{"id":2428787,"date":"2025-04-29T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-denies-conversations-with-johnson-over-new-york-governors-race-in-public-rebuke\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:07:14","slug":"stefanik-denies-conversations-with-johnson-over-new-york-governors-race-in-public-rebuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-denies-conversations-with-johnson-over-new-york-governors-race-in-public-rebuke\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefanik denies conversations with Johnson over New York governor\u2019s race in public rebuke"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fstefanik-denies-conversations-with-johnson-over-new-york-governors-race-in-public-rebuke%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=2428787&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) has publicly refuted claims that she discussed her plans regarding the New York governor&#8217;s race with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Following a statement from Johnson about having conversations with her and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) about their intentions for the race, Stefanik asserted that the claims were untrue and suggested that she looks forward to discussions on state and local taxes. Johnson later clarified that while he had not specifically discussed her candidacy for governor, he regards Stefanik as a close friend. <\/p>\n<p>This public disagreement is notable as leadership members typically align closely on party issues. The context of their feud partially stems from Stefanik&#8217;s recent withdrawal from contention for an ambassador role in favor of focusing on her congressional seat.Following her nomination&#8217;s withdrawal, speculation has increased regarding her future political aspirations, particularly a potential gubernatorial bid. If Stefanik enters the race, it could complicate dynamics within the Republican party as ambitions lead to competition that may <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">impact voter numbers heading<\/a> into future elections. Johnson expressed a desire for both Stefanik and Lawler to remain in Congress while acknowledging their aspirations for higher office.  <\/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\">Stefanik denies conversations with Johnson over New York governor&rsquo;s race in public rebuke<\/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_2109608\" 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 publicly denying claims that she spoke with Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) about the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a> governor&rsquo;s race. She says that the two have not had conversations about her plans to run and leave the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Republican<\/a> conference.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson told reporters during the GOP&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stunning-hypocrisy-demon-nancy-pelosi-cheers-national-guard-troops-in-dc-today-after-she-attacked-trump-for-sending-in-national-guard-during-dc-blm-riots\/\" title=\"STUNNING HYPOCRISY: Demon Nancy Pelosi Cheers National Guard Troops in DC Today After She Attacked Trump For Sending in National Guard During DC BLM Riots\">weekly press conference<\/a> on Tuesday that he was &ldquo;having conversations&rdquo; when asked if he&rsquo;s spoken to Stefanik and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) about their intentions for the governor&rsquo;s race. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3394587\/democrats-publish-list-430-million-trump-cuts-congressional-spending-fight\/\">Democrats publish running list of $430 million Trump cuts as congressional spending fight resumes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3394582\/watch-house-gop-leaders-press-conference-trump-100-days\/\">WATCH LIVE: House GOP leaders hold press conference as Trump marks 100 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3394407\/aoc-obstacles-succeed-connolly-house-oversight-committee\/\">Oversight runner-up AOC not a shoo-in to succeed Connolly as top Democrat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>But Stefanik immediately pushed back on that narrative, saying it was &ldquo;not true.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have had no conversations with the Speaker regarding the Governor&rsquo;s race,&rdquo; Stefanik <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1917229077645218163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> on X. &ldquo;Looking forward to the conversation about [state and local tax] with NY Members tomorrow. Stay tuned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A couple of hours later, Johnson told reporters that he &ldquo;just talked&rdquo; to Stefanik and clarified his statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elise is one of my closest friends, we haven&rsquo;t specifically talked about her running for governor,&rdquo; the speaker said. &ldquo;We heard about all these other things and she&rsquo;s coming in to visit with me and it&rsquo;s all good.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s very rare that members of leadership feud with each other publicly, as they are usually in lockstep on legislation and conference issues with very little daylight.<\/p>\n<p>However, after President Donald Trump pulled her nomination to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, eyes have been on Stefanik, chairwoman of House Republican leadership, and her relationship with Johnson and other GOP leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Both the president and House leaders said Stefanik&rsquo;s nomination was pulled because of Republicans&rsquo; razor-thin majority in the House. Johnson can only afford to lose three votes on legislation to pass it along party lines. With controversial legislation like appropriations and fighting over the upcoming budget megabill, the speaker needs every vote he can get.<\/p>\n<p>Though the atmosphere between Stefanik and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elise-stefanik-considering-new-york-governors-run-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... considering New ...s run - Washington Examiner\">leadership appeared pleasant<\/a>, Stefanik had not voted in the House since Trump&rsquo;s March 27 withdrawal of her nomination <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/members\/S001196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">until April 9<\/a>. The infighting shows that Johnson, who served as Stefanik&rsquo;s vice chairman when she led the conference, and Stefanik may not be on the same page.<\/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 losing her shot at the administration, several of Trump&rsquo;s allies and New York Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3382409\/elise-stefanik-considering-new-york-governor-run-after-losing-trump-cabinet-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">encouraged her to run<\/a> in the 2026 gubernatorial race to oust incumbent Kathy Hochul (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>If Stefanik enters the governor&rsquo;s race, it will all but ensure that House colleagues are pitted against each other. Lawler told Fox 5 New York he plans to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/rep-mike-lawler-considering-2026-run-ny-governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">decide by June<\/a> whether to enter the race. Once they launch bids, the lawmakers will no longer be eligible for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik&rsquo;s seat is considerably redder than Lawler&rsquo;s, whose seat is considered one of the most competitive in the country. Lawler is one of three Republicans representing a district former Vice President Kamala Harris won in 2024. Lawler forgoing reelection for a governor bid would place Johnson in a difficult position to fulfill his promise to maintain and grow the majority, as Democrats only need a net gain of three seats to flip the House.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3382409\/elise-stefanik-considering-new-york-governor-run-after-losing-trump-cabinet-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ELISE STEFANIK CONSIDERING NEW YORK GOVERNOR&rsquo;S RUN AFTER LOSING TRUMP CABINET NOMINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I love them both, they&rsquo;re two of my favorite people and my most trusted colleagues, and they&rsquo;re both super talented, which is why they get talked about for doing other things,&rdquo; Johnson said. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My preference is that they all stay here with me, right? We get the job done,&rdquo; Johnson added. &ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t begrudge anybody for having other opportunities.&rdquo;<\/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_2109608\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2109608\"}});<\/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>Stefanik refutes claims of talks with Johnson on governor&#8217;s race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2428788,"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\/04\/MixCollage-29-Apr-2025-12-02-PM-1608-1024x680.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4162,40086,54287,3973],"class_list":["post-2428787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-johnson","tag-new-york-governor","tag-political-rebuke","tag-stefanik"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MixCollage-29-Apr-2025-12-02-PM-1608-1024x680.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428787","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=2428787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428791,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428787\/revisions\/2428791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}