Stefanik in contention for Trump administration job

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is successful contention for a relation successful the caller Trump administration, Fox News Digital is told.

Stefanik became the first legislature leader to backmost President-elect Trump’s 3rd White House run erstwhile she endorsed him successful November 2022.

She is present being discussed arsenic a imaginable campaigner for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2 radical acquainted with specified discussions told Fox News Digital.

One said Stefanik was "high connected the list" of imaginable candidates.

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House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik was 1 of President-elect Trump's earliest Congressional supporters (Getty Images)

But for Stefanik and different House lawmakers successful contention for Trump medication roles, their chances volition beryllium heavy connected wherever the bulk falls successful their chamber.

Republicans are bullish about keeping the House bulk aft victories successful the Senate and White House connected predetermination night.

But the result volition apt travel down to a fistful of adjacent races successful California, Arizona, Alaska and Oregon – and some sides expect the borderline being close.

Replacing a House member, adjacent 1 from a territory that heavy favors 1 enactment oregon the other, mostly takes astatine slightest respective weeks. And Republican leaders person already signaled they would not privation to discarded immoderate clip successful utilizing their majorities successful Congress to guardant Trump’s agenda.

It’s not instantly wide who other is successful contention for the UN ambassador role.

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The UN ambassador relation was antecedently held by Nikki Haley (Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Stefanik would person familiarity with overseas affairs arsenic a elder subordinate of the House imperishable prime committee connected Intelligence and the House Armed Services Committee.

The New York Republican has been a vocal protagonist of Israel since the Oct. 7 panic onslaught by Hamas.

She’s besides 1 of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, having headlined aggregate "Women for Trump" rallies and different events for him connected the run trail.

Stefanik announced to House colleagues connected Thursday that she is moving for her existent enactment relation arsenic seat of the House GOP league again.

Stefanik’s bureau did not instrumentality a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.

Notably 1 of Trump’s anterior UN ambassadors was Nikki Haley, who challenged the president-elect for the 2024 Republican information earlier dropping retired and yet endorsing him.

Fox News Digital was besides told that different House member, retired Green Beret Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., is successful information for a Trump medication role. Waltz is being looked astatine arsenic a potential campaigner for Defense Secretary, though Trump is besides considering options from the backstage assemblage and others, Fox News Digital was told.

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Fox News Digital is told Rep. Mike Waltz is besides being considered for a role (Mandel Ngan)

In summation to serving successful the subject earlier coming to Congress, Waltz was an advisor for Defense Secretaries Robert Gates and Donald Rumsfeld, and spent clip successful the backstage assemblage arsenic CEO of defence contractor Metis Solutions.

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He's presently connected the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees with Stefanik, successful summation to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Waltz’s bureau did not respond to an email requesting comment.

Trump-Vance modulation spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked for remark astir the imaginable appointments, "President-Elect Trump volition statesman making decisions connected who volition service successful his 2nd Administration soon. Those decisions volition beryllium announced erstwhile they are made."