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Elise Stefanik

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Born and Raised in Upstate New York

Chairwoman Elise Stefanik proudly represents New York’s 21st District in her sixth term and is the most senior elected Republican in New York. She is currently the Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership. At the time of her first election, Elise made history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. She continued this historic rise and went on to serve as the highest-ranking woman in Congress as House Republican Conference Chair, where she was the youngest woman in history to serve in top elected House leadership. Elise has consistently won historic re-election victories, often by the largest margin of any Republican in the Northeast and consistently earning the most votes in the history for any congressional candidate in the North Country.

Elise serves as a senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and was a founding Member of the China Task Force. She also serves on the Elected Leadership Committee and the powerful Steering Committee. Elise serves on the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and as a member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China.
 
Elise has been rated as one of the most effective and bipartisan Members of Congress. She is widely recognized for her policy leadership and record of results on national security issues ranging from emerging technologies like cyber security, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing to military readiness, intelligence oversight and reform, defense acquisition and modernization, missile defense, and U.S. drone manufacturing and production. She is also a well-respected national policy leader on domestic issues ranging from economic policy impacting small businesses and manufacturers to rural broadband, agriculture, rural healthcare, constitutional protections, conservation, life, K-12 & higher education, combating antisemitism, law enforcement, battlefield preservation, northern border issues, border security, and government accountability and transparency.
 
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Hailed as “a star” by President Trump, Elise served on the Intelligence Committee during impeachment hearings and played a leading role as a member of President Trump’s Impeachment Defense Team. Elise is widely recognized as one of the most effective questioners in Congressional hearings – most notably when she set off a global reckoning addressing antisemitism in higher education. Her questions to Ivy League university presidents forced multiple resignations and set the record for the most viewed Congressional testimony in history, with billions of views worldwide. Due to this strong moral leadership and her extensive policy record, Chairwoman Stefanik is an internationally recognized leader in combating antisemitism.
In 2024, Elise was featured on Time Magazine’s 100 List as one of the 100 most influential leaders in the world. Previously, she was profiled on Time Magazine’s Next 100 List. She has been named many times to Washingtonian Magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Washington List. Elise was included in Fortune Magazine’s 40 Under 40 list for many years and was named among the top most powerful leaders in New York in City & State.  Elise was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Award by the United States Army, the highest honorary award granted by the Secretary of the Army.  
 

Elise also founded and launched the political organization E-PAC to increase the number of Republican women serving in Congress which helped make history electing the highest number of Republican women ever by nearly tripling their representation in the House. 

Prior to serving in Congress, Elise worked at her family’s small business in plywood and forest products wholesale distribution. Growing up in Upstate New York in a small business family, Elise learned, lived, and understands the values of hard work, perseverance, determination, and grit.

She began her public service working in the West Wing of the White House on President George W. Bush’s Domestic Policy Council staff and the Chief of Staff’s Office where she assisted in overseeing the policy development process on all economic and domestic policy issues.

As the first member of her immediate family to have the opportunity to graduate from college, Elise earned her B.A. from Harvard. At Harvard, she was selected as an Undergraduate Fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

It is Elise’s highest and most humbling honor to represent Upstate New York in Congress. She is proud to work tirelessly every day to bring a new generation of leadership to Washington on behalf of her district’s hardworking families, small businesses, farmers, students, seniors, service members, military families, law enforcement officers, and veterans. She is unapologetic about fighting every day to give her constituents a seat at the absolute highest levels of government. 

Elise lives in Schuylerville with her husband Matt and their young son Sam. They are proud to call Upstate New York – the cradle of the American Revolution – home. 

Elise Stefanik

5/5

Born and Raised in Upstate New York

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Congresswoman Elise Stefanik proudly represents New York’s 21st District and serves as the House Republican Conference Chair and most senior Republican in New York. In 2014, Elise successfully flipped a Democrat district to Republican winning by over 20 points. At the time of her first election, Elise was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in United States history. She continued this historic rise and she is currently the youngest woman ever to serve in top elected House leadership. Elise is known for her tireless work ethic, policy leadership, media savvy, genuine grassroots connection with voters, and laser focus on delivering real results to her Upstate New York and North Country constituents. Elise has consistently won historic re-election victories, often by the largest margin of any Republican in the Northeast, and consistently earning the most votes in history for any Congressional candidate in the North Country.

Elise is one of President Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress. Hailed by President Trump as “a star,” Elise served on the House Intelligence Committee during the unconstitutional impeachment hearings and played a leading role as a member of President Trump’s impeachment defense team. She served as Co-Chair of New York and a top national surrogate for President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. Elise is proud to be the highest-ranking official in Congress to endorse President Trump for President in 2024.

Elise is a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Education and Labor, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Elise has been rated as one of the most effective and bipartisan Members of Congress. She is a well-respected national policy leader on issues ranging from economic policy impacting small businesses and manufacturers to national security, intelligence reform and oversight, rural broadband, rural healthcare, constitutional protections, conservation, life, K-12 & higher education, cyber security, artificial intelligence, law enforcement, battlefield preservation, northern border issues, border security, & government accountability and transparency.

Elise was born and raised in Upstate New York. Prior to serving in Congress, she worked at her family’s small business. Growing up in a small business family, Elise learned, lived, and understands the values of hard work, perseverance, determination, and grit. As the first member of her immediate family to have the opportunity to earn a college degree, Elise graduated with Honors from Harvard. From 2006 to 2009, Elise served in the West Wing of the White House on President George W. Bush’s Domestic Policy Council Staff and the Chief of Staff’s office where she assisted in overseeing the policy development process on all economic and domestic policy issues.

It is the highest and most humbling honor of Elise’s life to represent Upstate New York and the North Country in Congress.  She is proud to work tirelessly every day to bring a new generation of leadership to Washington on behalf of her district’s hardworking families, small businesses, farmers, students, seniors, service members, military families, law enforcement officers, and veterans. She is unapologetic about fighting every day to give her constituents a seat at the absolute highest levels of government.

Elise lives in Schuylerville with her husband Matt and their young son Sam. They are proud to call Upstate New York – the cradle of the American Revolution – home.

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