Elise M. Stefanik
Republican · NY-21 · U.S. House
Bio
Elise Marie Stefanik is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 21st congressional district since 2015. From 2021 to 2025, she served as chair of the House Republican Conference.
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Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
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Hochul says Stefanik would've been tougher GOP opponent than Blakeman in surprising swipe at rivalBruce Blakeman compared Kathy Hochul to Cruella de Vil after the New York governor suggested Elise Stefanik would have been a tougher opponent.
Fox News · July 7, 2026- US News NY congressional GOP hopeful gifts Trump $250K bronze statue depicting prez after attempted assassination
President Trump’s bond with likely New York lawmaker Anthony Constantino is already set — in bronze. Constantino, who got Trump’s endorsement to fill the seat of retiring upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), gifted a $250,000 bronze statue capturing his defian…
Freerepublic.com · July 4, 2026 
Trump Convinces Third-Party to Exit House RacePresident Trump personally intervened to ask a third-party candidate to drop from a House race in New York state—and the move worked. As a result, Democratic chances of flipping the seat held by the outgoing Elise Stefanik just fell dramatically, reports the …
Newser · July 3, 2026
Is A District That Went To Trump By 20 Points Now In Play For The Democrats?A lot will have to go right for Blake Gendebein to flip NY-21 to the Democrats. Still, Republicans nominating crazy person Anthony Constantino and keeping Robert Smullen in the race on the Conservative line might just be enough. It's somewhat ludicrous that t…
Crooksandliars.com · June 30, 2026
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