedra Cobb.

Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has another Democrat vying to unseat her in 2018.

Tedra Cobb, a business consultant from St. Lawrence County, announced her campaign on the Fourth of July by marching in the village of Norwood parade.

Elise Stefanik is a nice person, but Washington has changed her, Cobb, 49, said in a prepared statement. We just dont have the luxury of time to wait for her to find her way out of the D.C. swamp and back to the North Country. Elise has made too many mistakes too soon.

Elise has violated the first rule of health care:First, do no harm. And now, she must be held accountable.Elise made a deal and voted for a health care law that will close hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities in upstate New York.

Cobb said the House Republicans' American Health Care Act, which Stefanik voted in favor of, will also cut Medicaid expansion in the areas of mental health and addiction.

We need more focus on fighting bootleg opioids from China and Mexico and more money to treat those already addicted, she said. The bottom line: Rural healthcare is on the chopping block and time is running out."

Stefaniks campaign spokesman, Lenny Alcivar, provided the following statement in response:

There will be a time and a place for electoral politics. For now, Congresswoman Stefanik is focused on her bipartisan work delivering real results for the hardworking families and small businesses across the 21st District, not on politics.

Cobb is spending the week touring the district. She made stops in Watertown, Glens Falls and Schuylerville on Thursday, and on Saturday shell be at the Voters for Change Progressive Summer Camp in Paul Smiths.

Cobb is the third Democrat to announce plans to seek Stefaniks 21st Congressional District seat, joining Katie Wilson of Essex County and Patrick Nelson of Stillwater.

Cobb, who lives in Canton, also served on the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators and as a member of the state Committee on Open Government. In 2014, she was appointed to the states North Country Health Systems Redesign Commission.

Stefanik, of Willsboro, was elected in 2014 to represent the district, which stretches from Saratoga and Fulton counties to the Canadian border.

She was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress when she took office at age 30.

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