Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-01T03:39:26.166Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #69116)
Resolved official: Elise M. Stefanik (entity #11123)
Ingest result: 36 facts · 36 sources · 1 silences · 1 contradictions · 7 voting_records · 6 skipped
Single super-prompt covering every per-official research area in one LLM call: donor mapping, silences, contradictions, telling votes, and constituency baseline. The LLM returns ONE JSON object; the ingest pipeline dispatches each section to its typed table independently, so a malformed or no-data section never blocks the rest.
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"target_official": {
"name": "Elise M. Stefanik",
"bioguide_id": "S001196"
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"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "From 2013–2024, Stefanik raised $46,037,410. Her top industry was Retired ($7,492,963), followed by Republican/Conservative ($6,198,160), Securities & Investment ($2,333,632), and Real Estate ($1,338,418).",
"date_occurred": null,
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035523&cycle=CAREER&type=I"
},
{
"fact_text": "Stefanik's top career contributors include Elliott Management ($232,815), DA Collins Companies ($95,200), UBS AG ($77,044), RTX Corp ($76,389), Boeing Co ($65,160), PricewaterhouseCoopers ($64,815), Lockheed Martin ($58,237), Goldman Sachs ($58,975), and Blackstone Group ($56,964).",
"date_occurred": null,
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/elise-stefanik/contributors?cid=N00035523&cycle=CAREER"
},
{
"fact_text": "AIPAC-affiliated individuals contributed $204,294 to Stefanik's 2023–2024 campaign, making her one of the top House Republican recipients of pro-Israel contributions, according to AIPAC Tracker.",
"date_occurred": null,
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/elise-stefanik/summary?cid=N00035523&cycle=2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "Stefanik raised more than $7 million in Q1 2024, her highest-ever quarterly haul, fueled by support from prominent Jewish Republicans after her viral grilling of university presidents on antisemitism.",
"date_occurred": "2024-04-04",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/stefanik-fundraising-first-quarter-antisemitism-00150711"
},
{
"fact_text": "Stefanik was proud to be the deciding vote (215–214) to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which included the largest tax cut in American history and protected SALT cap increases for New Yorkers, while cutting Medicaid and SNAP.",
"date_occurred": "2025-05-22",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://stefanik.house.gov/2025/5/stefanik-provides-deciding-vote-for-one-big-beautiful-bill-unlocking-president-trump-s-america-first-agenda"
}
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"donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2013-2024 career: $366,674 ($357,474 individuals, $9,200 PAC) – Stefanik's top career contributor; 2024 cycle alone: $209,294 from AIPAC-affiliated donors",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035523&cycle=CAREER&type=I"
},
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"donor_entity_name": "Elliott Management",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2013-2024 career: $232,815 ($231,815 individuals, $1,000 PAC) – second-largest career contributor",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/elise-stefanik/contributors?cid=N00035523&cycle=CAREER"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "RTX Corp",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2013-2024 career: $76,389 ($8,889 individuals, $67,500 PAC) – major defense contractor",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/elise-stefanik/contributors?cid=N00035523&cycle=CAREER"
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"donor_entity_name": "UBS AG",
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"description": "2013-2024 career: $77,044 ($27,044 individuals, $50,000 PAC)",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/elise-stefanik/contributors?cid=N00035523&cycle=CAREER"
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"donor_entity_name": "Comcast Corp",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2013-2024 career: $51,419 ($3,419 individuals, $48,000 PAC)",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/elise-stefanik/contributors?cid=N00035523&cycle=CAREER"
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"silences": [
{
"topic": "In-person town halls with constituents",
"expected_position": "As the representative for NY-21, Stefanik was expected to hold regular face-to-face town halls where constituents could question her about her voting record, particularly after her pivotal vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cut Medicaid.",
"window_start": "2019-10-12",
"window_end": "2025-08-27",
"evidence_summary": "Stefanik has not hosted a single in-person town hall since October 11, 2019 — nearly six years. A Watertown Daily Times review of her schedule, public postings, and media accounts confirmed the gap. During this period, she held nine telephone town halls and made choreographed visits to county fairs, fundraisers, and press events. When she appeared at a Plattsburgh ceremony in August 2025, protesters booed her relentlessly, chanting 'Shame' and 'You sold us out,' with one protester telling NBC 5: 'She won't hold a town hall, she won't take questions. She's never in her office.'",
"primary_url": "https://www.nny360.com/news/it-s-been-six-years-since-stefanik-hosted-last-in-person-town-hall/article_92be2c5a-6dce-5e3d-9173-55877dcc5835.html"
}
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{
"claim_text": "On January 6, 2021, Stefanik posted a statement on her congressional website calling the Capitol attack a 'tragic day for America' and stating: 'The perpetrators of this un-American violence and destruction must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.'",
"claim_date": "2021-01-06",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/rep-stefanik-fire-cheney-apparent-reversal-jan-6-18635860.php"
},
{
"claim_text": "In a January 7, 2024 NBC Meet the Press interview, Stefanik referred to those convicted and imprisoned for their actions on January 6 as 'hostages,' echoing Donald Trump's language. She also declined to commit to certifying the 2024 presidential election results, saying: 'We will see if this is a legal and valid election.'",
"claim_date": "2024-01-07",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2024/01/stefanik-wont-commit-to-certifying-2024-presidential-election-results/"
}
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"type": "reversal",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Stefanik went from calling January 6 perpetrators criminals who 'must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law' to labeling them 'hostages' and political prisoners. After former Rep. Liz Cheney drew attention to the original statement in January 2024, Stefanik deleted it from her congressional website along with all pre-2023 statements. Stefanik's office declined to comment on the record about the deletion."
