1. Elise Marie Stefanik is an American politician serving as the US representative for.
80 Facts About Elise Stefanik
1. 2.
Elise Stefanik was elected chair of the House Republican Conference in May 2021 after incumbent Liz Cheney was removed due to her opposition to then-former president Trump.
3.
Elise Stefanik's questioning contributed to the subsequent resignation of Liz Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania.
4.
Elise Stefanik was awarded the Dr Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel Award by the Zionist Organization of America.
5.
Elise Stefanik has supported the view that Israel has a "biblical right" to the occupied West Bank.
6.
On January 20,2025, President Trump nominated Elise Stefanik to serve as the United States ambassador to the United Nations.
7.
However, on March 27,2025, Elise Stefanik's nomination was withdrawn amidst concerns about how her departure from the House would affect the thin House Republican majority.
8.
Elise Stefanik was born in Albany, New York on July 2,1984 to Melanie and Kenneth Elise Stefanik.
9.
In October 1998, when she was 14, Elise Stefanik was featured in a Times Union profile about US senator Al D'Amato.
10.
Elise Stefanik worked in Washington for six years before entering politics.
11.
Elise Stefanik graduated from the Albany Academy for Girls in 2002 and enrolled at Harvard College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government in 2006.
12.
Elise Stefanik was elected vice president of the Harvard Institute of Politics in 2004.
13.
Elise Stefanik later worked in the office of Joshua Bolten, the White House chief of staff.
14.
Elise Stefanik helped prepare the Republican platform in 2012, served as director of new media for Tim Pawlenty's presidential exploratory committee, and worked at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and at Foreign Policy Initiative.
15.
At the time, the 30-year-old Elise Stefanik was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
16.
Elise Stefanik became increasingly supportive of Donald Trump's candidacy for president after he won the 2016 Republican Party presidential primary.
17.
Elise Stefanik said that Trump's crude remarks in the Access Hollywood tape were "wrong", but continued to endorse him.
18.
Elise Stefanik faced Democratic nominee Mike Derrick and Green Party nominee Matt Funiciello in the general election.
19.
In 2024, Elise Stefanik defeated Democrat Paula Collins by a wide margin.
20.
The freshman representatives of the 114th Congress elected Elise Stefanik to serve as the freshman representative to the policy committee.
21.
Elise Stefanik led recruitment for the National Republican Congressional Committee in the 2018 House elections; among 13 Republican women elected to the House, only one was newly elected.
22.
In December 2018, Elise Stefanik announced she would leave the NRCC to create a "leadership PAC" dedicated to recruiting Republican women to run for office.
23.
Elise Stefanik was seen as a potential replacement for Cheney if the Republican conference decided to oust Cheney from her position, despite Cheney's more conservative credentials and greater voting record in support of Trump's policies.
24.
Elise Stefanik characterized the slogan "From the River to the Sea" and calls for an intifada as genocidal.
25.
Elise Stefanik further criticized Harvard's response to antisemitism by denouncing the appointment of Derek Penslar to the university's Antisemitism Task Force.
26.
Elise Stefanik was awarded the Dr Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel Award by the Zionist Organization of America.
27.
Elise Stefanik appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on January 21,2025.
28.
Elise Stefanik received bipartisan support for her plans to bolster US leadership in the United Nations.
29.
Elise Stefanik praised the World Food Program and UNICEF for being successful and effective agencies that have a positive global impact.
30.
Trump stated that he personally asked Elise Stefanik to remain in Congress, calling her "one of his biggest allies" and emphasizing the importance of holding onto every GOP seat.
31.
Elise Stefanik hinted that she could be considered for another position in his administration at a later date.
32.
Elise Stefanik was ranked by the Bipartisan Index as the 19th-most bipartisan House member during the first session of the 115th United States Congress in 2019.
33.
Elise Stefanik aligned herself with President Donald Trump during his first term in office.
34.
Elise Stefanik opposes abortion, but says the Republican Party should be more understanding of other positions on the issue.
35.
Elise Stefanik opposes taxpayer funding for abortion, and supports requiring that health insurance plans disclose whether they cover it.
36.
Elise Stefanik opposed the 2013 sequestration cuts to the federal US military budget, citing its effect on Fort Drum just north of Watertown, New York, part of her district.
37.
Elise Stefanik voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, joining five other New York Republican representatives.
38.
Elise Stefanik criticized "Albany's failed leadership and inability to rein in spending".
39.
In March 2021, all House Republicans, including Elise Stefanik, voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.
40.
In May 2021, Elise Stefanik called Trump the "strongest supporter of any president when it comes to standing up for the Constitution".
41.
On September 25,2019, Elise Stefanik announced that she did not support the impeachment of President Trump.
42.
Elise Stefanik accused Schiff of "making up the rules as he goes" and of preventing Republican committee members from controlling their time to question witnesses.
