House Republicans elect Elise Stefanik to leadership to replace Liz Cheney

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., was elected to be the No. 3 House Republican during a party conference Friday.

House GOP members elected Rep. Elise Stefanik to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 House Republican during a party conference Friday. The final vote count in the secret ballot was 134-46. Her opponent, Freedom Caucus conservative Rep. Chip Roy of Texas received 46 votes. At a news conference afterward, Stefanik, from New York, said she wanted to thank President Donald Trump for his support and said the American people are "suffering" from what she called the "socialist, radical" policies of President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.