Elise M. Stefanik
Republican · NY-21 · U.S. House
NY-21 — U.S. House
Likely R 93%Elise M. Stefanik is not among the listed candidates for this seat — the seat is still up in 2026, as every House seat is. Blake Gendebien vs. Anthony Constantino.
R +10 points of win probability since August.
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.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 11.7 years
- First took office
- 2015 (6 terms)
- Seniority
- 143 of 439 by time served
- Age
- 42
- House Republican Conference Chair · 2021–2025
- Herkimer, NY · 315-219-8005
- Plattsburgh, NY · 518-561-2324
- Ogdensburg, NY · 315-541-2670
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
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.
How they score against the parties
Elise M. Stefanik's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Elise M. Stefanik (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Stefaniksits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Republican Governance Groupstrongly right · 44 members
- Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 141 members
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Servicescenter · 57 members
- House Committee on Education and Workforcecenter · 37 members
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligencecenter · 27 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
Trump's 'inexplicable' charm offensive toward his own enemies leaves GOP reelingPresident Donald Trump's recent warmth toward two of his party's favorite villains — Chinese President Xi Jinping and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — has Republicans openly questioning his strategy, according to The Hill.Trump's lavish White House welcom…
Raw Story · October 2, 2026
GOP candidate busted for violating election rules in bid to get $800k in public fundingNew York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman requested more than $860,000 in taxpayer-funded matching money for over 2,600 donations that appear to violate the state's own eligibility rules, according to a New York Focus review of his campaign's finance fi…
Raw Story · September 29, 2026
The GOP's 3-Step Scam: Break the Country, Blame Others, Then Claim Only We Can Fix ItIt’s not working any more, this scam Republicans have been running for 45 years, although Trump and many others are trying their best to revive it. Their strategy has always been simple: break things here in America, create chaos and a mess, hurt working clas…
Common Dreams · September 28, 2026
Bipartisan duo launches congressional caucus to confront antisemitism at collegesGOP Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York and Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey are launching the Combating Antisemitism on College Campuses Caucus.
Fox News · September 9, 2026
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