},
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"type": "position_evolution",
"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "Stefanik's broader transformation from a Harvard-educated moderate Republican who privately called Trump a 'whack job' to a self-described 'ultra-MAGA' election denier represents one of the most dramatic political evolutions of the Trump era. In May 2022 she declared 'I am ultra-MAGA, and I'm proud of it,' completing a journey that saw her vote to overturn the 2020 election, decline to commit to certifying 2024 results, and claim she would have decertified the 2020 election had she been vice president."
}
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"bill_id": "H.R. 3684",
"title": "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2021-11-05",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369",
"why_it_matters": "Stefanik voted against the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that provided $65 billion for rural broadband, $110 billion for roads and bridges, and significant investment for upstate NY water systems. Her district, where only 72.6% own homes and broadband access remains spotty, stood to benefit directly. Stefanik later took credit for projects funded by the bill she opposed, drawing accusations of hypocrisy from opponents.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 8035",
"title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.8 billion Ukraine aid)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2024-04-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151",
"why_it_matters": "Stefanik was the only member of House GOP leadership to vote against Ukraine aid, aligning with the isolationist wing of her party. She had previously supported Ukraine aid and advocated for Ukraine's NATO membership, making this a reversal. Fort Drum, the largest employer in her district, is deeply connected to NATO readiness.",
"category": "reversal"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump tax-and-spending reconciliation package)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-05-22",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145",
"why_it_matters": "Stefanik was the deciding vote (215–214) for the OBBBA, which cut approximately $880 billion from Medicaid over a decade and reduced SNAP benefits. Seven hospitals in her district were identified as at risk of closure under the cuts. Constituents protested in Plattsburgh, but Stefanik touted the bill's SALT cap increase as a win for New Yorkers. The vote made her the target of a Democratic ad campaign.",
"category": "against_constituent"
},
{
"bill_id": "Electoral College Objection (Pennsylvania)",
"title": "Objection to certification of Pennsylvania's 2020 Electoral College votes",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2021-01-07",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/117-2021/h11",
"why_it_matters": "Stefanik was one of 147 Republicans who voted to reject Pennsylvania's electoral votes hours after the Capitol attack. She had also signed the Texas amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to invalidate Biden's wins in four states. In 2024, she refused to commit to certifying the upcoming election results. This vote cemented her identity as an election denier and alienated moderate constituents.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 7511",
"title": "Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for certain non-citizens charged with theft)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2024-03-07",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202466",
"why_it_matters": "Stefanik voted with all Republicans and 37 Democrats for this immigration enforcement bill. She celebrated the passage and called Democrats who opposed it a 'disgrace.' The bill's mandatory detention provisions raised due-process concerns, and Stefanik's district, with only 3.3% foreign-born residents, has a negligible population directly affected by the policy.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
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"bill_id": "H.R. 8034",
"title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.4 billion Israel aid)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2024-04-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024152",
"why_it_matters": "Stefanik voted for the Israel aid package, aligning with AIPAC, her top career donor at $366,674. She later addressed the Israeli Knesset, calling for 'unrestricted' U.S. military aid. The vote aligned with donor pressure and her staunch pro-Israel positioning, which accelerated after her viral antisemitism hearing moment boosted her fundraising.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.J.Res.26",
"title": "Disapproving the D.C. Council's Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2023-02-09",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023103",
"why_it_matters": "Stefanik joined 173 Republicans and 41 Democrats to override D.C.'s locally enacted criminal justice reforms that would have eliminated most mandatory minimum sentences. The vote represented congressional interference in local self-governance, a position at odds with limited-government rhetoric.",
"category": "party_defection"
}
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"district_summary": "New York's 21st Congressional District spans the state's North Country, encompassing all or parts of 12 counties including the Adirondack Mountains and the Thousand Islands region along the Canadian border. With a population of approximately 770,000, it is predominantly rural (57.7%) and overwhelmingly White (89.7% non-Hispanic). The median household income of $70,983 trails the national average, while the poverty rate of 13.1% and a homeownership rate of 72.6% reflect a working-class district. Only 26.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. The economy is anchored by Fort Drum (the district's largest single employer), health care, agriculture, tourism, and paper manufacturing. The district has a Cook PVI of R+10, and Stefanik won her 2024 re-election by 24 points.",
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