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.”

Rep. Elise Stefanik, who once served as the fourth highest-ranking Republican in the House, made her candidacy official on Friday morning