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'''Elise Marie Stefanik''' ({{IPAc-en|s|t|ə|ˈ|f|ɑː|n|ᵻ|k}}; born July 2, 1984) is an American politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{Ushr|NY|21}} since 2015. The district, the [[List of United States congressional districts#List of districts by area|fifth-largest by land area]] east of the Mississippi River, covers most of the [[North Country, New York|North Country]], as well as most of the [[Adirondack Mountains|Adirondacks]]. It also includes some of the outer suburbs of [[Utica, New York|Utica]] and the [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]].
'''Elise Marie Stefanik''' ({{IPAc-en|s|t|ə|ˈ|f|ɑː|n|ᵻ|k}}; born July 2, 1984) is an American politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{Ushr|NY|21}} since 2015. The district, the [[List of United States congressional districts#List of districts by area|fifth-largest by land area]] east of the Mississippi River, covers most of the [[North Country, New York|North Country]], as well as most of the [[Adirondack Mountains|Adirondacks]]. It also includes some of the outer suburbs of [[Utica, New York|Utica]] and the [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]].


Upon her first House election in 2014, Stefanik, then aged 30, became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress at the time. During her time in Congress, she came to notoriety as a staunch defender of President Donald Trump during the 2019 [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|impeachment hearings]] regarding the [[Trump–Ukraine scandal|Trump-Ukraine scandal]], and for voting to object to the Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election after the [[2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol|2021 storming of the United States Capitol]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news10.com/news/politics/stefanik-to-join-gop-house-coalition-to-object-to-electoral-college-results/|title=Stefanik to join GOP House coalition to object to Electoral College results|access-date=January 10, 2021|first=Jolie|last=Sherman|date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>
Upon her first House election in 2014, Stefanik, then aged 30, became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress at the time. During her time in Congress, she came to notoriety as a staunch defender of President Donald Trump during the 2019 [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|impeachment hearings]] regarding the [[Trump–Ukraine scandal|Trump-Ukraine scandal]].
== Early life and career ==
== Early life and career ==
Elise Stefanik was born in [[Albany, New York]], in 1984 to Melanie and Ken Stefanik. Her parents own Premium Plywood Products, a [[wholesale]] [[plywood]] distributor based in [[Guilderland Center, New York|Guilderland Center]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/article_ad6353c3-5f57-51cd-8540-a8ff01cb1638.html|title=Stefanik delivers national radio address|last=LoTemplio|first=Joe|date=October 6, 2014|newspaper=[[Press-Republican]]|access-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref> She is of Czech and Italian descent.<ref>https://www.famousdc.com/2015/12/24/feasting-famously-with-congresswoman-elise-stefanik/</ref> After graduating from the [[Albany Academy for Girls]], she entered [[Harvard University]], graduating with a degree in Government in 2006.<ref name="pressrepublican">{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/congressional-challengers-line-up/article_52b027f2-7a69-5e59-9101-11478427f88c.html|title=Congressional challengers line up|last=LoTemplio|first=Joe|date=August 18, 2013|work=[[Press-Republican]]|access-date=June 25, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117185007/https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/congressional-challengers-line-up/article_52b027f2-7a69-5e59-9101-11478427f88c.html|archive-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=November 6, 2014|title=New Members of Congress (2014)|url=https://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/file.php?path=/files/wr20141106-nmg-house-profiles-cht2.pdf|magazine=[[Congressional Quarterly|CQ Weekly]]|page=42|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193540/https://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/file.php?path=%2Ffiles%2Fwr20141106-nmg-house-profiles-cht2.pdf|archive-date=November 27, 2018|access-date=December 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> While at Harvard, she received an honorable mention for the Women's Leadership Award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/04/manson-schuker-honored-for-leadership/|title=Manson, Schuker honored for leadership|date=April 20, 2006|newspaper=[[The Harvard Gazette]]|access-date=October 5, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506042654/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/04.20/15-womensleadership.html|archive-date=May 6, 2007|quote=In addition to recognition of Manson and Schuker, the College will honor seniors Stacey Borden and Elise Stefanik, both honorable mentions for the Women's Leadership Award.}}</ref>
Elise Stefanik was born in [[Albany, New York]], in 1984 to Melanie and Ken Stefanik. Her parents own Premium Plywood Products, a [[wholesale]] [[plywood]] distributor based in [[Guilderland Center, New York|Guilderland Center]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/article_ad6353c3-5f57-51cd-8540-a8ff01cb1638.html|title=Stefanik delivers national radio address|last=LoTemplio|first=Joe|date=October 6, 2014|newspaper=[[Press-Republican]]|access-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref> She is of Czech and Italian descent.<ref>https://www.famousdc.com/2015/12/24/feasting-famously-with-congresswoman-elise-stefanik/</ref> After graduating from the [[Albany Academy for Girls]], she entered [[Harvard University]], graduating with a degree in Government in 2006.<ref name="pressrepublican">{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/congressional-challengers-line-up/article_52b027f2-7a69-5e59-9101-11478427f88c.html|title=Congressional challengers line up|last=LoTemplio|first=Joe|date=August 18, 2013|work=[[Press-Republican]]|access-date=June 25, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117185007/https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/congressional-challengers-line-up/article_52b027f2-7a69-5e59-9101-11478427f88c.html|archive-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=November 6, 2014|title=New Members of Congress (2014)|url=https://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/file.php?path=/files/wr20141106-nmg-house-profiles-cht2.pdf|magazine=[[Congressional Quarterly|CQ Weekly]]|page=42|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193540/https://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/file.php?path=%2Ffiles%2Fwr20141106-nmg-house-profiles-cht2.pdf|archive-date=November 27, 2018|access-date=December 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> While at Harvard, she received an honorable mention for the Women's Leadership Award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/04/manson-schuker-honored-for-leadership/|title=Manson, Schuker honored for leadership|date=April 20, 2006|newspaper=[[The Harvard Gazette]]|access-date=October 5, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506042654/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/04.20/15-womensleadership.html|archive-date=May 6, 2007|quote=In addition to recognition of Manson and Schuker, the College will honor seniors Stacey Borden and Elise Stefanik, both honorable mentions for the Women's Leadership Award.}}</ref>
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In January 2021, after a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Stefanik condemned the violence but rejected the idea that Trump shared in the blame.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Atkinson|first=Scott|date=2021|title=Stefanik condemns violence; doesn't fault Trump|url=https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/01/06/stefanik-condemns-violence-doesnt-fault-trump/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=www.wwnytv.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sommerstein|first=David|title=Stefanik decries "violence in any form" as mob storms Capitol|url=https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/42989/20210106/stefanik-decries-violence-in-any-form-as-mob-storms-capitol|access-date=2021-01-07|website=NCPR}}</ref>
In January 2021, after a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Stefanik condemned the violence but rejected the idea that Trump shared in the blame.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Atkinson|first=Scott|date=2021|title=Stefanik condemns violence; doesn't fault Trump|url=https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/01/06/stefanik-condemns-violence-doesnt-fault-trump/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=www.wwnytv.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sommerstein|first=David|title=Stefanik decries "violence in any form" as mob storms Capitol|url=https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/42989/20210106/stefanik-decries-violence-in-any-form-as-mob-storms-capitol|access-date=2021-01-07|website=NCPR}}</ref>