43.
Elise Stefanik made false claims of fraud, saying among other things that "more than 140,000 votes came from underage, deceased, and otherwise unauthorized voters" in Fulton County, Georgia.
44.
Elise Stefanik expressed "concerns" about Dominion Voting Systems, the subject of numerous false right-wing conspiracy theories.
45.
In December 2020, Stefanik supported the lawsuit Texas v Pennsylvania, an attempt to reverse Trump's loss by petitioning the US Supreme Court to reject certified results in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia.
46.
Elise Stefanik has promoted conspiracy theories about a "stolen election", and just hours after the "invasion" of the Capitol, she voted against accepting Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the 2020 election.
47.
Elise Stefanik continued to make unsubstantiated claims about election fraud in public statements.
48.
In December 2020, Elise Stefanik joined over 100 GOP House members in an amicus brief asking the US Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election.
49.
Elise Stefanik backed Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, objecting to Pennsylvania's electoral votes after Trump supporters were involved in the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
50.
Elise Stefanik claimed without evidence that Pelosi was "aware of potential security threats to the Capitol and she failed to act".
51.
Elise Stefanik has forwarded the idea of "expunging" both of Trump's impeachments.
52.
In 2017, Elise Stefanik criticized Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
53.
Elise Stefanik contended that the move was "misguided" and "harms the ongoing effort to fight climate change, while isolating us from our allies".
54.
In January 2017, Elise Stefanik joined the Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, an apparent indication of "a moderate stance on climate change issues".
55.
Elise Stefanik is considered to be hawkish towards China, calling the country "the key challenge of the 21st century".
56.
Elise Stefanik has proposed legislation to prohibit the Chinese drone manufacturer DJI from operating in the United States.
57.
Elise Stefanik is sharply critical of the United Nations, accusing it of fostering "antisemitic rot".
58.
On May 4,2017, Elise Stefanik voted on party lines in favor of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and passing the House Republican-sponsored American Health Care Act.
59.
Elise Stefanik defended her vote in a post on Medium, "Setting the Record Straight on the American Health Care Act".
60.
In November 2017, Elise Stefanik voted for the Championing Healthy Kids Act, which would provide a five-year extension to the Children's Health Insurance Program.
61.
Elise Stefanik opposed Trump's 2017 executive order imposing a temporary ban on travel and immigration to the United States by nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries.
62.
Elise Stefanik declined to condemn the Trump administration family separation policy, instead publishing a press release congratulating Trump after he signed an Executive Order to suspend new separations and detain families.
63.
On March 26,2019, Elise Stefanik was one of 14 Republicans to vote with all House Democrats to override Trump's veto of a measure unwinding the latter's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.
64.
Elise Stefanik accused the Democrats of collaborating with unspecified "pedo grifters" in implementing this policy.
65.
Elise Stefanik has further claimed in a Facebook campaign advertisement in 2021 that Democrats were orchestrating a "permanent election insurrection" by granting amnesty to undocumented immigrants in order to "overthrow our current electorate and create a permanent liberal majority in Washington".
66.
An adviser to Elise Stefanik denied the accusation, calling it a "new disgusting low for the Left, their Never Trump allies, and the sycophant stenographers in the media".
67.
Elise Stefanik voted to release the Nunes memo written by staff members of Representative Devin Nunes.
68.
Elise Stefanik supported ending the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections over the objections of Committee Democrats.
69.
On December 19,2017, Elise Stefanik voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
70.
Elise Stefanik voted against the Equality Act on February 25,2021, despite having supported the same legislation during the previous Congress.
71.
On July 19,2022, Elise Stefanik was one of the 47 Republican representatives who voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified the right to same-sex marriage in federal law.
72.
Elise Stefanik made a false claim that the legislation would "prevent removal of ineligible voters from registration rolls".
73.
Elise Stefanik has long advocated for empowering women in the Republican Party and has influenced the party's culture to prioritize electing more women.
74.
Elise Stefanik endorsed him in August 2021, lent him a staffer who played a major role in his campaign, and held a fundraiser for him in May 2022 that raised over $100,000.
75.
In 2022, Elise Stefanik endorsed Carl Paladino in the election to succeed retiring US representative Chris Jacobs in New York's 23rd congressional district.
76.
Elise Stefanik reportedly had a history of disputes with Paladino's rival in the Republican primary, then-New York State Republican Committee chair Nick Langworthy.
77.
Elise Stefanik condemned Paladino's remarks when asked about them by HuffPost but did not withdraw her endorsement.
78.
Elise Stefanik actively campaigned for Paladino, hosting a tele-rally for him the night before the primary.
79.
Elise Stefanik is a member of the New York Young Republican Club, an organization connected to white nationalists and other far-right figures.
80.
Elise Stefanik's parents had owned a vacation home in Willsboro for many years.