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U.S. Representative for New York’s 21st District

Elise M. Stefanik

Republican 6th term Not running · open seat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$5.0M raised · top PACs: Arenholz, Emmer Victory Committee, Highwater PAC Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 8 of 49 party-line votes (16%; most Republicans: 7%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
84AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
11BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2015–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 66% of the House
Committees
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 2nd majority
  • Education and Workforce 6th majority
  • Armed Services 7th majority
Age
42

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date21829324467411
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—5533381,23541

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 27% 14%
Armed Forces and National Security 20% 10%
Crime and Law Enforcement 6% 14%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Immigration; bills go to Crime and Law Enforcement and Government Operations and Politics.

  • She talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration).
  • 29 bills sponsored, most on Crime and Law Enforcement.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberPermanent Select Committee on Intelligence2nd majority
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee6th majority
MemberArmed Services Committee7th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 66% of the House, in the majority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 66% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Democratic bills

10% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Stefanik.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

10% of her cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in her party: Johnson and Bice.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 28 · expected 27
Action in committee 10 · expected 7
Beyond committee 6 · expected 4
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 88 of 433 in the House

1.52expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

3 of 28 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.52 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 9203 (out of committee), H.R. 7894 (out of committee), H.R. 5213 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.31

With her party on all 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 9 of the 9 she voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 11 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.31, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 8 of 49, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 37.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Stefanik$5.0M raised49%46%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

49% of what she raised came from individuals; 49% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$5.0M raised, 6% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 24 points.

23 PACs of the 38 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Arenholz0% D
  2. Emmer Victory Committee0% D
  3. Highwater0% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

79 bills

Stefanik voted Yea on 34, Nay on 2, did not vote on 8, and sponsored or cosponsored 35 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.