Cait Conley
Candidate for New York 17th Congressional District · Democrat
On the 2026 ballotChallenger · New York 17th Congressional District · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: New York State Board of Elections — Certification for the November 3, 2026 General Election, dated 2026-09-02: USH17, Cait Conley (Democratic; Working Families) · read Sep 24, 2026
The District
What New York 17th Congressional District covers
Covers all of Putnam County and Rockland County; parts of Westchester County and Dutchess County.
Includes New City, Carmel, Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, Mahopac, Pearl River, Stony Point, Armonk, Briarcliff Manor (part), Chestnut Ridge, Croton-on-Hudson (part), Haverstraw, Lake Carmel and 67 more.
617 precincts · Precinct lines: Westchester County Board of Elections / County GIS election districts (line work April 2023) for the 2024 general; U.S. Census Bureau 2020 TIGER/Line voting districts (VTD20) for 2020 and 2022; U.S. Census Bureau 2020 VTD20 for Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess (no official ED layer registered)
Results
Certified results for New York 17th Congressional District
Representative in Congress - District 17
New York General Election 11/05/2024 — county board canvasses · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike LawlerRepublican | Republican | 197,840 | 52.1% |
| Mondaire JonesDemocratic | Democratic | 173,896 | 45.8% |
| Anthony FrasconeWorking Families | Working Families | 7,529 | 2.0% |
| Scattered (write-ins) | 208 | 0.1% | |
| Write-In | 26 | 0.0% |
Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections · New York county boards of elections: certified/official election-district…
Sources (2)
- Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections
- reconciled to the certified county totals. Results for Allegany County are pending official confirmation
Representative in Congress - District 17
New York General Election 11/08/2022 — county board canvasses · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike LawlerRepublican | Republican | 143,550 | 50.3% |
| Sean Patrick MaloneyDemocratic | Democratic | 141,730 | 49.7% |
| Write-In | 122 | 0.0% | |
| Scattered (write-ins) | 28 | 0.0% |
Certified / official county board of elections canvasses · New York county boards of elections: certified/official election-district…
Sources (20)
- Certified / official county board of elections canvasses (Erie County BOE: Official canvass (Erie County Board of Elections canvass book); NYC BOE: Certified (NYC BOE Statement and Return Report for Certification); Onondaga County BOE: Official results (Onondaga County BOE 'Official Results' file); Ontario County BOE (Enhanced Voting): Official results (isOfficialResults=true, as of 2026-04-30T20:55:36.823995Z); Westchester BOE: Official canvass (Westchester County Board of Elections canvass book))
- Putnam County Board of Elections — certified general election results by election district: certified ED results
- Otsego County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election Results by District (official): certified ED results
- Rensselaer County Board of Elections — 2022 General Official Results: certified ED results
- Rockland County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district (Historic Election Results): certified ED results ( (Rockland BOE Historic Election Results folder 270714479124 / GE 2022)) · app.box.com
- Columbia County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district (XLS): certified ED results
- Tioga County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district: certified ED results
- Broome County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results, condensed recanvass report by election district: certified ED results
- Dutchess County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district: certified ED results
- Ulster County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district: certified ED results
- Greene County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results per election district: certified ED results
- Chenango County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district and counting group
- the Member of Assembly table printed without its office heading is identified as AD 121 by its candidate (Joe Angelino): certified ED results
- Cortland County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official tabulation by election district: certified ED results
- Tompkins County Board of Elections — Elections Database, 2022 General Election official results by election district (source document: November 8, 2022 General Election (document 22; Attorney General document 92)): certified ED results | Note (2026-09-24): Tompkins County, Attorney General (NY-2022-11-08-cboe::Attorney General) — precinct figures Unconfirmed against the official document: the county Elections Database total row for this contest is a partial figure and the cited Statement of Votes Cast (document 92, Attorney General results) is a per-counting-group sheet with no county total
- rows remain loaded as published by the county database
- Madison County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official detailed results by contest by election district: certified ED results
- Oswego County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district (Excel), contests titled and reconciled against the county's official Election Book Grand Total rows: certified ED results
- Orange County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official detailed results by contest by election district: certified ED results
