Mike Lawler

New York’s 17th (NY - 17)

Updated: August 27, 2026

Overview

Mike Lawler is a career political operative and former lobbyist who does the bidding of corporate special interests and Donald Trump, even when it raises our costs and hurts the Hudson Valley. Cait Conley is a proud patriot who put her life on the line to serve this country, not any person or political party, and especially not corporate special interests. 

Summary

Starting immediately, voters – especially non-conservative registered independents, voters under 45, Hispanic voters, Jewish voters, and Rockland County voters – need to see ads on cable, addressable cable, streaming, Meta, and YouTube, and receive mail about how Mike Lawler is a self-dealing career political operative and former utility lobbyist who puts his corporate donors and Trump over the Hudson Valley:

• Lawler was a lobbyist for monopoly utility companies. He’s taken tens of thousands from the utility industry, then voted to hike our utility costs. Meanwhile, Hudson Valley families have seen their rates increase by over 60%.
• Lawler took nearly half a million dollars from Big Pharma and insurance companies, while voting to let them raise New Yorkers’ monthly premiums by as much as 50% and jack up the cost of prescription drugs.
• And he’s voted 100% of the time with Trump, even when it raised our costs.

Starting immediately, voters – especially non-conservative registered independents, voters under 45, Hispanic voters, Jewish voters, and Rockland County voters – need to see ads on cable, addressable cable, streaming, Meta, and YouTube, and receive mail about how Cait Conley puts country over party, while Mike Lawler always answers to Donald Trump, even when it raises our costs:

• Cait Conley is a proud patriot and combat veteran who has dedicated her life to serving this country, not any person or political party.
• Meanwhile, Lawler has voted with Trump 100% of the time. He voted eight times for Trump’s tariffs that are raising our costs by $4,200 per household, shrugging it off as “a little bit of short-term pain.”
• Lawler voted five times to continue Trump’s reckless war in Iran, even though it has cost taxpayers $150 billion and sent gas prices skyrocketing, calling the war a “righteous decision.”

Starting immediately, non-conservative registered Republicans and voters in Dutchess/Putnam counties need to see ads on cable, addressable cable, streaming, Meta, and YouTube, and read mail about how Mike Lawler is a self-dealing career political operative and former utility lobbyist who puts his corporate donors over the Hudson Valley:

• Lawler was a lobbyist for monopoly utility companies. He’s taken tens of thousands from the utility industry, then voted to hike our utility costs. Meanwhile, Hudson Valley families have seen their rates increase by over 60%.
• Lawler took nearly half a million dollars from Big Pharma and insurance companies, while voting to let them raise New Yorkers’ monthly premiums by as much as 50% and jack up the cost of prescription drugs.
• All the while, he’s funneled more than 700,000 dollars – including from his own campaigns — back to his own political consulting firm, lining his pockets.

Additional Resources

• Voters need to understand and have it emphasized to them that Mike Lawler was a lobbyist for monopoly utility companies
• Voters should see Hudson Valley residents affirm their anger at a broken and corrupt political system, and then they need to know that Lawler’s actions are emblematic of that broken system. 
• Voters should hear about Lawler’s loyalty to Trump from former Lawler voters, including men over 50, and voters in Rockland County should hear this from voters from Rockland County.
• Voters need to hear Mike Lawler in his own words regarding tariffs and regarding Iran.
• Videos of Lawler can be found here and  here.
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• Mike Lawler (NY-17) Research Report

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