{"id":2424349,"date":"2025-04-16T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elise-stefanik-considering-new-york-governors-run-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:31:07","slug":"elise-stefanik-considering-new-york-governors-run-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elise-stefanik-considering-new-york-governors-run-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Elise Stefanik considering New York governor&#8217;s run &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felise-stefanik-considering-new-york-governors-run-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2424349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is reportedly considering a run for New York governor after her nomination as ambassador to the United Nations was withdrawn by President Donald Trump due to concerns about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/narrow-margins-and-tough-political-headwinds-force-a-prominent-house-gop-lawmaker-to-stay-put-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Narrow margins and tough political headwinds force a prominent ... GOP lawmaker to stay put - Washington Examiner\">narrow majority held<\/a> by House Republicans. Influential figures in New york&#8217;s Republican circle and trump&#8217;s allies are encouraging her to pursue the governor\u2019s seat, as current Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) is up for reelection in 2026, and Republicans view this race as a potential opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>In response to polling indicating Hochul&#8217;s lack of support among New Yorkers, Stefanik criticized her leadership and articulated a belief that she could emerge victorious if she decided to run. If she enters the gubernatorial race, she may compete with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), who is also considering a candidacy. Following the withdrawal of her UN nomination, Stefanik has been reassurance from Trump that she will remain in Congress and take on a new leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>Despite previous tensions regarding her position in the House leadership, she has been appointed as chairwoman of House Republican Leadership while also resuming her roles on influential committees. Stefanik&#8217;s future actions, especially regarding a potential governorship campaign, remain of significant interest within both party circles and the public.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Elise Stefanik considering New York governor&rsquo;s run after losing Trump Cabinet nomination<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2097037\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) is reportedly looking at a run for governor after President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> had to withdraw her nomination as ambassador to the United Nations due to <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Republicans<\/a>&lsquo; thin majority.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with her decision confirmed to multiple outlets that she has been encouraged by several of Trump&rsquo;s allies and New York Republicans to run for the governor&rsquo;s mansion. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) is up for reelection in 2026, and Republicans have been eyeing the gubernatorial race since the start of the year as a pickup opportunity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3381975\/marjorie-taylor-greene-denies-insider-trading-accusations\/\">MTG denies insider trading accusations, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-defends-police-that-tasered-protester\/\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene defends police that tasered protester\">portfolio manager &#8216;bought<\/a> the dip&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3381939\/marjorie-taylor-greene-town-hall-commends-police-tasered-protesters\/\">MTG commends police officers who tasered protesters at town hall meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3381737\/centrist-republicans-house-leadership-cutting-medicaid-coverage\/\">Centrist Republicans warn House leadership about cutting Medicaid coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the White House and Stefanik&rsquo;s team for comment. A Republican source close to the White House did not confirm her consideration but said the congresswoman would be the &ldquo;strongest candidate in the field.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If she runs well enough, then they keep the New York delegation intact in the House of Representatives, and should she lose, she would likely then be appointed as a U.N. ambassador, so I could see how it would be a win-win for her,&rdquo; the source told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after news broke that Stefanik was eyeing a gubernatorial campaign, she released a statement on Hochul&rsquo;s &ldquo;catastrophic polling&rdquo; in New York.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">latest bombshell polling proves<\/a> what every New Yorker already knows: that we must FIRE Kathy Hochul in 2026 to SAVE NEW YORK,&rdquo; Stefanik said in a press release. &ldquo;Hochul is the Worst Governor in America and it&rsquo;s not even close.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This polling shows we can WIN &amp; SAVE NEW YORK,&rdquo; the congresswoman continued, referring to a Marist University poll that found Hochul&rsquo;s approval rating<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/04\/15\/hochul-s-approval-stagnant-amid-pessimism-about-n-y--s-future--poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> <\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/04\/15\/hochul-s-approval-stagnant-amid-pessimism-about-n-y--s-future--poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\">is 39%<\/a>, and a majority of New Yorkers do not want her to seek reelection, mostly due<\/span> to concerns over the economy and dissatisfaction with her leadership.<\/p>\n<p>If Stefanik entered the race, it would likely put her on a collision course with fellow House colleague and New Yorker Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY). Lawler is expected to launch a bid in the coming months after speculation arose that he was &ldquo;openly entertaining&rdquo; a bid for governor in 2026, per the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik, former chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, faced a grim reality when her nomination to join the Trump administration was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3361333\/white-house-elise-stefanik-un-nomination-pulled-gop-math\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pulled<\/a> due to concerns over Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) razor-thin majority. He can afford to lose three votes on legislation to pass it along party lines.<\/p>\n<p>But passing contentious measures has proven to be easier said than done. Though Johnson has been successful in passing key pieces of legislation to advance Trump&rsquo;s agenda, it has not been without setbacks that often led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3376116\/house-delays-budget-vote-johnson-fails-sway-sway-gop-holdouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">punting bills to the following day<\/a> or delaying fights over spending to a later date.<\/p>\n<p>With Stefanik no longer in consideration for the U.N. ambassadorship, speculation has circulated whether she will remain in Congress, as she was preparing to vacate her seat upon her nomination moving forward on April 2. After pulling the position, Trump announced that she would &ldquo;stay in Congress&rdquo; and &ldquo;rejoin the House Leadership Team.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>How Stefanik would fit into the leadership team was a topic of conversation as Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) succeeded Stefanik as House GOP Conference leader.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3376253\/elise-stefanik-house-gop-leadership-committees-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> earlier this month that he would create a new position for Stefanik: chairwoman of House Republican Leadership, a position the congresswoman said she was &ldquo;honored&rdquo; to hold. She is also returning to her senior positions on the House Intelligence Committee and her seats on the Armed Services and Education &amp; the Workforce Committees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NBC News reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/tensions-arise-speaker-mike-johnson-elise-stefanik-house-republicans-rcna200647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tension<\/a> between Johnson and Stefanik as the congresswoman wanted the speaker to publicly announce her new leadership arrangement ahead of the budget resolution vote, for which support was already on thin ice.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict is not unexpected given Stefanik, a close ally of Trump&rsquo;s, lost her shot at moving up into the administration. Though the atmosphere between Stefanik and leadership appeared pleasant, Stefanik hadn&rsquo;t voted in the House since Trump withdrew her nomination on March 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/members\/S001196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">until April 9<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><em>Mabinty Quarshie contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2097037\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2097037\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elise Stefanik is exploring a gubernatorial run in New York after her UN ambassador nomination was withdrawn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2424350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25021597448508.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40025,40086,53590],"class_list":["post-2424349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elise-stefanik","tag-new-york-governor","tag-political-ambitions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25021597448508.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424353,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424349\/revisions\/2424353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}