OSSINING, NY – At Wednesday night’s Democratic forum in Westchester, Cait Conley delivered a commanding performance that left no doubt she is the strongest candidate to take on Rep. Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th Congressional District.
A 16-year Army combat veteran and national security expert, Cait positioned herself as the “battle-tested leader” Democrats need to win back this critical swing seat and take back the majority.
“Mike Lawler has faced Democratic politicians and won,” she [Cait Conley] said. “He never faced someone like me, a veteran who has spent my entire life delivering and fighting for this country.”
Cait’s momentum at the forum reflects a campaign that is already surging. She has earned major national endorsements from VoteVets, The Next 50, New Politics, and Majority Democrats, and set fundraising records for a first-time congressional candidate in NY-17.
Read the full article recapping Cait’s performance HERE.
Key Excerpts:
- At a time when Democrats are pressing elected officials to fight, Conley pitched herself as a literal warrior — a West Point graduate and 16-year Army veteran who was deployed overseas six times and pursued terrorists. She touted “battle-tested leadership,” as well as her Washington experience as a former national security official in the Biden administration.
- “Mike Lawler has faced Democratic politicians and won,” she [Cait Conley] said. “He never faced someone like me, a veteran who has spent my entire life delivering and fighting for this country.” […]
About Cait Conley:
Cait Conley is a fourth-generation Hudson Valley native and the daughter of a postal worker and a construction worker. She is a decorated combat veteran and national security expert who has spent her life answering the call to serve. That call began on 9/11, when, as a junior in high school, she watched the Twin Towers fall. The next day, she started the process for applying to West Point — earning acceptance and becoming the first in her family to graduate college and then going on later to attend graduate programs at Harvard and MIT. Cait served 16 years as an active duty Army officer, deploying six times to take down the world’s most dangerous terrorists, and later led counterterrorism efforts on the National Security Council and at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Throughout her career, Cait has been called upon to solve the toughest problem and fix things that are broken. That’s why Cait is running for Congress — to fix a broken system and fight for a better future for New Yorkers.
Learn more about Cait online at CaitConley.com.
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