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Conley says she and Hochul are on the same “team.” Hochul calls it “the Gov and Cait campaign.”
Pearl River, NY — October 29, 2026 — Kathy Hochul campaigned with Cait Conley this morning at a Democratic campaign office in Peekskill, in front of “Team Hochul Adams” and “Your Family, Her Fight” signs, and told the room, “This has been the Gov and Cait campaign of knocking on doors since July.” She also said, “To have her as our candidate is extraordinary.” Conley stood next to her and clapped for every line.
Conley told the crowd she and Hochul are on the same “team,” and she brushed off questions about where she lives as a distraction. She doesn’t own a home in the 17th District. The only house on the financial disclosure she filed in May is a rental in Lee County, North Carolina, and Fairfax County, Virginia, has a 2026 tax record in her name.
On July 15, Hochul and Attorney General Tish James spoke on the New York Democratic Party’s voter protection kickoff call, with Conley as a featured guest. “I am the top of the ticket and all the races below me, especially our congressional races,” Hochul said, including “taking back that district that Mike Lawler has held for so long.” James followed: “Congressional races like Cait Conley’s are how we win back the House.” The party’s voter protection director told Conley it was “laser focused” on the district and “targeting a lot of our resources and volunteers” there.
Two weeks ago at a VFW forum in Putnam County, Lawler said, “Kathy Hochul has got to go,” and Conley said she agreed. Politico reported she then called Hochul to apologize, and her spokesperson said Conley “looks forward to winning together on November 3rd.”
In Siena’s poll of likely voters, out yesterday, 53 percent of downstate suburban voters said they disapprove of the job Hochul’s doing.
“Two weeks ago Cait told a room full of veterans she agreed Kathy Hochul has to go. Then she picked up the phone and said sorry, and this morning she was clapping along while Hochul called it the ‘Gov and Cait campaign,’” said Lawler for Congress Campaign Manager Ciro Riccardi. “Cait Conley is completely beholden to Kathy Hochul and the Albany Democrats who made this state so damn expensive. The only team she’s on is Kathy Hochul’s. Why would anybody in the Hudson Valley believe she’ll stand up for them in Washington?”