Stefanik voted against accepting the electoral votes cast by the state of Pennsylvania in the 2020 Presidential election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yourish |first1=Karen |last2=Buchanan | first2=Larry |last3=Lu |first3=Denise |date=2021-01-07 |title=The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html |work=New York Times |location=New York |access-date=2021-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Yourish|first=Karen|last2=Buchanan|first2=Larry|last3=Lu|first3=Denise|date=2021-01-07|title=The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html|access-date=2021-01-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Later that month, she expressed her opposition to impeaching Trump over his role in inciting the storming of the U.S. Capitol.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=7 News|date=2021|title=Stefanik opposes impeachment, wants “a peaceful transition of power”|url=https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/01/10/stefanik-opposes-impeachment-wants-peaceful-transition-power/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-11|website=WMNYTV|language=en-US}}</ref>
Stefanik voted against accepting the electoral votes cast by the state of Pennsylvania in the 2020 Presidential election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yourish |first1=Karen |last2=Buchanan | first2=Larry |last3=Lu |first3=Denise |date=2021-01-07 |title=The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html |work=New York Times |location=New York |access-date=2021-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Yourish|first=Karen|last2=Buchanan|first2=Larry|last3=Lu|first3=Denise|date=2021-01-07|title=The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html|access-date=2021-01-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Later that month, she expressed her opposition to impeaching Trump over his role in inciting the storming of the U.S. Capitol.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=7 News|date=2021|title=Stefanik opposes impeachment, wants “a peaceful transition of power”|url=https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/01/10/stefanik-opposes-impeachment-wants-peaceful-transition-power/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-11|website=WMNYTV|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news10.com/news/politics/stefanik-to-join-gop-house-coalition-to-object-to-electoral-college-results/|title=Stefanik to join GOP House coalition to object to Electoral College results|access-date=January 10, 2021|first=Jolie|last=Sherman|date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>