- Albany County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official recanvass results by election district: certified ED results (;; Saratoga County BOE: Official district-level results PDF, reconciled to printed ED/town/county totals; Niagara County BOE (ENR, Official Results): Candidate Results by District CSV, reconciled to county Candidate Summary Results PDF; Jefferson County BOE: Official results by ED (county Google spreadsheet), reconciled to County Totals; Chautauqua County BOE: Certification workbook by ED, reconciled to Totals row; St. Lawrence County BOE: Official results by ED (PDF), ED sums equal the Total row and candidate totals equal the Statement of Canvass; Cayuga County BOE: NYS Sovc Report by ED (Official 2022-11-23), named candidates reconciled to the County Board of Canvassers' statement; write-ins omitted; Steuben County BOE: 2022 official results by ED (six contests), row-checked and cross-checked to Nysboe certified county results; Clinton County BOE (ENR, Official Results): Candidate Results by District CSV, reconciled to the county Candidate Summary Results report; Warren County BOE: 2022 District Level Results by ED, reconciled to Recapitulation totals and Nysboe certified county results; Washington County BOE: 2022 General Election Results By District, reconciled to the county General Election Summary; Cattaraugus County BOE: 2022 General Election Recanvass (official, amended) by ED plus four countywide absentee/early units, reconciled to the recanvass Total row and Nysboe certified county figures; Livingston County BOE: 2022 General Election Statement of Canvass by ED, reconciled to the canvass Totals and Nysboe certified county figures; Fulton County BOE: 2022 General Election Results per ED (official), each contest = its printed Total row; Chemung County BOE: 2022 General Election results by ED (Archive item 496), ED sums = Grand Totals; Governor = Nysboe certified; Essex County: Canvass of all the Votes 2022 by ED; Hamilton County BOE: 2022 Results per ED (official scan, read and cross-checked; candidates = Total rows and Nysboe certified; write-ins not loaded); Orleans County BOE: certified 2022 Statement of Canvass (scan), read from images; every row, column and line = printed totals and Nysboe certified) · apps.albanycounty.com
Representative in Congress - District 17
New York General Election 11/03/2020 — county board canvasses · Nov 3, 2020| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mondaire JonesDemocratic | Democratic | 197,243 | 59.3% |
| Maureen McArdle SchulmanRepublican | Republican | 117,287 | 35.2% |
| Yehudis GottesfeldConservative | Conservative | 8,884 | 2.7% |
| Joshua EisenEisen Common Sense | Eisen Common Sense | 6,363 | 1.9% |
| Michael I PariettiOther party | Other party | 2,745 | 0.8% |
| Scattered (write-ins) | 126 | 0.0% |
Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections · New York county boards of elections: certified/official election-district…
Sources (2)
- Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections
- reconciled to the certified county totals. Results for Allegany County are pending official confirmation
Key Votes
The record
No public voting record
Has not held elected office or a voting seat on a public body; career in the U.S. Army and federal service (NSC, CISA). No roll-call record exists.
OSINT · GOTV Intel
Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.
Their Money
Campaign finance
- Last Change
- New finance report · Oct 8
- Raised
- $4,317,457cycle to date through Jun 30
- Cash on Hand
- $1,319,156cycle to date through Jun 30
- Spent
- $2,998,301cycle to date through Jun 30
- Debts Owed
- $0cycle to date through Jun 30
- Next Report Due
- Q3 Report · Oct 15
View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026
Top Payees
Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.
- SYMMETRY MEDIA · digital media advertising$1.08M
- SB DIGITAL, INC. · digital & fundraising services$390.2K
- MISSION CONTROL INC. · printing - palmcards$282.6K
- 4C PARTNERS LLC · videography services$109.5K
- BERGER HIRSCHBERG STRATEGIES LLC · campaign consulting services$84.5K
Campaign finance — CAIT FOR NEW YORK: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election CommissionFinance Reports
Campaign finance — CAIT FOR NEW YORK: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Raised $4,317,457.32 this cycle · spent $2,998,300.85 · cash on hand $1,319,156.47 · debts owed by the committee $0.00 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $3,706,160.25 (86%); PACs and other political committees $422,990.43 (10%); Transfers from authorized committees $178,517.00 (4%); The candidate (contributions) $7,000.00 (0%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): media/ad buying $1.13M; digital $424.0K; direct mail $313.8K; other $169.5K; polling $106.8K; general consulting $104.5K.
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election CommissionFinancial disclosure — Candidate report 2026
Candidate report (2026), covering 01/01/2025–07/14/2026; filed 05/19/2026. Reports 8 assets; highest reported ranges: House rented the property following the military assigning me to another post. $250,001–$500,000; NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock (NVDA) $15,001–$50,000; Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) $15,001–$50,000; Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund (FLCSX) ROTH IRA 401K Roth $15,001–$50,000; 4 others at or below $1,001–$15,000. Liabilities: Mortgage (Rocket Mortgage) $50,001–$100,000; Home improvement loan for HVAC (Enerbank) $10,000–$15,000. Earned income: salary, Hidden Level, Inc.; Consulting Fee, Hidden Level, Inc. $92,500.00; Consulting Fee, Primer $10,000.00.
