New York City Representative Elise Stefanik will launch a latest “battlefield fund” on Tuesday to bolster Republicans within the ever-blue Empire State because the party looks to hold on to gains made within the last election, The Post has learned.
Stefanik, who last 12 months became the third-highest Republican within the House as conference chairman after Liz Cheney was deposed, has grow to be a powerful fundraiser for the party.
The uninhibited Trump supporter from upstate New York earned $3 million in the primary quarter of 2023 after raising $13.4 million within the 2020 cycle and $9.2 million in 2022, According to election records.
“The fight to save our country and our state will not be easy, but I actually have never been more determined to work hard to save our country,” said Stefanik, who represents District 21, an area north of Albany. “I’m grateful for the a whole bunch of 1000’s of grassroots donors in upstate New York and across the country.”
Stefanik also raised $9 million in 2022 for national PACs supporting GOP candidates, including WinRed and E-PACs that aim to put more Republican women in office.
Her latest fund will direct money to GOP causes within the state as Democrats step up efforts to regain a number of the seats they lost in 2022.
The Republicans reversed the 4 blue seats Biden won within the 2020 presidential election – helping the GOP win back the House of Representatives by a narrow majority of nine seats.
In February, the Democratic Super PAC announced spending plans $45 million in New York state just for the 2024 election cycle after last 12 months’s disappointment.
“The road to a Democratic majority within the House is thru New York,” said Mike Smith, chairman of the House Majority PAC, of campaign spending.
Those close to the Harvard congresswoman imagine her latest fund will help protect and possibly increase the variety of seats Republicans hold in New York.
Since 2019, it has been generating seven-figure revenue every quarter – counting on smaller donors in addition to big names similar to Paul Singer, founder and co-founder of Elliott Management; John Catsimatidis, founder and CEO of Red Apple Group, and Long Island billionaire Andy Sabin.
The full of $18 million she raised within the 2020 election cycle was the biggest amount raised by any New York Republican.
“She has raised record amounts and we would like to further consolidate our profits,” a source close to Stefanik told The Post.
Many see Stefanik, 38, for example of how to succeed as a Republican in New York politics. First elected in 2014, she managed to turn around a district that Barack Obama won twice when he ran for president.
While it’s unclear if New York’s GOP could win more seats in 2024, Stefanik’s seat doesn’t appear to be in jeopardy.
“To this point, nobody has expressed interest in running [against Stefanik]Lynne Boecher, Democratic chairwoman for Stefanik County, told The Post-Star on Friday.