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New York District 17 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, New York District 17

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U.S. House, New York District 17 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Cait Conley
84%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Mike Lawler incumbent
16%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentMike Lawler

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
84% Cait Conley · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates
DEM Cait Conley 84%
REP Mike Lawler 16%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Conley 48.0% · Lawler 46.0% Emerson College / WPIX · 2026-09-29
Seat lean (Hume PVI) D+3 as of cycle 2020
Prior result, this seat REP 52.2% 2024 general · margin 6.3%

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMConleyREPLawler
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Cait Conley$10,706,692.07
Mike Lawler$10,317,627.15
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Cait Conley$9,758,152.57
Mike Lawler$8,527,471.61
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Cait Conley$948,539.50
Mike Lawler$1,959,524.06
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Cait Conley48.0%Emerson College · 2026-09-29
Mike Lawler46.0%Emerson College · 2026-09-29
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Cait ConleyD+3seat-level
Mike LawlerD+3seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

3 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-09-29
Pollster / sponsorField datesSampleConleyLawlerOthers
Emerson College2026-09-27 to 2026-09-29LV · n=40048.0%46.0%none
co/efficient2026-07-20 to 2026-07-22LV · n=1,29245.0%50.0%none
FM3 Research2026-06-27 to 2026-07-01LV · n=50951.0%45.0%none
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2020
    D+3
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    +2.888

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2024 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    Mike LawlerREP197,84552.16%
    Mondaire L. JonesDEM173,89945.85%
    Anthony FrasconeOTH7,5301.99%

    Total votes 379,274 · winning margin 6.31% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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