Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Elise M. Stefanik

Official portrait of Elise M. Stefanik
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New York’s 21st district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Schuylerville, NY
Born
1984
In Congress
House since 2015 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
STEFANIK, ELISE M.
Next election
Primary June 23, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New York with the current district highlighted

New York, District 21

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · New York District 21IncumbentLost the general election (52.9%)

FEC candidate ID H4NY21079 · Principal campaign committee: ELISE FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New York District 21$5,005,266.40Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · New York District 21$15,467,577.50Lost the general election (56.1%)
2021–2022U.S. House · New York District 21$9,489,980.78Lost the general election (52.8%)
2019–2020U.S. House · New York District 21$13,349,928.94Lost the general election (52.9%)
Total raised$13,349,928.94
Total spent$11,718,616.84
Cash on hand$1,983,540.82
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $11,174,707.30PACs and other committees: $1,667,056.01Party committees: $225.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $505,022.99Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $2,917.64
  • Individual contributions$11,174,707.3084%
  • PACs and other committees$1,667,056.0112%
  • Party committees$225.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$505,022.994%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,917.640%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

486 committees reported giving $1,692,564.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Elise M. Stefanik$86,392.68
  • Independent expenditures opposing Elise M. Stefanik$5,377.89

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

New York U.S. House, District 21, 2020 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Elise M. Stefanik (R)$13,349,928.94$1,983,540.822020-12-31
Tedra Cobb (D)$5,693,662.64$32,848.112020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLikely RApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: ELISE FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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