{"id":2446652,"date":"2025-06-12T18:17:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-stefanik-should-run-in-new-york-governors-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:18:47","slug":"jeffries-says-stefanik-should-run-in-new-york-governors-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-stefanik-should-run-in-new-york-governors-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries says Stefanik should run in New York governor\u2019s race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fjeffries-says-stefanik-should-run-in-new-york-governors-race-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=2446652&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>house Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has urged Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to consider running for the governor&#8217;s position in New York. This suggestion indicates confidence among Democrats that they will maintain control of the governorship in the upcoming election. Jeffries publicly advised Stefanik to &#8220;Run, Elise, run,&#8221; suggesting he sees potential for her candidacy even after she faced setbacks with her nomination as U.N. ambassador by former President Trump due to concerns over her district. Stefanik has been contemplating a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gubernatorial run<\/a> following her removal from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">leadership positions<\/a> in the House. Recently, she also had a confrontation with Governor Kathy Hochul during a House Oversight Committee hearing, where she criticized Hochul&#8217;s policies on immigration. The New York governor&#8217;s race is especially significant, considering that Republicans haven&#8217;t won the governorship as 2002.  <\/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\">Jeffries says Stefanik should run in New York governor&rsquo;s race<\/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_2076654\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) said Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Elise-Stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) should run for governor, a sign Democrats are confident they will retain the governorship in New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s my political advice for Elise Stefanik: Run, Elise, run,&rdquo; Jeffries told reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3439693\/musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-million-dollar-giveaways-watchdog-group\/\">Wisconsin watchdog group sues Musk, alleging his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-ag-asks-state-supreme-court-to-stop-musks-1-million-giveaways\/\" title=\"Wisconsin AG asks state Supreme Court to stop Musk&#039;s  million giveaways\">million-dollar giveaways<\/a> were bribes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3439534\/georgia-gop-salleigh-grubbs-women-cant-win-statewide\/\">Georgia GOP scoffs at vice chair who says women can&rsquo;t win statewide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3438784\/mikie-sherrill-democratic-pick-new-jersey-governor\/\">Who is Mikie Sherrill? Meet the Democratic pick for New Jersey governor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Stefanik had been tapped to serve in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> as U.N. ambassador, but President Donald Trump later withdrew her nomination after concerns grew about the slim Republican majority in the House and if her district would flip blue in a special election. Stefanik had been the fourth-ranking House Republican but is no longer in leadership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) attends the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The New York Republican has <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=\"\">reportedly<\/a> been weighing a run for governor after her nomination was yanked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik had a run-in with Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) on Thursday during a hearing on sanctuary state and city policies before the House Oversight Committee. Stefanik is not a member of the committee but dropped by and questioned the New York governor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re horrific crimes that are committed on your watch. You signed this executive order on your first day in office,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We deserve a governor who stands up for New Yorkers, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t put illegals first but actually puts New Yorkers first.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3439811\/hochul-stefanik-viral-moment-testy-oversight-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">going after the viral moment<\/a>, I suggest you look at the facts,&rdquo; Hochul said back. &ldquo;Your representation of the facts is absolutely false.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3419357\/new-york-republicans-salt-take-credit-deduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>NEW YORK REPUBLICANS SCRAMBLE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR SALT DEDUCTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the New York gubernatorial race next year, Hochul is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3428940\/antonio-delgado-hochul-2026-new-york-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">facing a challenge<\/a> from her lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado.<\/p>\n<p>New York has not elected a Republican governor since 2002, when former Republican Gov. 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