NEW: Mike Lawler Named as One of Roll Call’s ’10 Most Vulnerable’

Today, the non-partisan CQ Roll Call placed Mike Lawler and six other Republicans on its list of the top ten most vulnerable House members.

Lawler has spent the first four months of this Congress siding with far-right extremists, failing to protect abortion rights, protecting wealthy tax cheats, airing political grievances, and pushing America toward a catastrophic default in order to advance an extreme agenda that jeopardizes American jobs, guts food security programs, and threatens veterans’ benefits.

From the Roll Call analysis:

Lawler gained nationwide attention in November by defeating Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Sean Patrick Maloney as part of a red wave in New York. He’ll be a top target of Democrats this year, but has taken steps to separate himself from the GOP, such as voting against a parental schools oversight bill earlier this year. He ended the last quarter with $739,000 on hand, bolstering GOP hopes for his reelection chances. On the Democratic side, a primary is brewing. Liz Whitmer Gereghty, the sister of Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has said she is running, while former Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones could also get into the race.

With only a five seat majority, this analysis highlights the extreme fragility of Speaker McCarthy’s position as he heads into a competitive 2024 election cycle bogged down by MAGA extremists and chaos in his Conference.

DCCC Spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre:
“Mike Lawler is spending his time in Congress voting to cut veterans’ benefits, push our economy closer to catastrophic default, and trigger a job-killing recession. He will be held accountable for their chaos and flagrant disregard for the needs of working New Yorkers.”

Mike Lawler is one of 18 House Republicans representing a district President Biden won in 2020 and is on the DCCC’s 2024 list of offensive targets.

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