Mike Sacks
Running for U.S. House District 17 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$298K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Mike Sacks is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 17 in New York in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $298,002 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.
Data last updated July 2026.
Mike Sacks was a Democratic candidate for New York's 17th Congressional District in 2026, running as a challenger to incumbent Republican Mike Lawler. According to his campaign, he is a lawyer-turned-television journalist who reported on the Supreme Court for the Huffington Post, worked as a political reporter at Fox 5-NY, and served as a national political correspondent for Scripps-owned news stations, winning an Emmy for coverage of the George Floyd protests. He holds a J.D. from Georgetown Law and a B.A. from Duke University. He finished fifth in the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary, receiving 1.7% of the vote (456 votes) per Ballotpedia.
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100% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.
$298K
Total raised
$281K
Total spent
$17K
Cash on hand
Where the money comes from
Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.
Totals through 2026-06-03 · Source: FEC