House GOP Chair Elise Stefanik posted her best quarter of fundraising on the heels of a watershed Congressional hearing in which she grilled university presidents over their unwillingness to sentence antisemitism on campus, The Post has learned.
On Tuesday, Stefanik announced she raised $5.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 — breaking her previous fundraising record, in keeping with documents reviewed by The Post.
The unabashed Trump supporter from upstate Recent York – and the third-most powerful GOPer in the House – has now raised over $13 million for the 2024 election cycle up to now.
She has transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to the National Republican Congressional Committee.
“I’m grateful for the historic support from longtime and first-time donors in upstate Recent York and across the country,” Stefanik said of her fundraising last quarter.
“It is obvious the American persons are in search of leadership and results, and I’m committed to delivering each. That is an awesome begin to 2024 as we work to elect President Trump, grow the House Republican Majority, and save America.”
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Along with securing 35,000 first-time donors, Stefanik also nabbed donations from distinguished GOP fundraisers including Blackstone Group co-founder and CEO Steve Schwarzman in addition to the corporate’s head of government relations Wayne Berman.
Other donors included the previous ambassador to Israel under Trump, David Friedman; Laura Perlmutter who’s married to Palm Beach billionaire Ike Perlmutter; Metro Bank Founder Vernon Hill, and Bruce Toll, the co-founder of homebuilding company Toll Brothers.
The December Congressional hearing into antisemitism on campus — which eventually led to the ouster of the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania — put Stefanik in a good larger national highlight.
For the reason that hearing, Stefanik has remained vocal in condemning universities unwillingness to face against antisemitism.
“We must defund the rot in America’s higher education,” Stefanik previously told The Post concerning the importance of halting donations to Ivy League schools.
Stefanik raised $13.4 million in the 2020 cycle and $9.2 million in 2022, in keeping with election filings.
Some of her previous donors included Paul Singer, founder and co-CEO of Elliott Management; John Catsimatidis, founder and CEO of Red Apple Group, and Long Island billionaire Andy Sabin.
Last yr, Stefanik launched a “battleground fund” to spice up Republicans in the perennially blue Empire State because the party looks to hold on to gains made in the last election, The Post previously reported.