Rep. Elise Stefanik, a member of House Republican leadership and onetime nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, ...

Stefanik sounded like someone vying for governor ... and I look forward to that fight.” Meredith Lee Hill contributed to this report. A version of this story first appeared in New York Playbook ...

Elise Stefanik, a member of House Republican leadership and onetime nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is considering a run for New York governor, according to a person close to her.

A Republican hasn’t won a statewide election since 2002, when then-Gov. George Pataki won a third term. Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, now Trump’s EPA administrator, lost to Hochul in 2022 by a relatively ...

If Stefanik does enter the race, she might face off in a Republican primary against Rep. Mike Lawler, who has been teasing a run for several months. The last Republican governor in New York was ...

Elise Stefanik Is Considering a Run for Governor of New York WASHINGTON ... “we must FIRE Kathy Hochul in 2026 to SAVE NEW YORK.” If Stefanik does enter the race, she might face off in ...