She's closely involved with policy, from what I can tell pro-growth (have to be in NY), and a quick wit. Stefanik is cold potatoes.

I can't see her losing to Stefanik.

Besides that, it's kind of hard to believe that the Repukes would want a female candidate.

She was bamboozled by tRUMP. Maybe the NY Repuke powers that be think that will help but I doubt it. Mainly because she's an ass.

I am sure it will be just as restrained and dignified as our current national GOP. /s

... stand a chance.

Every time I watched CSPAN and saw here sitting there, THAT was my perception of her (and since she was originally in the leadership group, she would sit at one of the tables at the front of the GOP side in the chamber, with her hands folded).

She figured she had checked off all the boxes to get a good position in 45's 2nd term, managed to snag one, then THAT got snatched from her (after she was apparently ready to move into the set-aside Waste. Fraud. Abuse. monstrous Manhattan digs that 45 obtained for the government during his first term), and that whole dream job went poof when Johnson convinced 45 to nix it.

You could see she was going bye bye when she put her D.C. home up for sale in September.

... and glee club member.

her name right.

to elect Stefanik.

Original Post: https://democraticunderground.com/100220775265

This is her own district..

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/rep-elise-stefanik-repeatedly-booed-during-plattsburgh-event-245277765563]

I could watch that on a loop. Thank you for making my day!

…fortunately, Kathy can hold her own.

Stefanik is a sad MAGA Trumper and will never be our Governor. Her political career is finished . The GOP and their MAGA ideas are out of touch with the far majority of New Yorkers as evidenced by their dismal showing in Tuesday's local elections. Local Democrats defeated dozens of incumbent Republican officials all over our state from Buffalo to Brooklyn. I do not understand why Elise chose to announce her candidacy on the heels of such an epic GOP defeat. Stefanik will end her elected political career when she is soundly defeated by Kathy Hochul next year. Maybe Elise is hoping for an employment offer from Fox news or OAN.

After the UN Ambassadorship was ripped from her, she has been plotting her next move and it wasn't going to be in Congress (at least the House) at that point. She became "damaged goods" with that rebuke. So I think she was perhaps looking at either Senator or Governor. She's young (41) and has plenty of time. She had already put her D.C. townhouse up for sale in September.

Gillibrand JUST got reelected in the Senate (and she is from upstate too, where her original NY-20 adjoined the current NY-21 district that Stefanik is MIA from), so that option was out for her.

The gubernatorial race was up next as a jumping-off point to attempt to introduce herself to the rest of the state.

I expect she knows she will probably lose governor but Schumer will be up in 2028 and that election is sure to be a slugfest.

They're still going to flee anyway. Her position at this point looks hopeless with less than a year to go.

I hope she loses miserably.

If so, GOOD! And is that a seat we can flip or is it cherry red?

However, whether she can run for Congress AND for Governor on the same ballot depends on the state. I could not find the rules for New York. I know it differs by state.

If she can run for both, I would imagine it could make for a complicated congressional run as that could be used against her especially in the primaries of both.

If she was not so thoroughly dislikable, you could almost feel sorry for her.

Where the Fascist-in-Chief has a 38% approval rating currently in NY State. Maybe humping his leg like a lapdog is not the best look - which is why Polymarket gives her a 15% chance of winning.

Her team built the website using a "local legal services" template.

The tabs referred to common family legal services and the site still contained commonly-used place holder text (Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet). She also used old photos for her congressional run

She had months to get this right and couldn't be bothered.

Plus she already has a potential primary challenger -

so Stefanik could run unopposed in the primary.

that district. She is an uppity puke professional politician out of place in New York. She is against New York and will bad mouth it and then lose by 20%. One good thing is this guarantees a Democratic Governor for New York.

Hope she is poisoned by her own venom.
Too bad though, because she is intelligent but couldn’t resist wading into the MAGA swamp.
Coulda been a contender…..