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Elise Stefanik
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 21st district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Preceded byBill Owens
Personal details
Born
Elise Marie Stefanik

(1984-07-02) July 2, 1984 (age 40)
Albany, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Matthew Manda
​
(m. 2017)​
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Websitestefanik.house.gov

Elise Marie Stefanik (/stəˈfɑːnɪk/; born July 2, 1984) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 21st congressional district since 2015. The district, the fifth-largest by land area east of the Mississippi River, covers most of the North Country, as well as most of the Adirondacks. It also includes some of the outer suburbs of Utica and the Capital District.

Upon her first House election in 2014, Stefanik, then aged 30, became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress at the time. During her time in Congress, she came to notoriety as a staunch defender of President Donald Trump during the 2019 impeachment hearings regarding the Trump-Ukraine scandal.

Early life and career

Elise Stefanik was born in Albany, New York, in 1984 to Melanie and Ken Stefanik. Her parents own Premium Plywood Products, a wholesale plywood distributor based in Guilderland Center.[1] She is of Czech and Italian descent.[2] After graduating from the Albany Academy for Girls, she entered Harvard University, graduating with a degree in Government in 2006.[3][4] While at Harvard, she received an honorable mention for the Women's Leadership Award.[5]

After graduating from Harvard, she joined the administration of President George W. Bush,[6] working as staff to the Domestic Policy Council.[7] Stefanik worked in the office of the White House Chief of Staff for Joshua Bolten, Bush's second deputy chief of staff.[7] She also 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 the Foreign Policy Initiative.[8] Stefanik managed Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan's debate preparation during the 2012 presidential election.[6][9] Following the Romney–Ryan loss in the 2012 presidential election, she returned to upstate New York, and joined her parents' business.[9]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2014

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New York § District 21
Stefanik's freshman portrait during the 114th Congressional session

In August 2013, Stefanik declared her candidacy in the 2014 election for the United States House of Representatives in New York's 21st congressional district.[10] The district had been in Republican hands for 100 years, before Democrat Bill Owens was elected to represent it in a 2009 special election.[11] In 2014, Owens opted not to seek re-election.[12]

Stefanik defeated Matt Doheny in the 2014 Republican primary election, 61 to 39 percent.[13] She faced Aaron Woolf, the Democratic Party nominee, and Matt Funiciello, the Green Party nominee, in the general election on November 4.[6] Stefanik defeated Woolf and Funiciello, gaining 55.2% to their 33.5% and 10.6%, respectively. At age 30, she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.[9]

2016

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New York § District_21

Stefanik ran for re-election in 2016. She ran unopposed in the Republican primary.[citation needed] Stefanik supported Donald Trump for president after he won the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.[14]

Stefanik faced Democrat Mike Derrick and Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello in the general election.[15][16] She won re-election with 66%, while Derrick (D) received 29%, and Funiciello (G) received 5% of the vote.[17]

2018

In 2017, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton endorsed Stefanik for re-election, lauding her work on the House Armed Services Committee.[18]

In the general election, she won re-election with 56.1% of the vote, with Tedra Cobb (D) receiving 42.4% and Lynn Kahn receiving 1.5%.[19]

Tenure

In January 2015, Stefanik was appointed to the House Armed Services Committee.[20] She was elected by the freshman Representatives in the 114th Congress to serve as the Freshman Representative to the Policy Committee.[21]

In February 2015, she was appointed vice chairwoman of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Readiness.[22]

On January 11, 2017, Stefanik announced that she had been elected co-chair of the Tuesday Group,[23] "a caucus of ... moderate House Republicans from across the country".[24] According to Stefanik, "[the] Tuesday Group is comprised of members who are willing to work across the aisles to advance policy solutions for their constituents, and I look forward to working on critical issues facing our nation in this important role".[23] In September 2017, the Albany Times Union reported that "Stefanik may be integral to the future of the [Tuesday Group], as some wonder aloud whether it can survive, with some of its top members exiting or planning to do so... Stefanik remains in a position to amplify her voice — for both moderates and her constituents."[24]

Stefanik is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership[25] and the Climate Solutions Caucus.[26]

