Background
Stefanik was born in Albany, New York in 1984.
United States representative politician
Stefanik was born in Albany, New York in 1984.
She attended the Albany Academy for Girls.
She is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, elected in 2014 at age 30. Her parents, Melanie and Ken Stefanik, own a plywood business in the Albany area. Stefanik is an honors graduate of Harvard University, graduating in 2006.
After graduating from Harvard at 21 years old, she joined the administration of President George West. Bush, working on the Domestic Policy Council.
She also worked in the office of the White House Chief of Staff for Bush"s second deputy chief of staff, Joshua Bolten. She has worked as communications director for the Foreign Policy Initiative and as the policy director for former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty during his 2012 presidential campaign.
Stefanik managed Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan’s debate preparation as he ran for Vice President of the United States in the 2012 general election. 2014 election
In 2013, Stefanik declared her candidacy in the 2014 election for the United States House of Representatives in New York"s 21st congressional district.
Owens had opted not to seek reelection.
Stefanik defeated Matthew Doheny in the Republican primary election 61 to 39 percent, She faced Aaron Woolf, the Democratic Party nominee, in the general election on November 4. Stefanik defeated Woolf 55.2% to 33.5%, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Tenure
In January 2015, Stefanik was appointed to the House Armed Services Committee.
She was elected by the freshman Representatives in the 114th Congress to serve as the Freshman Representative to the Policy Committee.
In February 2015, she was appointed vice chairwoman of the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Readiness. Committee assignments
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Military Personnel
Subcommittee on Readiness (Vice Chair)
Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Committee on Education and the Workforce
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
Stefanik wants to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acting.
Stefanik voted in favor of the Keystone Pipeline. Stefanik opposed the 2013 sequestration cuts to the federal United States. military budget, specifically its effect on Fort Drum in Watertown, New New York
Stefanik resides in Willsboro, New New York
She owns a minority interest in a townhouse near Capitol Hill in Washington, District of Columbia, valued at $1.3 million.
She is a member of the Republican Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives in New York"s 21st congressional district.