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U.S. Representative, 17th Congressional District

Cait Conley

Candidate for U.S. Representative, 17th Congressional District

Democratic, Working Families

Background

Occupation
Army veteran; former national security official
Campaign website
caitconley.com

A West Point graduate who served 16 years as an active-duty Army officer, including special operations leadership and six combat deployments. She was Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council and later worked on election infrastructure security at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

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Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Supports ending the SALT deduction cap entirely.

    Policy — Cait Conley for Congress

    Campaign website · Cait for New York · caitconley.com

    “Ending entirely the Trump and Lawler-imposed SALT tax cap”
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Public safety

  • Supports barring masked ICE agents and requiring body cameras.

    Policy — Cait Conley for Congress

    Campaign website · Cait for New York · caitconley.com

    “Reining in ICE and restoring accountability, requiring body cameras, standard law enforcement uniforms with visible ID, and prohibiting masked agents.”
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  • Supports a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

    Policy — Cait Conley for Congress

    Campaign website · Cait for New York · caitconley.com

    “Creating a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants and Dreamers who are already part of our communities”
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Education

  • Opposes school voucher programs; supports universal pre-K.

    Policy — Cait Conley for Congress

    Campaign website · Cait for New York · caitconley.com

    “opposing voucher programs that strip funding from our public education system … investing in universal pre-K”
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Environment & parks

  • Opposes reopening the Indian Point nuclear plant.

    Policy — Cait Conley for Congress

    Campaign website · Cait for New York · caitconley.com

    “Stopping Mike Lawler’s drive to reopen Indian Point.”
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Health & human services

  • Supports a public health insurance option open to all.

    Policy — Cait Conley for Congress

    Campaign website · Cait for New York · caitconley.com

    “Allowing everyone to opt in to a public insurance option, regardless of age, expanding coverage, and driving down costs across the marketplace.”
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  • Supports writing Roe v. Wade abortion rights into federal law.

    Policy — Cait Conley for Congress

    Campaign website · Cait for New York · caitconley.com

    “Passing Roe v. Wade into law to restore a woman’s right to make personal healthcare decisions without interference from politicians”
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Government & transparency

  • Supports banning stock trading by members of Congress.

    Policy — Cait Conley for Congress

    Campaign website · Cait for New York · caitconley.com

    “Banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office, and requiring personal divestment from holdings.”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Cait Conley on them.

  • HousingNo documented position found.

All sources (11)

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