Elise Stefanik's E-PAC announces 'Rising Star' endorsements of GOP women

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Wednesday announced her first round of 2024 endorsements for Republican woman candidates.

“In 2018, I launched a program to elect more Republican women to the House. I am proud to say that after just two cycles, House Republican women went from just 13 to 36," Stefanik wrote in a press release. "This cycle, in addition to supporting our historic number of Republican women incumbents, I am thrilled to announce my 2024 E-PAC Women’s slate with eight endorsements of our strongest women Republican candidates across the country."

Among the candidates Stefanik endorsed were former Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, Caroleene Dobson from Alabama, and Alison Esposito from New York.

Stefanik founded E-PAC to "recruit, engage, empower, elevate, and elect more Republican women to office," the press release stated. The PAC has endorsed other candidates in previous races such as Reps. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., and Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.