Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Michael Lawler

Official portrait of Michael Lawler
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New York’s 17th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Pearl River, NY
Born
1986
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
Next election
Primary June 23, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New York with the current district highlighted

New York, District 17

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · New York District 17IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2NY17162 · Principal campaign committee: LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC.

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New York District 17$10,317,627.15General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New York District 17$8,387,801.92Lost the general election (47.7%)
2021–2022U.S. House · New York District 17$1,553,320.59Lost the general election (44.1%)
Total raised$10,317,627.15
Total spent$8,527,471.61
Cash on hand$1,959,524.06
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $3,971,573.10PACs and other committees: $2,488,284.73Party committees: $10,270.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $3,718,838.66Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $128,660.66
  • Individual contributions$3,971,573.1038%
  • PACs and other committees$2,488,284.7324%
  • Party committees$10,270.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$3,718,838.6636%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$128,660.661%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$650,097.2210%
  • Contributions over $200$5,837,439.8090%
  • Itemized from inside New York$2,349,798.5739%
  • Itemized from other states$3,624,993.6861%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $828,421.88 · Texas $554,588.04 · California $418,249.34 · New Jersey $246,888.73 · Illinois $165,216.12. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$4.8M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,478,329.18APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $346,812.48JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,358,705.33JULY QUARTERLY: spent $459,223.37OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,091,816.55OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $488,934.04YEAR-END: raised $1,280,871.92YEAR-END: spent $575,250.08APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,522,110.34APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $791,929.22PRE-PRIMARY: raised $741,153.80PRE-PRIMARY: spent $624,654.49JULY QUARTERLY: raised $699,058.48JULY QUARTERLY: spent $213,304.82OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,829,160.36OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $3,816,918.982025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea510
Voted nay152
Did not vote12 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored130
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored1,121

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10884 To provide additional options on certain federal application forms to allow an individual to elect to be an organ donor and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, and Foreign Affairs, for a period t…
  • H.R. 10883 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for nonrecognition of gain or loss on like-kind exchanges of certain residential real property, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 10825 To prohibit Joint Fundraising Committees that include federal candidates and Independent Expenditure-Only Political Committees from making disbursements on paid media.
    Introduced Oct 15, 2026 · Latest action Oct 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • H.R. 10762 Anthony Amoros Law Right to Know Act
    Introduced Oct 6, 2026 · Latest action Oct 6, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speake…
  • H.Res. 1599 Expressing support for the recognition of September 2026 as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month".
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10572 Home Accessibility Improvements Inclusion Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 10573 Tax Relief for Surviving Spouses Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 10379 Problem Solvers MAPS Act
    Introduced Sep 15, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 10165 EXIM Bank Continuity in Competitiveness Act
    Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Latest action Aug 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 10096 Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Latest action Aug 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

484 committees reported giving $2,102,065.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Michael Vincent Lawler$134,013.14
  • Independent expenditures opposing Michael Vincent Lawler$660,049.75

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

New York U.S. House, District 17, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Michael Vincent Lawler (R)$10,317,627.15$1,959,524.062026-10-14
Peter Chatzky (D)$11,707,921.60$789.362026-06-30
Cait Conley (D)$9,665,461.10$1,144,255.462026-09-30
Beth Davidson (D)$2,231,647.35$33,657.712026-09-30
Jessica Reinmann (D)$655,476.09$0.002026-07-06
John Sullivan (D)$485,608.86$2,273.292026-09-30
Mike Sacks (D)$298,002.05$0.002026-09-30
John Cappello (D)$79,637.17$447.202026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

No published race ratings found.

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
McLaughlin & Associates (R)September 28–30, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Mike Lawler 50% · Cait Conley 47%
Emerson CollegeSeptember 27–29, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Mike Lawler 46% · Cait Conley 48%
co/efficient (R)July 20–22, 20261,292 (LV)± 2.7%Mike Lawler 50% · Cait Conley 45%
FM3 Research (D)June 27 – July 1, 2026509 (LV)–Mike Lawler 45% · Cait Conley 51%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in New York (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC..
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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