May 19, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of RepresentativesFinancial disclosure — Candidate report 2025
Candidate report (2025), covering 01/01/2024–07/14/2025; filed 08/12/2025. Reports 15 assets; highest reported ranges: House rented the property following the military assigning me to another post. $250,001–$500,000; NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock (NVDA) $15,001–$50,000; Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) $15,001–$50,000; Bitcoin $1,001–$15,000; 11 others at or below $1,001–$15,000. Liabilities: Mortgage (Mr. Cooper) $50,001–$100,000; Home improvement loan for HVAC (Enerbank) $10,000–$15,000. Earned income: salary, Hidden Level, Inc. $68,000.00; Consulting Fee, Primer $12,500.00.
Aug 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Filings
- Statement of OrganizationFEC · 2026View the Filing
Statement of organization — Cait For New York (amended)
Filed with the FEC 2026-10-07 (file 2017949).
Oct 7, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · source
Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.
Advertising
Who is advertising for and against Cait
Advertising summary — for and against (2026 cycle)
For: own campaign $107,200 on Google; outside Google ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $2,750. Against: outside Google ads $0–$0; opponent campaign ads $173,000–$215,800; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $38,939. 2026 cycle. Broadcast TV: not yet searched. Meta not included.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Ads summary (2026 cycle)Google/YouTube ads — LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC. (opposing)
LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC. — opposing this candidate (evidence: competing campaign). 62 ads since Nov 2024; spend on these ads $173,000–$215,800 (Google creative spend ranges, geo-allocated); 62 of them also linked to other candidates.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Google Political Ads Transparency Report (bundle updated 2026-09-23 21:37 PT) · sourceGoogle/YouTube ads — CAIT FOR NEW YORK (supporting)
The candidate's own campaign (CAIT FOR NEW YORK). 21 ads since Nov 2024; Google-reported $107,200 since Nov 6 2024 (exact, advertiser-wide).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Google Political Ads Transparency Report (bundle updated 2026-09-23 21:37 PT) · source
Independent Expenditures
FEC independent expenditures on file: $1,384,484 supporting, $393,514 opposing, across 64 reports.
VoteVetsSupporting · $718,280
6 reports, newest Jun 16, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
Battleground New YorkSupporting · $554,794
15 reports, newest Oct 8, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
America PACOpposing · $226,274
13 reports, newest Oct 9, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
The Governing Majority FundOpposing · $90,260
6 reports, newest Oct 9, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
NO GOING BACK PAC INC.Opposing · $76,980
10 reports, newest Oct 8, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
Equality PACSupporting · $64,644
1 report, newest Oct 9, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
RURAL FREEDOM NETWORKSupporting · $32,530
6 reports, newest Sep 28, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING PROJECTSupporting · $10,150
1 report, newest Oct 10, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
NEW YORKERS FOR A RETURN TO FAIR AND HONEST GOVERNMENTSupporting · $2,750
1 report, newest Sep 18, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
Field Team 6 Inc.Supporting · $1,336
5 reports, newest Sep 27, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing
Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.
In Their Words
What they have said, on the record
“What we have to focus on is how do we bring people together, and right now, what I see coming out of Washington is corruption on both sides, extremism on both sides that is fueling hate, fueling dysfunction.”
“This winter, as families struggle to heat their homes, we're going to see rising oil prices that are going to make it even worse,”
“As a political consultant and then utility lobbyist and now as a politician, all he has ever known is how to profit off of democracy, while I was out there defending it.”
“This is not about right versus left, This is about right versus wrong.”
“And I will tell you, tariffs that have driven up the cost of goods across the board are not helping us. They are exacerbating it.”
“Over the last 20 years, while I was fighting and defending this country, politicians in D.C. stopped fighting for us and just started fighting for themselves,”
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“You can just ask people: Their lives have not gotten better over the last two years, they’ve gotten harder, And when you talk about rising costs, it's been across the board because of votes that Mike Lawler has taken.”
“Tell me that's not the most beautiful part of America, That's selflessness, and so really, it's that feeling of we're part of something bigger, and it's an honor to be part of it.”
“I believe we cannot let them get a nuclear weapon, and that we need to ensure that they don't achieve that.”
“I’m doing this out of love—love for our community, love for our country… I’m watching the country that I was willing to die for become something I barely recognize.”
