Elise Stefanik

**Elise Marie Stefanik** (July 2, 2003 -) was an American politician and businesswoman who served as the fifty fifth vice president of the United States of America from March 5, 2043 onwards, and was leader of the Patriotic party from November 11, 2041 onwards. Prior to her party leadership, Stefanik served as a member of the House of Representatives for New York's 21st District as a member of the Republican party from 2033 to 2041. Following the 2041 coup d'état, Stefanik joined the Committee of National Renewal as a deputy chairwoman.

Stefanik was born in Albany, New York, on July 2, 2003 as the daughter of local businesspeople. Stefanik graduated from the Albany Academy for Girls and enrolled at Harvard College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government in 2025; whilst at Harvard, she was elected vice president of the Harvard Institute of Politics in 2023. Upon graduating, Stefanik returned to New York to take up a job at a political consultancy agency and was ultimately promoted to become a senior policy advisor. In 2028, Stefanik became policy manager for Alexander Turpin's presidential campaign and helped compile many of Turpin's campaign pledges. Following Turpin's victory in the presidential election, Stefanik became a political advisor for vice president Mike Pence from 2029 to 2032, before having her position terminated amid increasing disagreements between Turpin and Pence. In November 2032, Stefanik was elected to the House of Representatives as the Republican candidate for New York's 21st District, and took office on January 3, 2033.

In February 2033, Elise Stefanik was appointed to the House Armed Services Committee. The freshman representatives of the 122nd Congress elected her to serve as the freshman representative to the policy committee. In March 2033, she was appointed vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Readiness. She was invited to join the Senior Advisory Committee at the Harvard Institute of Politics shortly after her election. During the 122nd and 123rd Congresses, Stefanik was on record as one of the most bi-partisan members of the Republican party's delegation in the House, but shifted increasingly rightwards during the presidency of Alexandria Raines; following the January 20 Attack, Stefanik motioned articles of impeachment against Raines for failing to protect the country. Stefanik was a campaign manager for Mike Pence's failed 2036 and 2040 presidential campaigns, and the two became leading members of the Republican party's House delegation. After a mob broke into the Capitol building on January 6, 2041 in the aftermath of the 2040 presidential election, Stefanik was escorted to safety by the armed forces and taken to Joint Base Andrews, before being taken back to Washington D.C. in August 2041. On September 6, 2041, General Mark Milley seized power in a coup d'état and established the Committee of National Renewal as the ruling military junta.

On September 7, 2041, Elise Stefanik was granted the title of deputy chairwoman of the Committee of National Renewal. In response to the appointment of conservatives and members of the Republican party to the governing Committee of National Renewal, large protests in major Democratic-leaning cities across the countries erupted as leading left-wing figures branded the takeover as a partisan coup to subvert an electoral mandate from the population; many of these protests were brutally surprised by members of the armed forces, only further encouraging further protests across the country. In response to the protests of civilians, total martial law was furthered with the implementation of curfews, checkpoints, and the requirement for personal identification cards. On November 11, 2041, President Mark Milley announced the suspension of the United States constitution and the banning of both the Democratic and Republican parties. With the dissolution of the Republican party, Stefanik founded the pro-military Patriotic party from the conservative wing of the former Republican party and brought the party into the Patriotic Movement for America political alliance. Within the PMA, the Patriotic party was initially the largest faction, but grew increasingly side-lined with the formation of the American People's Party in December 2041 and growing division within the governing Committee of National Renewal.