# Elise Stefanik

Elise Stefanik is a Republican member of the U.S. House for New York’s 21st district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, New York’s 21st district
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: S001196
- FEC candidate IDs: H4NY21079

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001196 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

12% of Stefanik’s statements contain a personal attack, 5.6 times the House Republican average of 2.1%.

## What Stefanik says (119th Congress (2025–27))

999 classified statements: 666 posts on X, 219 press releases, 74 newsletters, 40 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Stefanik | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 11.9% | 2.1% | 3 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 14.4% | 15.1% | 108 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 71.7% | 67.7% | 86 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 9.2% | 8.9% | 80 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 43.6% | 37.4% | 71 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 10.3% | 3.0% | 5 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 29% (House Republicans 24%); Education 22% (House Republicans 8.5%); Crime and Law Enforcement 18% (House Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 18% (House Republicans 19%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (House Republicans 19%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.75 (standard error 0.01), from 21,133 donors and 6,243 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 84% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 97.2% (97.1%). 14 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted not voting · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted not voting · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 242. 24.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 47 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 9203: Student Protection and University Accountability Act (in committee, 2026-09-08) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9203
- H.R. 8558: To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to require each institution of higher education to certify as part of an application… (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8558
- H.R. 8559: To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and… (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8559
- H.R. 8189: American Security Robotics Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8189
- H.R. 7894: Truman Scholarship Clean House Act (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7894
- H.R. 7924: Trucking Security and CCP Disclosure Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7924
- H.R. 7560: LCBP Enhancements Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7560
- H.R. 5923: Servicemember Credit Monitoring Enhancement Act (in committee, 2025-11-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5923
- H.R. 5759: INFANT Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-10-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5759
- H.R. 5760: PASS Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-10-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5760

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $5.0M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 60% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 37% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-07-22 · Press release · Stefanik Leads Intelligence Committee 9/11 Commission Hearing on Emerging Threats · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://stefanik.house.gov/2026/7/stefanik-leads-intelligence-committee-9-11-commission-hearing-on-emerging-threats
- 2026-06-29 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-06-29
- 2026-06-29 · Congressional Record speech · labels: credit claiming · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-06-29
- 2026-06-29 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-06-29
- 2026-06-05 · Press release · Stefanik Leads Intelligence Committee Review of Post 9/11 Intelligence Reforms · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://stefanik.house.gov/2026/6/stefanik-leads-intelligence-committee-review-of-post-9-11-intelligence-reforms
- 2026-06-05 · Press release · Stefanik Advances Historic Wins for Fort Drum, Rome Labs, Upstate New York, the North Country, and America in the FY27 National Defense Bill · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://stefanik.house.gov/2026/6/stefanik-advances-historic-wins-for-fort-drum-rome-labs-upstate-new-york-the-north-country-and-america-in-the-fy27-national-defense-bill
- 2026-05-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepStefanik/status/2057153816236314645
- 2026-05-20 · Congressional Record speech · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-05-20
- 2026-05-20 · Congressional Record speech · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-05-20
- 2026-05-14 · Congressional Record speech · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-05-14

## Links

- Official site: https://stefanik.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepStefanik
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepEliseStefanik
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repstefanik
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001196

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001196