Riding profile

NY-17

US House district — NY · Mixed · us ny

The question

NY-17: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Democrat

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.3
P(close race)
43%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 49.6%

    Cait Conley

  • Republican 44.3%
  • Other 6.1%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereNY-17 49.6%44.3%6.1%
National averageUnited States 54.3% −4.8 44.9% −0.6 5.1% +1.0

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

3 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Co/Efficient 20–Jul 22 1,292 LV
Republican 50 Democrat 45
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Fm3 Research House Majority PAC Jun 27 – Jul 1 509 LV
Democrat 51 Republican 45
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Impact Research Protecting American Consumers Together 9–Feb 17 500 LV
Democrat 44 Republican 39
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

NY-17, a mixed riding in NY, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 50% vote share, against 44% for the Republicans, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 23, 2026 · Official count — not yet certified

Democratic primary

Winner

Cait Conley 49.6%

23,087 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Conley, Cait

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
1.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.5 pts
Last model run
Cycle
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