New Poll Shows Assemblyman Mike Lawler Ahead in N.Y. House Race

by M. C. Millman

It has been decades since a Republican has represented Rockland County in Congress. 

According to a survey conducted for Assemblyman Mike Lawler by McLaughlin & Associates, this may change. 

The survey shows that Lawler garners 46% support to 44% for incumbent U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman currently representing the 18th district. 

The 17th Congressional District's boundaries have shifted due to redistricting to include the suburbs north of NYC, such as Rockland County and parts of Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in the Hudson Valley.  

According to pollster Jim McLaughlin, "Mike Lawler is already winning 16% of Democrats and is beating both Maloney and Biaggi among independent voters. Lawler is well positioned to beat both Sean Patrick Maloney and Alessandra Biaggi in the race for Congress. In 2020, Mike Lawler defeated an incumbent Democrat in a State Assembly district with a 2-to-1 Democrat enrollment advantage."

McLaughlin's analysis finds that the political environment in the nation and state is hurting Democratic candidates in this district. 

"Voters are clearly dissatisfied with the Democrats and their failed policies, which makes this district ripe for a Republican victory in November," said McLaughlin.