Entry openedJan 2021
Last updatedAug 2026
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Elise M. Stefanik
U.S. Representative — NY-21
Voted to sustain the Pennsylvania objection to the counting of electoral votes on January 6-7, 2021.
Documented conduct
Jan 7, 2024
Denied it was an insurrection
Said on NBC's Meet the Press, the day after the third anniversary, that she had "concerns about the treatment of January 6 hostages". In the same month she declined to commit to certifying the 2024 election, and in February she said "I would not have done what Mike Pence did" on January 6.
Source: The Hill, January 7 2024; WWNY, February 9 2024
Jan 7, 2021
Voted to sustain the objection to Pennsylvania's electoral votes
Voted Yea on the objection to counting Pennsylvania's electoral votes. The vote was taken after the Capitol had been cleared and the joint session resumed. It failed, 138 to 282.
Source: House Roll Call No. 11, Jan. 6-7, 2021
Dec 10, 2020
Signed the brief asking the Court to set aside four states' results
One of 126 House members who signed the amicus brief supporting Texas's suit against Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. The Supreme Court dismissed the underlying petition the next day, seven to two. It was signed four weeks before the count.
Source: Texas v. Pennsylvania, No. 22O155 (U.S.), brief of 126 Representatives