Stefanik Leaves NY Gov Race
Scores of Democrats are planning to leave Congress over the next year, but there will be a large number of Republicans departing as well. Count Elise Stefanik among this crowd.
Stefanik announced Friday she is withdrawing from her political career and plans to abandon her campaign for governorship of New York. Stefanik was the reported frontrunner in the Republican primary, but polls suggested she remained some 20 points behind the current incumbent Kathy Hochul, a Democrat.
You can never say never, but Stefanik will have a tough time coming back from this decision. Already in 2025, she had been President Donald Trimp’s nominee to represent the United States at the United Nations, but she has to withdraw, owing to the slender and slippery Republican majority in the U.S. House. Here’s more from Forbes Breaking News.
