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2026 results · New York · New York 17th District

Cait Conley, the Democrat, flips New York's 17th District

Kamala Harris carried the district by 0.5 points in 2024; this year's count is a 5.5-point move toward the Democrats. The Republicans held the seat before the election.

New York 17th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Cait ConleyDemocrat164,25653.0%
Mike LawlerRepublican, incumbent145,54646.9%
Write-in3280.1%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 10:46 AM EST · 98% counted.

About 98% of the expected vote counted310,130 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 1:11 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:10 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI

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About the seat

New York's 17th District takes in all or part of 4 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went D+0.6 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 5.5 points toward the Democrats, ranks 23 of 26 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
D+0.6
2024 House race, same lines
R+2.0
Move from 2024, rank in state
23 of 26
  1. Westchester County41%
  2. Rockland County40%
  3. Putnam County14%
  4. Dutchess County6%

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The 2024 House figure is the same district, on the same lines.

What the count shows

Added together, the 4 counties compared moved 5.5 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 78% as many votes as in 2024, from 80% in Rockland County to 75% in Putnam County.

Putnam County moved most: R+13.4 for president in 2024, R+1.7 this year

The 4 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+30EvenD+30Move
Putnam County42,626 votes11.7 pts → D
Dutchess County17,497 votes11.0 pts → D
Westchester County127,057 votes5.3 pts → D
Rockland County122,950 votes2.9 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Rockland County added 7,039 net votes for Conley against the 2024 margin, 43% of the district's change

Across the 4 counties compared, the margin moved by 16,547 votes toward Conley: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. Rockland County+7,039 Conley
  2. Putnam County+6,904 Conley
  3. Dutchess County+3,097 Conley
  4. Westchester County+493 Lawler

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Cait Conley, by U.S. Department of Homeland Security, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Mike Lawler, by United States Congress, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed.