Mike Lawler

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Mike Lawler
File:Rep. Mike Lawler official photo.jpg
Official portrait, 2022
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded by Mondaire Jones
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 97th district
In office
January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022
Preceded by Ellen Jaffee
Succeeded by John W. McGowan
Personal details
Born Michael Vincent Lawler
(1986-09-09) September 9, 1986 (age 38)
Suffern, New York, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Doina
Children 1
Residence Pearl River, New York, U.S.
Education Manhattan College (BS)
Website House website

Michael Vincent Lawler (born September 9, 1986) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district since 2023. From 2021 to 2022, he was a member of the New York State Assembly from the 97th district in Rockland County. Lawler is a Republican.

Early life and education

A native of Rockland County, Lawler graduated from Suffern High School. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance from Manhattan College in 2009.[1] Lawler was named valedictorian of his graduating class.[2]

Career

Lawler was a partner at the political communications firm Checkmate Strategies from 2018 until 2022. He previously worked in the Westchester County Executive's Office as an advisor to Rob Astorino and executive director of the New York State Republican Party. Before winning his election, he served as deputy town supervisor of Orangetown, New York.

Lawler was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2020 for a two-year term, defeating Democratic incumbent Ellen Jaffee.[3][4][5]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2022

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Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York § District 17

Lawler was the Republican nominee in the 2022 general election in New York's 17th congressional district, having won the August 2022 primary. He narrowly defeated Democratic incumbent and DCCC chair Sean Patrick Maloney in the November general election in a major upset.[6][7][8]

Tenure

On January 4, 2023, Lawler called Representative George Santos's conduct "embarrassing and unbecoming" and "certainly a distraction".[9] On January 12, he called for Santos to resign.[10]

Lawler voted for Kevin McCarthy in the 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. McCarthy was unable to win the speakership on the first 14 ballots. Lawler said of the matter, "It's time for everybody to unify. It's time for everybody to move forward because the reality is the American people didn't elect us to fight over rules."[11]

On January 9, Lawler voted in favor of the House rules package.[12] Afterward, he gave his first House speech, in favor of a bill that would defund the IRS of the money allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act.[13]

On January 19, Lawler and Representative Josh Gottheimer reintroduced the Anti-Congestion Tax Act, a bill to stop the MTA's attempt to institute congestion pricing. Lawler said, "For too long, Hudson Valley commuters have gotten the short end of the stick. With reduced service, no one-seat ride for Rockland County residents, and subways that have become increasingly dangerous, it's no wonder that ridership is down as more folks commute into the city by car or by telecommuting. Which is why congestion pricing, a ludicrous tax grab by the country's most mismanaged authority, should be stopped dead in its tracks."[14]

Lawler was one of five Republicans to vote against the Parents' Bill of Rights in March 2023, and the only Republican not part of the Freedom Caucus to vote against it.[15] He co-sponsored the bill, but decided not to vote for it after he said an unspecified amendment "went too far".[16]

On June 21, Lawler voted with 212 other House Republicans in favor of the censure of Rep. Adam Schiff.[17]

Along with Claudia Tenney, Lawler introduced a bill to prohibit Washington, D.C. from adopting ranked-choice voting.[18]

Caucus memberships

Committee assignments

Political positions

Abortion

Lawler opposes abortion except in cases of rape or incest or if the mother's life is at risk. He also opposes a federal ban on abortion.[20]

Personal life

Lawler lives in Pearl River with his wife, Doina, and their daughter.[21]

Lawler is Roman Catholic.[22]

Electoral history

New York State Assembly District 97, General Election 2020[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Lawler 26,527 46.27 +17.91
Conservative Mike Lawler 2,697 4.70
Independence Mike Lawler 315 0.55
style="background-color: Template:Serve America Movement/meta/color; width: 2px;" | [[Serve America Movement|Template:Serve America Movement/meta/shortname]] Mike Lawler 397 0.69
Total Mike Lawler 29,936 52.22
Democratic Ellen Jaffee 27,359 47.72 -17.9
Total Ellen Jaffee (incumbent) 27,359 47.72
Write-in 35 0.06
Total votes 57,330 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic Swing +35.81
New York's 17th congressional district, Primary Election 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Lawler 11,603 75.8
Republican William Faulkner 1,772 11.6
Republican Charles Falciglia 1,310 8.6
Republican Shoshana David 444 2.9
Republican Jack Schrepel 176 1.1
Total votes 15,305 100.0
New York's 17th congressional district, General Election 2022[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sean Patrick Maloney 130,999 45.6
Working Families Sean Patrick Maloney 8,083 2.8
Total Sean Patrick Maloney (Incumbent) 139,082 48.5
Republican Mike Lawler 124,148 43.3
Conservative Mike Lawler 17,573 6.1
Total Mike Lawler 141,721 49.4
Write-in 5,885 2.0
Total votes 286,688 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

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New York Assembly
Preceded by Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 97th district
2021–2022		 Succeeded by
John W. McGowan
United States House of Representatives
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from New York's 17th congressional district
2023–present		 Incumbent
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