Stefanik led recruitment for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections. In December 2018, Stefanik announced she would be leaving the NRCC to create a "leadership PAC" dedicated to recruiting Republican women to run for office.[27][28][29] This group, named Elevate PAC (E-PAC), announced in an October 22 press conference that it had partially funded the primary campaigns of 11 Republican women from various states.[30]

In December 2020, Stefanik supported the lawsuit Texas v. Pennsylvania, which petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to toss out millions of lawfully cast votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia.[31][32][33]

In January 2021, after a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Stefanik condemned the violence but rejected the idea that Trump shared in the blame.[34][35]

Stefanik voted against accepting the electoral votes cast by the state of Pennsylvania in the 2020 Presidential election.[36][37] Later that month, she expressed her opposition to impeaching Trump over his role in inciting the storming of the U.S. Capitol.[38][39]

Committee assignments Stefanik's committee assignments include:[40]

Political positions

Stefanik was ranked as the 19th most bi-partisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the first session of the 115th United States Congress by the Bipartisan Index.[41][42]

Abortion

Stefanik is pro-life, but says the GOP should be more understanding of other positions on the issue.[43][44] She opposes taxpayer funding for abortion, and supports requiring that health insurance plans disclose whether or not they cover abortions.[45] In 2019, The National Right to Life Committee, a political action committee (PAC) opposed to legal abortion, gives Stefanik a 71% pro-life rating, and NARAL Pro-Choice America, a PAC that supports legal abortion, gave her a 28% pro-choice rating.[46] She joined her party in supporting H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act of 2017.[47]

Economy

Stefanik voted in favor of the Keystone Pipeline.[48] Stefanik opposed the 2013 sequestration cuts to the federal U.S. military budget, citing its effect on Fort Drum in Watertown, New York, part of her district.[48]

She voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, joining five other New York Republican representatives.[49] Her primary reason for voting "no" was due to the state and local tax deduction "that so many in our district and across New York rely on".[50] Stefanik also criticized "Albany's failed leadership and inability to rein in spending". She stated: "New York is one of the highest taxed states in the country, and families here rely on this important deduction to make ends meet. Failure to maintain SALT (state and local tax deductions) could lead to more families leaving our region."[51][52]

Defense

Stefanik with Defense Secretary Ash Carter in 2015

In a July 2015 profile in The Washington Times, Jacqueline Klimas noted that Stefanik was the only freshman on that year's conference committee for the defense policy bill, a position accorded to her "because of her extensive experience in foreign policy — working in the George W. Bush administration, prepping Rep. Paul Ryan for his vice presidential debates, and listening to commanders at Fort Drum in her home district". Jack Collens, a political science professor at Siena College, told Klimas that Stefanik's prize committee position signalled that party leaders wanted Stefanik to be part of "the next generation of Republican leaders".[53]

Stefanik united New York House members "to spare Fort Drum from drastic cuts". Instead of a planned reduction of 40,000 troops, Fort Drum ended up losing only 28, making it a stand-out among state-side Army bases.[53]

Environment

Stefanik criticized President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, saying the decision was "misguided" and "harms the ongoing effort to fight climate change, while also isolating us from our allies".[54]

In January 2017, Stefanik joined the Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, an apparent indication of "a moderate stance on climate change issues".[55]

Health care

On May 4, 2017, Stefanik voted on party lines in favor of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and passing the House Republican-sponsored American Health Care Act.[56][57]

Following a televised community forum in Plattsburgh four days later, in which many attendees opposed her vote and wanted to maintain Obamacare,[58] Stefanik said she had been unfairly criticized for her vote for AHCA.[59][60] She defended her vote in a post on Medium, "Setting the Record Straight on the American Health Care Act".[61][62]

Her claims about the effects of the AHCA have been strongly disputed by journalists' fact-checking from the Glens Falls Post-Star,[63] North Country Public Radio,[64] and the Albany Times Union.[65] Following constituent backlash over Stefanik's AHCA vote, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added Stefanik to their list of targeted 2018 House races.[66]

In 2017, Stefanik co-sponsored the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (H.R. 1313) in the 115th Congress – legislation that, among other things, would eliminate the genetic privacy protections of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 and allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars, and would let employers see that genetic and other health information. The bill is opposed by the American Society of Human Genetics.[67]

In November 2017, Stefanik voted for the Championing Healthy Kids Act, which would provide a five-year extension to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).[68]

Immigration

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.[69]

Stefanik declined to condemn the Trump administration family separation policy,[70] instead publishing a press release congratulating Trump after he signed an Executive Order to suspend new separations and detain families.[71]

