Mike Lawler

New York’s 17th (NY - 17)

Updated: September 28, 2026

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Overview

Mike Lawler is a career political operative and former lobbyist who votes 100% of the time with Donald Trump, leading to higher costs on everything. Cait Conley is a proud patriot who put her life on the line to serve this country, not any person or political party, and will take on the corruption in both political parties that’s wasting our tax dollars and raising our costs. 

Summary

Starting immediately, voters – especially non-conservative registered independents, registered Democratic men, 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 the various ways that Mike Lawler’s loyalty to Trump is costing us and how Trump is now rewarding him for his loyalty:

  • 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.”
  • He voted six times to continue Trump’s reckless war in Iran, even though it has sent gas prices skyrocketing, calling the war a “righteous decision.”
  • He voted for Trump’s $80 billion tax break for data center developers, costing taxpayers twice: once for the tax giveaway, and again through higher utility bills, which have gone up over 60% on Lawler’s watch.
  • Now, Trump and his MAGA allies are rewarding Lawler by pouring millions of dollars of attack ads into this race to keep him in office.

Starting immediately, voters – especially non-conservative registered independents, registered Democratic men, 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’s loyalty to Trump is costing us, while Cait Conley will take on politicians in both parties to lower our costs:

  • Lawler has voted with Trump 100% of the time, including eight times for his tariffs that are raising our costs by $4,200 a year and for his $80 billion tax giveaway to data center developers that are jacking up our utility bills. 
  • Cait Conley is sick of politicians in both parties refusing to hold corporate monopolies accountable when they rip us off. That’s why she’ll stop monopoly utility companies from passing the costs of their lobbying and CEO bonuses onto our bills.

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 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.
  • Hispanic Voters make up a large percentage of the population in zip codes 10927, 10993, 10923, 10591, 10603, 10566, 10562, 10984, 10535, 10517, 10980, 10970, 10931, 10507, 10537, 10596, 10547, 10511, 10567, 10549, 10986, 10954, 10548, 12563, 10989, 10512, 10509, 10920, 10974
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  • Mike Lawler (NY-17) Research Report



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