EXPOSED: Lying Democrat Cait Conley Is Bankrolled by Corporate PACs

Lying Democrat Cait Conley claims she doesn’t take a dime of corporate PAC money, but a new report exposes that corporations are lining the coffers of her campaign. 

“Cait Conley is lying, and she knows it. Conley has taken thousands in corporate PAC money while claiming she doesn’t. Voters in New York deserve a representative who is honest and transparent with them. Clearly, that isn’t Cait Conley.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole 

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How Corporate PAC Money Gets to Democrats Who Swore It Off
NOTUS
Avani Kalra
August 26, 2026

Democratic candidates’ call to get money out of politics is a central theme in the 2026 midterms, with dozens of Democratic incumbents and candidates pledging to reject donations from corporate political action committees.

But there’s a workaround that is enabling the flow of money from business interests into the campaign accounts of many Democrats who otherwise reject cash from corporate PACs.

Candidates, particularly those in the most competitive races, are relying on contributions from Democratic leadership PACs — groups formed by federal lawmakers to boost their party’s congressional candidates. And many of those leadership PACs receive significant donations from corporate PACs.

Daniel Lobo-Lewis, a co-founder of the Political Integrity Project, which grades candidates based on their financial transparency and anti-corruption commitments, told NOTUS the practice is “an issue.”

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Political entities established by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar are among the committees that have donated to “no corporate PAC money” candidates while receiving donations from corporations such as banking giant Barclays, pharmacy chain CVS and insurance company UnitedHealthcare this year. Jeffries, Clark and Aguilar did not respond to requests for comment from NOTUS.

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Cait Conley, who is challenging Republican Rep. Mike Lawler in a New York district the Cook Political Report has deemed a “toss-up,” is one of the candidates who pledged not to accept corporate PAC money.

But nearly half of the contributions that Conley received from federal PACs came from committees that took corporate PAC money. Conley received $5,000 from the Jobs, Education and Families First PAC (JEFF PAC), which is tied to Jeffries, and another $5,000 from the New Democrat Coalition Action Fund, for example.

Both of those committees took contributions from corporations, including from defense companies such as Honeywell International and Lockheed Martin. Conley, who spent 16 years as an active-duty Army officer and later worked for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has made national security a major part of her campaign messaging.

Conley’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment from NOTUS.

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