“For the last 20 years, he’s been a political operative and politician, while I was out there leading America’s sons and daughters in defense of this nation after 9/11, What I represent is a next generation coming up who is not a politician or political operative, but truly a battle-tested public servant.”
“Here in the Hudson Valley, Democratic voters chose a West Point grad and 16-year Army veteran.”
“What I took away from last night was that Democratic voters were craving a fighter. Someone who believes that we are facing really hard and tough problems, but we have to find solutions,”
Interviews and Published Statements
NY Democratic Nominee Cait Conley: Voters Reject Dysfunction
TV interview · Bloomberg This Weekend Excerpts from GOTV Intel's transcription: [01:00] “last 15 months to reach voters in every corner of this district and to show them that they deserve better, and what that can look like. Because at the end of the day, what Michael is trying to do is create yet another smokescreen to hide his abysmal record and failure to deliver for people in this district.” [01:16] “And I'm not about distractions. I'm about delivery, something he's not. And so, my job is to make this case to the voters of this district and to show them they deserve better.” [01:56] “So while voters in New York City elected other folks, right here in the Hudson Valley, Democratic primary voters elected a proud West Point graduate, 16-year Army combat veteran with six tours overseas, and a very proud American. And what I believe the Democratic Party has to be doing”
Jun 28, 2026 · Press · Bloomberg This Weekend · source‘Voters were craving a fighter.’ Cait Conley speaks with News 12’s Tara Rosenblum
TV interview · News 12
Jun 24, 2026 · Press · News 12 · sourceCait Conley on her race against Rep. Mike Lawler in November
TV interview · CBS New York
Jun 24, 2026 · Press · CBS New York · source
In the News
Press coverage
- Democrat challenging Mike Lawler won't commit on campaigning with AOC, Mamdani or rejecting DSASep 6, 2026 · Press · Fox News
- In Hudson Valley race, Lawler and Conley are fighting Middle East warsAug 28, 2026 · Press · City & State New York
- Lawler, Conley debate Hudson Valley’s economic challengesAug 25, 2026 · Press · Halston Media
- The first NY-17 forum of the general election was … well … awkward.Aug 19, 2026 · Press · City & State New York
- Cait Conley Is Not Afraid To Show Voters Who She Is Or Who She's Worked ForJul 22, 2026 · Press · Rockland County Business Journal
- Army Veteran Cait Conley, GOP Incumbent Mike Lawler Face Off in Key New York House RaceJul 15, 2026 · Press · Military.com
- In swing district, Cait Conley bets on ‘battle-tested’ contrast to Mike LawlerJul 14, 2026 · Press · Courier New York
- Post Primary, Democratic Challenger Cait Conley Prepares For Political CombatJul 7, 2026 · Press · The Hudson Independent
- Cait Conley’s Chances of Beating Mike Lawler to Flip GOP-Held Seat in NYJun 24, 2026 · Press · Newsweek
- ‘Voters were craving a fighter.’ Cait Conley speaks with News 12’s Tara Rosenblum about landslide District 17 winJun 24, 2026 · Press · News 12
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- Cait Conley Talks About Her Bid to Flip NY-17Feb 17, 2026 · Press · The Examiner News
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Reach Them
Websites and accounts
- Campaign Websitecaitconley.comFull-page render of the candidate's campaign website, captured 2026-09-24T10:12:58Z UTC.Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign websiteSelf-published
- Xx.com/CaitforNewYorkPublic profile metrics at capture (2026-09-24T10:13:00Z UTC): 1,120 posts, 349 following, 6,455 followers. Counts as displayed by X to a signed-out visitor.Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · X (Twitter)Self-published
- Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61574763653064Self-published
- Instagraminstagram.com/caitconleySelf-published
Polls
Public polls
co/efficientGeneral election · U.S. House
Mike Lawler 50% · Cait Conley 45% · Undecided 5%
Jul 20, 2026 to Jul 22, 2026 · 1,292 LV · ±2.71 pts · mobile text/landline IVR · co/efficient
Tavern ResearchDemocratic primary · U.S. House
Cait Conley 34% · Beth Davidson 23% · Effie Phillips-Staley 13% · Other/Combined 2% · Undecided 28%
Jun 12, 2026 to Jun 16, 2026 · 574 LV · ±5 pts · text-to-web · Tavern Research
Released public polls of this race, as each pollster reported them. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
The 2026 Field
Who else is running for New York 17th Congressional District
- Michael LawlerRepublican · Incumbent · On the 2026 ballot
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
U.S. Representative · NY-17
Democrat · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 4, 2026 · Official · New York State Board of Elections
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_a4c0zstss.
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