Elise Stefanik Withdraws from NY Governor Race and Resigns from Congress

Peloni:  It is interesting that Stefanik was first past over for a role in the Trump administration as UN Ambassador only to next be overlooked for an endorsement for the governors race.  Currently, she stands as the chair of the House Republican Conference and has held that position from 2021 to 2025 as the fourth-ranking House Republican.  She entered the congress back in 2015 when she was initially an open critic of Trump’s presidential candidacy, only to later become one of his greatest champions while giving daily press briefings alongside Rep. Jim Jordan during the Russia Hoax as well as during Trump’s first impeachment.  Despite all of this, Stefanik rose to near celebrity familiarity during the televised hearings on antisemitism on US campuses.  Her role in questioning Harvard President Gay on whether the calls for genocide of Jews was might violate Harvard’s regulations importantly led to Gay’s subsequent resignation.  Last year, during her visit to Israel, Stefanik made the unabashed statement that the perpetrators of October 7 should be wiped from the earth.  As Stefanik’s meteoric rise within the Republican party is now coming to an abruptly sharp end, I can only offer my own regrets in seeing America lose a leader who had the courage, honesty and temerity to unequivocally ask hard questions of evil institutions while speaking frankly against the greatest atrocities of our age.  Such qualities are hard to find in general, and infinitely less reliable among politicians.  Her absence on the US political scene will be greatly missed.

ELISE STEFANIK | X

Photo by Office of Representative Elise Stefanik – Facebook, Public Domain, Wikipedia

While spending precious time with my family this Christmas season, I have made the decision to suspend my campaign for Governor and will not seek re-election to Congress. I did not come to this decision lightly for our family.

I am truly humbled and grateful for the historic and overwhelming support from Republicans, Conservatives, Independents, and Democrats all across the state for our campaign to Save New York.

However, as we have seen in past elections, while we would have overwhelmingly won this primary, it is not an effective use of our time or your generous resources to spend the first half of next year in an unnecessary and protracted Republican primary, especially in a challenging state like New York.

And while many know me as Congresswoman, my most important title is Mom. I believe that being a parent is life’s greatest gift and greatest responsibility. I have thought deeply about this and I know that as a mother, I will feel profound regret if I don’t further focus on my young son’s safety, growth, and happiness – particularly at his tender age.

I am incredibly grateful to the people of New York’s 21st District for entrusting me to represent you in the United States Congress. Thank you to my dedicated staff over the past decade. I am proud of the significant results that we successfully delivered for the hardworking families in our district and across America. It has been a tremendous professional honor to serve as your Congresswoman over the past eleven years.

Thank you for your support and encouragement as my family and I look forward to the next meaningful personal and professional chapter.

God Bless and Merry Christmas ?

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December 20, 2025 | 1 Comment »

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  1. I really cannot understand why she’s leaving Congress. Dropping out of the Governor race is one thing, but why leave? She only voted with the Constitution 60% of the time over all her years in the House, but her stand for Israel and against those college presidents was absolutely magnificent. We needed her to stay. I can only think that something else is going on in her life that she feels she must leave. A sad loss, but we’ve lost a lot of Republicans and one wonders why. She would have been a real plus as UN Ambassador whereas Mike Waltz is someone I’d never choose for any position especially with his wife’s entanglements.

    Waltz voted for the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158), which effectively prohibits Immigration and Customs Enforcement from cooperating with the Department of Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of Unaccompanied Alien Children.

    On July 19, 2022, Waltz and 46 other Republican representatives voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify the right to same-sex marriage in federal law.

    The PACT ACT which expanded VA benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service, received a “nay” from Waltz. Regarding cannabis, despite lobbying from VSOs such as the DAV, Waltz also voted against the 2022 MORE Act.

    Waltz voted to include provisions for drafting women in the NDAA of 2022.

    Waltz supports bombing Russia and Afghanistan. WWIII.

    Mike Waltz is married to Dr. Julia Nesheiwat. She is a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and a recognized expert for energy, environment, climate change, and national security issues as a public servant, academic, former military officer, and US diplomat.

    The Atlantic Council has up to six former CIA chiefs on the Council. Their commitment to globalism is at the core of its mission statement. Preserving NATO and fostering a Cold War-era hostility to Russia are among its chief priorities. It is no surprise that the Council is thoroughly engaged in Ukraine. With the Left’s attempts to first initiate a coup against President Trump via claims of Russian interference in the 2016 election having proven a dismal failure, the defenders of entrenched New World Order globalism in the U.S. government have now turned to Ukraine in a second attempt to oust the despised outsider in the White House. And Atlantic Council personnel are front and center in the effort.

    Nesheiwat served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Advisory Council on low-carbon energy transformation as well as an international affairs fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations. Nesheiwat is a visiting professor at the Naval Post Graduate School on Energy Security and has lectured at Stanford University and the University of California San Diego.

    Big Pharma, WEF and intel agencies are a common thread with many of these appointees. That thread points to the “Ice Maiden,” Susie Wiles.

    We deserve and expected more than this, and we were happy with Elise Stefanik as Ambassador. Waltz proved himself a failure as National Security Advisor, why give him the UN Ambassador position?