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Cait Conley FINDING

Seat: H-NY-17
Party: DEM
Universe reason: contested_primary+contested_general
FEC receipts: $4,317,457 FEC
Campaign site: https://caitconley.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned: 1036 · last 2026-09-03

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://caitconley.com/media · classifier confidence 0.95

First detectedJune 2, 2026
Guidance revisedJuly 25, 2026
Page updatedSeptember 3, 2026

The page contains a section titled 'Research Backup' with explicit media-buy guidance directing that Democratic Primary voters in NY-17 need to see a specific message across CTV/OTT and digital platforms. This is directive language addressed to an outside spender (super PAC) that will run paid ads, prescribing both the channel and the message content. It is not a press kit or voter-facing persuasion page, so it meets the red-boxing criteria.

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Democratic Primary voters in NY-17 need to see across CTV/OTT and digital platforms:
Explicit media-buy instruction specifying audience, channel (CTV/OTT and digital), and directive 'need to see' — classic red-boxing signal.
Research Backup
Label indicates the content is prepared as backup material for outside groups to use in paid advertising, not for direct voter persuasion.

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Cait Conley is a proud fourth-generation Hudson Valley native. She is a decorated special ops combat veteran and has spent her life serving America and protecting our future. Cait is not a politician – she is a public servant and battle-tested leader who believes in our country and knows the American people deserve better. She is a Democrat running for New York’s 17th Congressional district, currently held by Republican Mike Lawler. Support her campaign by making a donation today.

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Earlier versions of this guidance (2) — archived

Each revision below was archived when it was detected; the current version is shown above. Newest earlier version last.

Version 1 · Live from June 2, 2026 – revised July 25, 2026

Starting immediately through Election Day, all Democratic Primary voters in NY-17 across cable television, digital, streaming, addressable cable platforms, and mail need to know:
a subset of Democratic Primary voters on digital, streaming, and addressable cable platforms, specifically voters age 55+ in Dutchess, Putnam, and Rockland Counties, need to know that Cait is a patriot
For mail, priorities are: Registered Democrats who in at least 1 of 2022 Aug Primary, 2022 June Primary, 2020 Primary, 2018 Sept Primary
That Cait knows firsthand what working families in the district are going through and will fight to solve their problems

The next revision added “Democratic Primary voters in NY-17 need to see across CTV/OTT and digital platforms:”; “MAGA Republicans are using dark money to falsely attack Cait Conley because they know Cait’s the only Democrat who can beat Mike Lawler in November. Cait is a West Point grad, 16-year decorated combat veteran, and one of the first women to lead in Army special ops. Cait’s work has always been about keeping our families safe – from terror attacks to cyber attacks. As our member of Congress, she’ll fight to keep us safe from Trump: reining in ICE, taking on corruption, and lowering costs.”; dropped “Starting immediately through Election Day, all Democratic Primary voters in NY-17 across cable television, digital, streaming, addressable cable platforms, and mail need to know:”; “a subset of Democratic Primary voters on digital, streaming, and addressable cable platforms, specifically voters age 55+ in Dutchess, Putnam, and Rockland Counties, need to know that Cait is a patriot”; “For mail, priorities are: Registered Democrats who in at least 1 of 2022 Aug Primary, 2022 June Primary, 2020 Primary, 2018 Sept Primary”.

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Last Updated May 22, 2026

Starting immediately through Election Day, all Democratic Primary voters in NY-17 across cable television, digital, streaming, addressable cable platforms, and mail need to know:

That Cait knows firsthand what working families in the district are going through and will fight to solve their problems:
Cait Conley is a fourth-generation Hudson Valley native, granddaughter of a Montrose brickyard worker, and daughter of a postal worker and a construction worker.
After 9/11, she went to West Point, became a decorated Army combat veteran, and served for 16 years, with 6 overseas deployments, as one of the first women in special operations leadership.
Now she looks around and sees chaos, corruption, and illegal wars – all of them raising our costs. She’s running to stop Trump, defeat Mike Lawler, and make life better for families like her own.
Democratic Primary voters should know that Early Voting starts June 13th and Election Day is June 23rd.
That Cait is the fighter who has what it takes to take on Trump and meet this moment:
Cait Conley was born and raised in the Hudson Valley. She’s a West Point grad and 16-year Army combat veteran [and was one of the first women in special ops leadership].
Cait’s served at the highest levels of government, including the White House, protecting our critical infrastructure and fighting against Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
Cait was willing to die for a country she now barely recognizes: Trump needs to be stopped, ICE needs to be reined in, and the lawlessness must end.
Tough problems call for tough leaders, and that’s Cait Conley.
Democratic Primary voters should know that Early Voting starts June 13th and Election Day is June 23rd.

