Cait Conley

Democrat candidate for U.S. House in New York. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-29.

At a glance

PartyDemocrat
Running forU.S. House, New York

Record

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Where they stand

In their own words, from their campaign website, summarised in plain English.

Economy and cost of living

Conley says she wants to lower costs for working families by cutting utility bills, making housing more affordable, expanding childcare and job training, and passing the PRO Act. She also says she would end the cap on state and local tax deductions and cut red tape for small businesses.

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Taxes and government spending

Conley says she would end the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap entirely. She also says she would ban members of Congress from trading stocks and cap interest rates on federal student loans.

“**Ending entirely the Trump and Lawler-imposed SALT tax cap**”
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Health care

Conley says she would let everyone opt in to a public insurance option, defend the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, and cap insulin at $35. She also says she would let Medicare negotiate more drug prices and restore Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding.

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Social Security and Medicare

Conley says she would expand Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing, and let Medicare negotiate lower prices on more prescription drugs. The passages do not address Social Security.

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Immigration and the border

Conley says she wants to secure the border, create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and Dreamers, and focus enforcement on violent criminals and traffickers. She also says she would require ICE body cameras and visible ID, ban masked agents, and revoke 287(g) agreements.

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Abortion

Conley says she would pass Roe v. Wade into law, protecting access to abortion, contraception and IVF. She also says she would restore federal funding to Planned Parenthood.

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Energy and climate

Conley says she would expand federal investment in solar, wind, hydro and geothermal power, and cut red tape for renewable projects. She opposes reopening Indian Point and says she wants the US to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Guns

Conley, a gun owner who says she respects the Second Amendment, says she would pass universal background checks and close the loophole for unlicensed dealers. She also says she would fund state red flag laws.

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Foreign policy and defense

Conley says she would end military escalation with Iran and pursue diplomacy, restore USAID funding, and increase congressional oversight of military action. She also says she supports a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians and renewed support for Ukraine.

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Elections and ethics in government

Conley says she would ban members of Congress from trading stocks, pass term limits, overturn Citizens United, and bar elected officials from becoming lobbyists. She also says she would restore CISA's election security work and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

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Money

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Cait Conley (DEM)

Raised
$4.3M through 2026-06-30 individuals $3.7M · PACs $423K · candidate's own money, incl. loans $7,000 · from the candidate's other committees $179K · cash on hand $1.3M
Outside spending
$1.6M opposing Conley · $2.3M supporting Conley · latest reported 2026-09-29
Largest outside spenders
PROGRESSIVE CHAMPIONS PAC — $1.5M opposing Conley VOTEVETS — $1.1M supporting Conley Largest donors: Deborah J Simon $1.1M (8%), NOT Employed; VOTEVETS ACTION FUND $1.0M (7%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); AB PAC $800K (6%); THE BENCH $650K (5%); Joshua Bekenstein $625K (5%), Bain Capital, CO-Chairman NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITY — $1.0M supporting Conley AFT SOLIDARITY — $150K supporting Conley AMERICA PAC — $49K opposing Conley · 1 ad on this pageLargest donors: Elon Musk $20.1M (>99%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEO and 5 more
71 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • ACTBLUE $44K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000
  • BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC) $2,000
  • BEVERLEY CHANG FOR PEEKSKILL COMMON COUNCIL $150
  • BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PAC $3,500
  • BRIDGE THE GAP PAC $1,000
  • CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC) $5,000
  • CACHE PAC $5,000
  • CHRISSY HOULAHAN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • CORTLANDT 2025 $250
  • CROSSPARTISAN PAC I $5,000
  • DEFEND THE VOTE $5,000
  • DEMOCRACY MOBILIZATION PROJECT PAC $1,000
  • DEMOCRATIC ACTION NETWORK $2,000
  • DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND $5,000
  • DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PAC $5,000
  • DMFI PAC $2,500
  • ELECT DARREN RIGGER TO THE PEEKSKILL CITY COUNCIL $500
  • ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $10K
  • ELECT DEMS NOW PAC $1,000
  • EMILYS LIST $5,000
  • END CITIZENS UNITED $2,000
  • EQUALITY PAC $10K
  • FAIR SHOT PAC $5,000
  • FRIENDS OF BRIAN FASSETT $300
  • FRIENDS OF KATHLEEN TALBOT $1,000
  • FRIENDS OF PATRICIA RILEY $500
  • FRONTLINE FIGHTERS PAC $5,000
  • FUTURE FORUM PAC $2,000
  • GIFFORDS PAC $4,000
  • GREEN ON TOP PAC $2,500
  • H-NY-17-D NOMINEE FUND 2026 $53K
  • HELLCATS PAC $1,000
  • HIMES FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • HONOR BOUND PAC $5,000
  • HOULAPAC $4,500
  • JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PAC $5,000
  • KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $50
  • LIFTOFF PAC $2,500
  • LILAC PAC $2,000
  • MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $1,500
  • MARK TAKANO FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • MITTEN PAC $5,000
  • NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $5,000
  • NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $5,000
  • NRDC ACTION FUND INC PAC $1,000
  • NUTMEG PAC $5,000
  • NY17 2026 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FUND $100K
  • OVERSIGHT ACTION FUND $4,500
  • PATRIOT PAC $7,500
  • PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • PUGET PAC $1,500
  • REBUILD AMERICA PAC $1,000
  • REINMANN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • SERVE AMERICA PAC $5,000
  • SERVICE FIRST PAC $4,000
  • SILICORN VALLEY PAC $2,000
  • STORM PAC $1,000
  • SUNFLOWER SEEDS PAC $1,000
  • THE BENCH $3,500
  • THE JUNO FUND $10K
  • THE NEXT 50 PAC $10K
  • UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL $2,500
  • VETS RISING $500
  • VOTEVETS $5,000
  • WILL ROLLINS FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • WINTHECENTER PAC $5,000
  • WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERAL $5,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Praise, criticism and controversies

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From Semblen

Semblen analyzed 7 ads from Cait Conley's campaign; 4 used at least one manipulation technique, most often Appeal to Prejudice, Loaded Language, Black-and-White Fallacy. See the ads, the money and every candidate in this race →

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