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U.S. House, District 17: who gets your vote?

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U.S. representatives work with the Senate on U.S. laws and spending.

These votes help set U.S. taxes and pay for public services.

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Mike Lawler

Mike Lawler

U.S. House · New York District 17

NationalRepublican

Candidate
Cait Conley

Cait Conley

Running for U.S. House · New York District 17

NationalDemocrat

Mike LawlerCurrent repCait ConleyChallenger

Job fit

We haven't found background facts for either candidate yet.

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Mike Lawler

No stated positions on file yet.

Cait Conley

  • Health care costs
    Will fight to lower costs by "allowing everyone to opt in to a public insurance option, regardless of age, expanding coverage, and driving down costs." 1
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Plans infrastructure investments that create good-paying local jobs, "ensuring that contracts go to local workers and labor unions." 1
  • Immigration
    Wants to fix immigration by "reining in ICE and restoring accountability," revoking 287g agreements, and creating "a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants and Dreamers." 1

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety

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How they voted on top issues

Mike Lawler

  • Politicians who play by the rules → Stronger ethics rules (18 of 18 votes) 2
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 2
  • Guns → Protecting the right to own and carry guns (3 of 3 votes) 2

Cait Conley

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Who pays them

Mike Lawler

Where the campaign money came from3

small donorslarge donorsother politicianscompaniesindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$426Klarge donors$2.8Motherpoliticians$566Kcompanies$480Kindustryassociations$242KOther kinds ofdonors$553K$5.5M raised
$425,9033Small individual donors
$2,760,1023Large individual donors

Cait Conley

Where the campaign money came from4

small donorslarge donorspolitical allies (same party)other politicianslabor unionsOther kinds of donors
small donors$707Klarge donors$3.0Mpolitical allies(same party)$119Kotherpoliticians$74Klabor unions$13KOther kinds ofdonors$2K$4.1M raised
$707,0364Small individual donors
$2,999,1244Large individual donors

Checks

Mike Lawler

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Cait Conley

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. caitconley.com used in: Top issues
  2. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  3. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  4. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Cait Conley
Candidate A

Cait Conley

DemocratShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $4.1M raised, 73% from large donors, 10% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $422,990.43 (10% of $4,136,150.68 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $207,050.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

2 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

3 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

4 more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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Candidate B

Caitlin Conley

Party not on file

No verified background on file for this candidate.

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

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Mike Lawler
Candidate C

Mike Lawler

RepublicanShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

🚩 $5.5M raised, 50% from large donors, 35% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,920,804.94 (35% of $5,481,067.43 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,841,194.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

2 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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