Seven weeks after Congressman Mike Lawler challenged Cait Conley to six televised debates, he has accepted four of them, from NBC, CNN, News 12, and Pix11. Two more are waiting on her. Conley has agreed to nothing, and voters begin casting ballots in seventy-three days.
The opening ad, “Solutions,” shows Hudson Valley voters describing what Lawler’s tax work has meant for their households. It goes up with Republicans holding a better-than-20-to-1 advantage over Cait Conley in reserved fall airtime, and Lawler leading independents by 15 points.
The nonpartisan report card gave Lawler a score of 99.2, grading him an “A” for the 119th Congress, placing him in the top 10 among House members graded. Lawler also scored the highest among any in New York’s Congressional delegation.
“Today we are here, as one community, to send a clear message to Governor Hochul and Albany Democrats: Stop tying the hands of our local police. Stop forcing sanctuary policies on our towns and villages, and stop putting politics ahead of public safety,” said Congressman Mike Lawler.
“We anticipate Mike will be ‘surging’ past Cait on Election Night as he heads towards a third term of delivering for Hudson Valley voters. Fortunately for Cait, she can go back to her lucrative consulting for AI defense contractors, maybe even helping advise them on who to deport next.”
“Cait Conley’s embarrassing attempt to have her cake and eat it, too, on such a critical issue to the 17th Congressional District and its large Jewish population, not only insults people’s intelligence, but reveals a candidate completely lacking in conviction, credibility, and seriousness,” said Ciro Riccardi, campaign manager for Lawler for Congress.
Three weeks after Congressman Lawler first called for six televised debates, Cait Conley has yet to accept a single one, and has still not agreed to the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce candidate forum.
“While Cait Conley sprints to the left to keep AOC and her far-left allies happy, Mike Lawler is uniting working families, labor, law enforcement, Republicans, independents, and common-sense Democrats who want results. He’ll have every resource he needs to share his record and win in November,” concluded Riccardi.
Now that the Fourth of July holiday is behind us, I am writing to renew my debate challenge to you, which I made on June 23. The same challenge you have ignored, while journalists with the area’s largest newspaper said you “owe it to voters” to participate.
Cait Conley has had multiple chances to denounce the Socialist Sweep of New York City, but every single time she’s deflected, dodged, or outright accepted their support in her race for Congress. Today, the Lawler for Congress campaign announced a five-figure ad buy to hold her accountable. Pearl River, NY — 6/30/2026… Fresh off her under-50% primary […]
