Rep. Elise Stefanik speaks during the Republican National Convention Tuesday in Milwaukee. (Ariel Zambelich/WSJ) Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.), the highest ranking Republican woman in the House ...

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New York Rep. Elise Stefanik was one vote away from joining President Donald Trump's administration when her nomination was yanked this week to shield her U.S. House seat in Northern New York.

Rep. Elise Stefanik framed President Trump’s surprising move to withdraw her nomination for United Nations ambassador as a strategic decision necessary for the greater Republican good that she ...