2026 elections
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Jeanine Driscoll’s test of total Trump loyalty
As the president’s approval rating hits the lowest point of his term, the Republican nominee challenging Rep. Laura Gillen has staked her campaign on unbroken fealty to him — even as nonpartisan trackers rate the race in Democrats’ favor.
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Lawler, Conley spar over Trump, data centers, ICE in NY-17 debate
The Sept. 28 NY-17 debate touched on topics that ranged from lowering household costs to U.S. military aid for Israel and soaring college costs.
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Mike Lawler wants accountability for Democrats accused of abuse, but gives Republicans a pass
The Hudson Valley congressman has said colleagues who “knew” about Eric Swalwell’s alleged misconduct should be “held accountable.” He’s applied no such standard to two Republican colleagues he has taken campaign cash from and defended amid abuse and misconduct allegations of their own.
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‘He’s the epitome of Washington corruption’: Cait Conley takes aim at Mike Lawler
Conley, a Democrat, is fighting to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler (R-Hudson Valley). Her message was met with an enthusiastic reception from rally attendees.
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Rep. Pat Ryan says Trump ‘betrayed’ his own voters with Iran war
Families in his rural Hudson Valley district have already spent $172 million more on gas since the war began, and new reporting shows heating oil costs are about to make winter even more expensive.
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Lawler took cash from a lobbyist who opposed 9/11 families suing Saudi Arabia
FEC and FARA filings show Lawler’s campaign took a $500 donation in April 2023 from a former Saudi-registered lobbyist whose firm fought the bill letting 9/11 victims’ families sue the kingdom.
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Bruce Blakeman campaign sent fake pied-à-terre tax letters to homeowners
The GOP gubernatorial candidate mimicked an official government notice to solicit donations, reviving panic from the city’s botched tax rollout.
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Mike Lawler revives blackface scandal with new Michael Jackson post
The Hudson Valley Republican’s Michael Jackson birthday post reopened a 2024 blackface controversy just weeks before New Yorkers begin voting in his tight reelection fight against Democrat Cait Conley.
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Tom Suozzi makes affordability the centerpiece of his case for reelection
Rep. Tom Suozzi pledges to fight for middle-class affordability and work across the aisle to fix the economy.
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Mike Lawler, Cait Conley to face off in two TV debates in NY-17 race. See when
Mike Lawler and Cait Conley are waging a high-profile race for a battleground House district that’s viewed as a toss-up and that will help decide control of the House in the midterm elections.
