Campaigns & Races

Incumbent Profile

Pull a sitting member's electoral history, fundraising base, and standing heading into re-election.

The prompt

> Using the PoliStack connector, give me the incumbent profile for Rep. Mike Lawler. Provide a comprehensive response.

All of this — from one line.

One line returns a shareable incumbent profile — record, effectiveness, money, and 2026 exposure.

What you get

Electoral history and past victory margins
Legislative impact (LII), party loyalty, and constituent service
Campaign fundraising, cash on hand, and donor mix
A words-vs-actions alignment read

The response

Toss-up

Race rating

2024 margin: 1.85 pts

47.67%

2024 vote share

NY-17, won by 1.85 pts

91.98

LII (118th)

Exceptional

93.3%

Party loyalty

119th — Regular

$4.36M

Cash on hand

$7.47M raised

Cross-party allies

119th Congress

Republican, NY-17 (Lower Hudson Valley) — one of the most competitive districts in the country (Lean Conservative, DW-NOMINATE 0.19). Constituent service: $27.2M returned to constituents and 6,000+ cases closed.

Funding mix: 5.5% small-dollar · 34.1% itemized · 24.0% PAC.

LII = Legislative Impact Index — the Center for Effective Lawmaking's measure of how effectively a member advances legislation. It describes legislative output, not a member's electoral prospects.

One of the country's tightest seats

Lawler held NY-17 by 1.85 points in 2024 (47.67%) — a genuine Toss-up he defends again in 2026.

High-effectiveness and bipartisan

An Exceptional 91.98 effectiveness score in the 118th Congress, 31 cross-party allies, and heavy constituent service — $27.2M returned and 6,000+ cases closed.

Words match actions

His stated 2026 priorities map fully (100% in the 119th) onto the areas where he actually sponsors legislation — a notably strong alignment, up from 66.7% in the 118th.

Sample generated from live data in the PoliStack political knowledge graph, June 2026. Figures update as filings, votes, and markets change. In Claude or ChatGPT, the PoliStack HTML-render skill returns this as a self-contained interactive report.

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