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New York's 17th District · Democratic Primary · June 23, 2026

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Unofficial results as they post, county by county. Five Democrats are running for the chance to face Mike Lawler in November. We don't project winners — only the totals the boards of elections have counted, plus calls made by the Associated Press.

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46,306 votes counted 608 of 608 election districts in · 100% Updated
  1. ★
    Cait Conley AP · Winner 49.5%
    22,906 votes
  2. 2
    Beth Davidson 31.9%
    14,781 votes
  3. 3
    Effie Phillips-Staley 15.3%
    7,078 votes
  4. 4
    Mike Sacks 1.6%
    749 votes
  5. 5
    John Cappello 1.6%
    746 votes
  6. 6
    Write-in 0.1%
    46 votes

The district, town by town

20,812 Democratic primary ballots cast of 22,389 total · turnout, not results

  • Westchester 10,144
  • Rockland 7,612
  • Putnam 2,409
  • Dutchess 647

All 22,389 ballots, by method

  • Early voting 12,628
  • Election Day 6,883
  • Absentee 2,878

All 28 towns of NY-17, shaded by each county's current leader and filling in as its election districts report.

Clarkstown Haverstraw Orangetown Ramapo Stony Point Carmel Kent Patterson Philipstown Putnam Valley Southeast Beekman East Fishkill Pawling Bedford Cortlandt Greenburgh Lewisboro Mount Kisco Mount Pleasant New Castle North Castle North Salem Ossining Peekskill Pound Ridge Somers Yorktown
NY-17 district Live, town by town
Updated
  • Conley
  • Davidson
  • Phillips-Staley
  • Cappello
  • Sacks
  • Awaiting report

Each town is colored by its county's leader, deepening as that county's election districts finish counting. Town-level vote splits aren't reported in real time — tap a town for its county's full candidate tally.

Each town is shaded by Democratic primary ballots cast — turnout, not results. Election-Day ballots are still being counted, so totals will rise. Tap a town for its breakdown. Source: county boards of elections.

By county

  • Rockland Conley · 17,177
  • Putnam Conley · 4,988
  • Dutchess Conley · 1,382
  • Westchester Conley · 22,759

All four counties report automatically as their election districts post. Westchester is the district's largest county, so expect its count to keep climbing latest into the night.

How the vote came in

  • Early vote —
  • Election Day —
  • Mail / absentee —

Early and mail ballots are counted first and lean toward better-organized campaigns. Expect the picture to shift as Election-Day districts report.

In their own words

Cait Conley · Housing & Affordability “It's time we start implementing an American public service home loan program, a program that would mirror the VA loan program that I got to benefit from as an army veteran of 16 years, where for people who are first responders, teachers, nurses, social workers, after 10 years, you qualify for the…” Democratic Primary Forum: Four Candidates in NY-17 (The Brian Lehrer Show) · 2026-05-29

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Excerpts from public candidate forums, attributed by voice and cued to each statement. Full videos and transcripts under Forums.