Stefanik, who represents the state’s 21 st Congressional District, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.N. ambassador and her nomination was moved forward by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. If the full Senate confirms her appointment, she would have to resign her seat in Congress to take up the new post.

A bill introduced to delay special elections in New York state is now dead. Democrats chose to kill the legislation.

The move to delay the election to fill Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s seat is dead. The state Senate was poised to debate the delay on Monday with Democrats claiming it would save money on running elections and Republicans charging it was a tactic to make the House majority even thinner than it already is by keeping the seat vacant,