Elections · U.S. House, District 17 · New York
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Raised for this seat
$298K
Through June 3, 2026
Cash on hand
$17K
Through June 3, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Sacks is not on the November ballot for this seat. Mike Lawler and Cait Conley are.
Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Sacks's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 27%$81K
- Large donors
- 73%$217K
- PACs
- --
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- <1%$25
Receipts reported through June 3, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in New York
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 10 days before the election. Same-day registration is available only on the first day of early voting, at an early-voting site.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 778K
- Median household income
- $126K
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
- Living below the poverty line
- 10.7%
- Without health insurance
- 3.9%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Mike Lawler$8.2M
- John Cappello$79K
- Cait Conley$4.3M
- Beth Davidson$2.2M
- Effie Phillips-Staley$787K
- Michael Sacksthis page$298K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable.
In their own words
What Sacks's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Sacks's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Pillar 01 Cost of Living Crisis”
- “/// Action Plan”
- “Pillar 02 Protect Our Democracy”
- “Pillar 03 Medicare For All”
- “Pillar 04 Reproductive Freedom”
- “Pillar 05 Civil Rights & Equality”
- “Pillar 06 Economic Security”
- “Pillar 07 Abolish ICE”
- “Pillar 08 Workers' Rights”
- “Pillar 09 End Gun Violence”
- “Pillar 10 Green New Deal”
- “Pillar 11 Big Tech & Monopoly Power”
Quoted from mikesacksforcongress.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Sacks does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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