Cait Conley

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says she will work to lower drug costs and health insurance premiums by holding drug and insurance companies accountable and creating a public insurance option.[1]
• Says she is running to ban congressional stock trading, set congressional term limits and "end the corruption."[1],[6]
• Says she would cut utility bills by tying utility company profits to performance and banning pass-through charges to ratepayers for lobbying, private jets and campaign donations.[1]

Background

• Senior Advisor to the Director, including lead for the agency's election security mission, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) · 2023–2025[3],[4]
• Director for Counterterrorism, National Security Council · 2021–2023[3],[4]
• Operations officer (J3) for regional and global counterterrorism task forces, U.S. Army special operations[3]
• Special operations team leader and troop commander; six overseas deployments including Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Army[1],[3],[4]
• Military police officer and platoon leader (active-duty Army service totaled 16 years), U.S. Army[1],[4]

Education

• Bachelor's degree, United States Military Academy at West Point[3],[5]
• Master of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School[3]
• M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology[3]

Where they stand

• Taxes
  Supports ending the SALT deduction cap entirely.[2]
• Energy & Environment
  Opposes reopening the Indian Point nuclear plant, supports investing in wind, solar, hydro and geothermal energy, and wants the U.S. to rejoin the Paris climate agreement.[2]
• Abortion
  Supports writing the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law and restoring Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood clinics.[2]
• Immigration
  Supports requiring ICE agents to wear body cameras and visible identification and barring masked agents, ending 287(g) agreements, and creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and Dreamers.[2]
• Health Care
  Supports a public insurance option open to all ages, defending the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, and adding vision, dental and hearing coverage to Medicare.[2]

Voting record

Cait Conley has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words