U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Dec. 19 announced that she would end her campaign to become governor of New York in the 2026 general election, and that she would not seek reelection to the U.S. Congress in the same year, thereby retiring from elected politics.
Stefanik, who previously served as the chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives Republican Conference from 2021 to 2025, was widely seen as a rising star in the Republican Party, particularly after her incisive questioning of three university presidents during a congressional hearing on Dec. 8, 2023, regarding anti-Semitism at colleges and universities amid the war between Israel and Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas….
Rep. Elise Stefanik Drops Out of NY Governor’s Race, Won’t Seek Reelection