On March 26, 2019, Stefanik was one of fourteen Republicans to vote with all House Democrats to override President Trump's veto of a measure unwinding the latter's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.[72]

Intelligence

Stefanik voted to release the Nunes memo[73] written by staff members of Republican U.S. Representative Devin Nunes.[74] President Trump asserted that the memo discredited the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,[75] but the Federal Bureau of Investigation asserted: "material omissions of fact ... fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy."[76]

Stefanik supported the ending of the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections[77] over the objections of Committee Democrats.[78]

Taxes

On December 19, 2017, Stefanik voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In a December 18, Facebook post, Stefanik asserted: "The final bill does not adequately protect the state and local tax deduction that so many in our district and across New York rely on ... New York is one of the highest taxed states in the country, and families here rely on this important deduction to make ends meet."[79]

Net neutrality

After the Federal Communications Commission decided to repeal Obama-era net neutrality in December 2017, Stefanik urged her congressional colleagues to pass legislation restoring the policy.[80]

Cyber security

In September 2018, Stefanik co-sponsored, together with Seth Moulton and Dan Donovan, the "Cyber Ready Workforce Act" advanced by Jacky Rosen. The legislation would create a grant program within the Department of Labor to "create, implement, and expand registered apprenticeships" in cyber security. It aims to offer certifications and connect participants with businesses, in order to "boost the number" of workers for federal jobs in said trade.[81][82]

LGBT rights

In the 116th Congress, Stefanik was one of eight Republicans to vote in favor of the Equality Act.[83][84] Later in the same Congress, she introduced a bill, The Fairness for All Act, that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people, while also including exceptions for religious groups and small businesses with religious foundations.[85]

Trump impeachment

Stefanik with President Donald Trump in August 2018
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On September 25, 2019, Stefanik announced that she did not support the impeachment of President Trump.[86] During the November 2019 hearings, in which Congress gathered evidence and heard witness testimony in relation to the impeachment inquiry into Trump, Stefanik emerged as a key defender of Trump.[87][88][89] During a November 15 hearing, intelligence committee ranking member Devin Nunes attempted to yield part of his allotted witness questioning time to Stefanik, but was ruled out of order by committee chairman Adam Schiff.[90] Stefanik accused Schiff of "making up the rules as he goes", and of preventing Republican members on the committee from controlling their own time to question witnesses.[90] Nunes and Stefanik were violating the procedural rules that were established by an October House vote, and Schiff cited the rule to them.[87][89][91] The rule Schiff cited authorized only Schiff and Nunes, or their counsels, to ask questions during the first 45 minutes of each party's questions for witnesses.[90] The incident created a controversy in which Stefanik and others, including Trump, accused Schiff of "gagging" her.[92] The Washington Post and other reporters characterized the incident as a stunt to portray Schiff as unfair.[93][94][95][96][97]


Personal life

Stefanik moved into the 21st Congressional District immediately prior to beginning her first campaign. She bought a home in Willsboro, a suburb of Plattsburgh; her parents had owned a vacation home in Willsboro for many years.[98][99] As of April 2014, she owned a minority interest in a townhouse near Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C., valued at $1.3 million.[100]

Stefanik married Matthew Manda, who works in marketing and communications, in Saratoga Springs, on August 19, 2017.[101] In December 2018, Stefanik and Manda moved to Schuylerville, a suburb of the Capital District.[102]

Awards and recognition

In 2020, Fortune magazine included Stefanik in their '40 Under 40' listing under the "Government and Politics" category.[103]

Electoral history

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2014: New York's 21st district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Elise Stefanik 96,226 53.0 +7.7
Democratic Aaron G. Woolf 53,140 29.3 −17.8
Green Matthew J. Funiciello 19,238 10.6 +9.0
Majority 43,086 23.7 +21.9
Turnout 181,558 100.0 −32.5
U.S. House of Representatives election, 2016: New York's 21st district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Elise Stefanik 164,212 66.1 +13.1
Democratic Mike Derrick 72,637 29.3 0
Green Matthew Funiciello 11,394 4.6 −6.0
Turnout 248,243 100.0 26.9
U.S. House of Representatives election, 2018: New York's 21st district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Elise Stefanik 131,981 56.1 −10.0
Democratic Tedra Cobb 99,791 42.4 +13.1
Green Lynn Kahn 3,437 1.5 −3.1
Turnout 235,209 100.0 −5.3

See also

References

  1. ^ LoTemplio, Joe (October 6, 2014). "Stefanik delivers national radio address". Press-Republican. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
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