Elise Stefanik announces run for New York governor
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Now running for governor of her home state of New York, Elise Stefanik is offering up her Capitol Hill townhouse for less.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) criticized Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in an MSNBC interview Friday, calling her a "sycophant" for former President Donald Trump. The comments came after Stefanik announced her 2026 run for New York governor.
Stefanik ripped into the governor for backing Mamdani ahead of his election victory this week, arguing the move only added to her long list of failures for New Yorkers.
Hochul campaign communications director Sarafina Chitika told Newsweek in an email Friday, “Sellout Stefanik is Donald Trump’s number one cheerleader in Congress and his right-hand woman in his war on New York: gutting health care, jacking up costs with expensive tariffs, and cutting funding for our police, schools, and hospitals.”