Starting immediately, through Election Day, a subset of Democratic Primary voters on digital, streaming, and addressable cable platforms, specifically voters age 55+ in Dutchess, Putnam, and Rockland Counties, need to know that Cait is a patriot who has always put country over party:

Cait Conley is a proud patriot who dedicated her life to serving this country – West Point grad, 16 years in the Army, and 6 deployments overseas, as one of the first women in special operations leadership.
From combat zones to the White House Situation Room, Cait has fought to keep our families safe.
Cait’s running to cut through party politics and do what’s right for the working people of the Hudson Valley.
Democratic Primary voters should know that Early Voting starts June 13th and Election Day is June 23rd.

For Democratic voters particularly interested in Cait’s views on education, they need to know that Cait Conley is a proud product of Hudson Valley Public Schools and will continue to fight to ensure kids in the Hudson Valley have the same shot at the American Dream that she had growing up.

Cait graduated from Pine Bush High School.
Cait is focused on:
Restoring funding to the Department of Education
Increasing access to affordable childcare.
Expanding our BOCES, Career & Technical Education (CTE), and Community College programming, creating partnerships with unions and employers to increase the number of apprenticeship programs.
Investing in our public schools by modernizing aging school infrastructure, opposing voucher programs that strip funding from our public education system, fully funding lunch programs for all students who qualify, and increasing funding for early childhood education programs like Head Start.
Democratic Primary voters should know that Early Voting starts June 13th and Election Day is June 23rd.

For mail, priorities are:

Registered Democrats who in at least 1 of 2022 Aug Primary, 2022 June Primary, 2020 Primary, 2018 Sept Primary
Registered Democrats who Voted in 2024 Primary
Newly registered Democrats since 11/6/2024
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Cait Conley is a fourth-generation Hudson Valley native, granddaughter of a Montrose brickyard worker, and
daughter of a postal worker and a construction worker.
After 9/11, she went to West Point, became a decorated Army combat veteran, and served for 16 years, with 6 overseas deployments,
as one of the first women in special operations leadership.
Now she looks around and sees chaos, corruption, and illegal wars –
all of them raising our costs.
She’s running to stop Trump, defeat Mike Lawler, and make life better for
families like her own.
Cait Conley was born and raised in the
Hudson Valley. She’s a West Point grad and 16-year Army combat veteran
[and was one of the first women in special ops leadership].
Cait’s served at the highest levels of government, including the White House,
protecting our critical infrastructure and fighting against Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
Cait was willing to die for a country she now barely recognizes: Trump needs to be stopped, ICE needs to be reined in,
and the lawlessness must end.
Starting immediately, through Election Day, a subset of Democratic Primary voters on digital, streaming, and addressable cable platforms, specifically voters age 55+ in Dutchess, Putnam, and Rockland Counties, need to know that
Cait is a patriot who has always put country over party:
Cait Conley is a
proud patriot who dedicated her life to serving this country
– West Point grad, 16 years in the Army, and 6 deployments overseas,
as one of the first women in special operations leadership.
From combat zones to the
White House Situation Room,
Cait has fought to
keep our families safe.
Cait’s running to
cut through party politics
and do what’s right for the working people of the Hudson Valley.
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Version 2 · Live from July 25, 2026 – revised September 3, 2026

Democratic Primary voters in NY-17 need to see across CTV/OTT and digital platforms:
MAGA Republicans are using dark money to falsely attack Cait Conley because they know Cait’s the only Democrat who can beat Mike Lawler in November. Cait is a West Point grad, 16-year decorated combat veteran, and one of the first women to lead in Army special ops. Cait’s work has always been about keeping our families safe – from terror attacks to cyber attacks. As our member of Congress, she’ll fight to keep us safe from Trump: reining in ICE, taking on corruption, and lowering costs.

The next revision added “Research Backup”; dropped “MAGA Republicans are using dark money to falsely attack Cait Conley because they know Cait’s the only Democrat who can beat Mike Lawler in November. Cait is a West Point grad, 16-year decorated combat veteran, and one of the first women to lead in Army special ops. Cait’s work has always been about keeping our families safe – from terror attacks to cyber attacks. As our member of Congress, she’ll fight to keep us safe from Trump: reining in ICE, taking on corruption, and lowering costs.”.

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Cait for New York
PO Box 96
Ossining, NY 10562

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 4 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected on 2026-06-02; $358,978 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

	Committee	Amount	Filings	Date range
S	VOTEVETS	$358,596	3	2026-05-26 – 2026-05-29
S	DMFI PAC	$382	1	2026-02-25 – 2026-02-25

S Supporting O Opposing

FEC filings can be trailing evidence — smaller expenditures may surface only in periodic reports. Supporting IE dated on or after our detection day: $0. Dates are FEC expenditure dates.

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