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Michael Lawler

Michael Lawler

Representative· NYRHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Michael Lawler has an estimated net worth of -$171,500. The 2026 campaign raised $5.2M. Outside groups had $8M spent against Michael Lawler and $1.5M spent for Michael Lawler. Michael Lawler sits on Middle East and North Africa and Western Hemisphere.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
−$172K
−$423K+
Raised (last cycle)
$5.2M
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
3
Representative since 2023
Net-worth filings
2
+$83K since 2023
File — Balance

Bills weighed against funded sectors

Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.

Real Estate & Construction

$1.5M in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Other

$261K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Banking & Financial

$211K in corporate money from banking · 9 roll calls · 7 bills

against banking
0 bills
with banking
4 bills
3 excluded · not weighed

Foreign-policy advocacy

$68K in corporate money from foreign-policy advocacy · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
with foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Ideological / Leadership

$51K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Labor / Unions

$35K in union money · 1 roll calls · 1 bills

against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

1 excluded · not weighed

Insurance

$30K in corporate money from insurance · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against insurance
0 bills
with insurance
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Law & Lobbying

$25K in corporate money from law · 9 roll calls · 8 bills

against law
0 bills
with law
2 bills
6 excluded · not weighed

Tech & Telecom

$24K in corporate money from tech · 6 roll calls · 6 bills

against tech
0 bills
with tech
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

6 excluded · not weighed

Energy & Utilities

$15K in corporate money from energy · 10 roll calls · 9 bills

against energy
0 bills
with energy
3 bills
6 excluded · not weighed

Health & Pharma

$10K in corporate money from health · 6 roll calls · 6 bills

against health
0 bills
with health
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

6 excluded · not weighed
SourcesFEC money recordscongressional roster and vote records
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

Why negative? Financial disclosures require officials to report mortgages and loans as liabilities, but exclude personal residences and other non-income-producing assets. Someone whose main asset is their home can show a negative disclosednet worth in some years — it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re in debt. See methodology.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →

† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeNY-17R
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeNY-17R
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.