Ritchie Torres NY Democratic Representative

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Mr. Ritchie Torres
Current Democratic Representative
New York District 15
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I am heartbroken by the death of a boy in an overnight fire at the Patterson Houses. My deepest condolences go to his family and to the entire Patterson community, who are grieving with them. I am praying for the four others who remain in critical condition. The FDNY has determined that an e-bike battery caused the fire, and there is still no mandatory federal safety standard for these batteries. My bill to create one passed the House last year. The Senate needs to act before another family has to bury a child. Thank you to the FDNY firefighters who pulled five people out of that apartment in the middle of the night. My office is here for the family and for the residents of 320 Morris Ave.

💬 2🔁 2❤ 12Oct 28, 2026

I joined @MSNOWNews's @ahylton26 and longtime Bronx advocate Joseph McManus to call for Aleksander Nilaj's release from ICE detention. For over a decade, Aleks has fed Bronx families through his food pantry, @AaohaFoodPantry. His case shows the human cost of an immigration system that tears families apart. We need him home.

💬 6🔁 5❤ 11Oct 25, 2026

Earlier this month, Pal-Awda boasted about forcing a Jewish community event out of Queens. Now the group has set its sights on Riverdale, targeting Jewish families in our borough simply for gathering together. Riverdale is home to one of the most vibrant Jewish communities in New York, and its families deserve to come together without fear. Organizing a campaign to hunt down these gatherings and drive them out of our neighborhoods is an attack on Jewish New Yorkers. Pushing anyone out of public life in our city because of their faith is nothing to celebrate, and the Bronx will not tolerate it.

💬 343🔁 277❤ 1,283Oct 21, 2026

I am deeply disturbed by the outbreak of violence against protesters in Albania. The actions taken by the Albanian police are beyond the pale, and must end. Albanians have a right to peacefully protest, the police must respect the protesters right to protest, and the police must maintain the rule of law. The situation must deescalate to calm the alarming violence.

💬 36🔁 79❤ 339Oct 21, 2026

Earlier today, my Bronx district office received an envelope delivered by mail that contained a suspicious substance. Local law enforcement responded swiftly and, after investigating, determined the substance to be non-hazardous. The evidence will now be sent to the FBI for further investigation. I’m grateful to the officers and first responders who acted so quickly to keep my staff and constituents safe.

💬 15🔁 6❤ 49Oct 16, 2026

“Families in the Bronx and across the country save up to buy these games, and they deserve better than a license that can vanish at any time. The Power To The Players Act ensures consumers own what they buy and can keep playing long after a company moves on.” Read more below:

💬 32🔁 35❤ 185Oct 15, 2026

RT @Kotaku: Democratic Congress member Ritchie Torres is introducing legislation in Congress to regulate digital video game ownership. "A…

💬 247🔁 2,614❤ 17,315Oct 15, 2026

I am outraged by the ICE shooting of a man in Marble Hill today as he sat in his car beside a 5-year-old child. Firing multiple rounds into a car with a child inside, on a busy residential street in the Bronx, is abhorrent and indefensible. It put an entire neighborhood in danger and left a man seriously injured. ICE has long operated as a rogue agency, and today’s shooting is a chilling reminder of how little regard it has for the safety of New Yorkers. I am calling on the DHS Inspector General to open an immediate and independent investigation, and on ICE to release all footage of the shooting. New Yorkers are owed a full accounting, not silence.

💬 964🔁 67❤ 170Oct 8, 2026

SNAP helps nearly 3 million New Yorkers afford groceries. Today, the federal share of SNAP administrative costs falls from 50% to 25%, shifting more costs to New York. I'm fighting to delay Trump's next SNAP cost shift and protect this critical lifeline. https://t.co/rCd9cR5nJb

💬 8🔁 4❤ 14Oct 1, 2026

Wishing a meaningful Yom Kippur to everyone observing in the Bronx and beyond. May this be a time for reflection, forgiveness, and connection with the people who matter most. G'mar Chatimah Tovah. https://t.co/tyDTWaxy2S

💬 42🔁 50❤ 983Sep 20, 2026

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Voting record, 119th Congress

96.8%Attendance654 of 676 roll calls cast

22Roll calls missedAnswered “present” 2 times (counted as cast)

96.5%Voted with the Democratic majorityon the 471 party-line votes

10+Yea or Nay against the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Democratic majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority.

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 16, 2026	S. 2403Retire through Ownership Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9497Water Resources Development Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9340Ratepayer Protection Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.J.Res. 213Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 10326PROOF Act	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9576National Fraud Enforcement Division Act	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 5334An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.Con.Res. 93Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.J.Res. 210Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.R. 9500Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
Sep 3, 2026	H.R. 4795Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act	Yea	Nay
Jul 21, 2026	H.R. 6955Main Street Act	Yea	Nay
Jul 15, 2026	H.R. 8595	Nay	Yea
Jan 9, 2026	H.R. 5184Affordable HOMES Act	Yea	Nay
Dec 11, 2025	H.R. 3383Increasing Investor Opportunities Act	Yea	Nay
Nov 21, 2025	H.Con.Res. 58Denouncing the horrors of socialism	Yea	Nay
Jul 17, 2025	S. 1582GENIUS Act	Yea	Nay
Jul 17, 2025	H.R. 3633CLARITY Act	Yea	Nay
Jun 9, 2025	H.Res. 488Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado	Yea	Nay
Mar 27, 2025	H.R. 1048DETERRENT Act	Yea	Nay

Source: Congress.gov API · through the House’s last vote, Sep 16, 2026 · House Clerk roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

53Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

418Cosponsored

0Sponsored that became law2 sponsored or cosponsored became law

105Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

23.9%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Health	91
Crime and Law Enforcement	42
Government Operations and Politics	42
Finance and Financial Sector	37
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues	30

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

94.5%With the Democratic majorityon 452 issue votes

9Against both partiesmost Democrats and most Republicans voted the other way

16With the Republican majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Democratic majority	Against both parties	With the Republican majority	Rank among Democrats
Economics and Public Finance	59	96.6%	1	1	118th of 219
Armed Forces and National Security	54	96.3%	2	0	164th of 218
Crime and Law Enforcement	29	86.2%	2	2	135th of 213
Energy	28	96.4%	0	1	149th of 213
Government Operations and Politics	26	96.2%	0	1	27th of 214
Environmental Protection	25	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (108)
International Affairs	25	96.0%	0	1	80th of 213
Commerce	24	95.8%	1	0	122nd of 211
Public Lands and Natural Resources	23	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (145)
Congress	22	95.5%	1	0	71st of 213
Finance and Financial Sector	22	81.8%	0	4	197th of 212
Immigration	15	80.0%	0	3	161st of 211
Education	14	85.7%	0	2	143rd of 199
Science, Technology, Communications	12	91.7%	1	0	109th of 198
Agriculture and Food	11	90.9%	1	0	182nd of 211
Other issues (15)Fewer than 10 votes each: Transportation and Public Works, Emergency Management, Labor and Employment, Health, Taxation, Law, Native Americans, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Animals, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Housing and Community Development, Social Welfare, Water Resources Development, Arts, Culture, Religion, Families	63	98.4%	0	1	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Democratic majority most often on that issue, among House Democrats who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Economics and Public Finance · 2

Jul 15, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 8595 · Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay; most Democrats voted Yea, most Republicans Nay. Also voting Nay: 97 other Democrats.
May 15, 2026 · H.R. 8469 · Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and fo…
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 14 other Democrats.

Armed Forces and National Security · 2

Apr 30, 2026 · S. 4465 · To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 84 other Democrats; 26 Republicans.
Dec 10, 2025 · S. 1071 · To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 93 other Democrats; 18 Republicans.

Crime and Law Enforcement · 4

Sep 16, 2026 · H.R. 9576 · National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 71 other Democrats.
May 12, 2026 · H.R. 2853 · Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 58 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Keith Self.
Jun 9, 2025 · H.Res. 488 · Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 74 other Democrats.
Feb 6, 2025 · H.R. 27 · HALT Fentanyl Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 97 other Democrats.

Energy · 1

Jan 9, 2026 · H.R. 5184 · Affordable HOMES Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 56 other Democrats.

Government Operations and Politics · 1

Nov 21, 2025 · H.Con.Res. 58 · Denouncing the horrors of socialism
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 85 other Democrats.

International Affairs · 1

Jan 9, 2025 · H.R. 23 · Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 44 other Democrats.

Commerce · 1

Jun 29, 2026 · H.R. 7757 · KIDS Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 84 other Democrats; 32 Republicans.

Congress · 1

Nov 19, 2025 · H.Res. 893 · Censuring Representative Cory Mills and Removing Him From the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 94 other Democrats; 8 Republicans: Lauren Boebert, Tim Burchett, Kat Cammack, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Harriet Hageman, Anna Paulina Luna, Nancy Mace, Joe Wilson.

Finance and Financial Sector · 4

Jul 21, 2026 · H.R. 6955 · Main Street Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 55 other Democrats.
Dec 11, 2025 · H.R. 3383 · Increasing Investor Opportunities Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 86 other Democrats.
Jul 17, 2025 · S. 1582 · GENIUS Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 101 other Democrats.
Jul 17, 2025 · H.R. 3633 · CLARITY Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 77 other Democrats.

Immigration · 3

Jan 22, 2025 · S. 5 · Laken Riley Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 45 other Democrats.
Jan 16, 2025 · H.R. 30 · Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 60 other Democrats.
Jan 7, 2025 · H.R. 29 · Laken Riley Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 47 other Democrats.

Education · 2

Sep 3, 2026 · H.R. 4795 · Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 32 other Democrats.
Mar 27, 2025 · H.R. 1048 · DETERRENT Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 30 other Democrats.

Science, Technology, Communications · 1

Jul 14, 2026 · H.R. 139 · Sunshine Protection Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 94 other Democrats; 22 Republicans.

Agriculture and Food · 1

Apr 30, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7567 · Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 6 other Democrats: Donald Beyer, Lloyd Doggett, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Lucy McBath, James McGovern, Andrea Salinas; 1 Republican: Darrell Issa.

Taxation · 1

Mar 11, 2025 · H.J.Res. 25 · Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to “Gros…
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 75 other Democrats.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 468 of the House’s 676 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (208): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. “With the Democratic majority” counts every issue vote on which most Democrats voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Democrats and most Republicans voted one way and this member the other. “With the Republican majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Republicans. Independents count with the party they caucus with.

Source: votes: Congress.gov API / Clerk of the House · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 16, 2026

Committee assignments

Committee	Role	Side	Seniority rank
House Committee on Financial Services	Member	Minority	17
National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions	Member	Minority	6
Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence	Member	Minority	6
Housing and Insurance	Member	Minority	5
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party	Member	Minority	7

Seniority rank is the member’s order among their own party’s members on that committee; 1 is the most senior.

Source: congress-legislators (CC0) · as of Oct 27, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2025–present	House of Representatives	Representative	New York (NY)	15
118th Congress	2023–2025	House of Representatives	Representative	New York (NY)	15
117th Congress	2021–2023	House of Representatives	Representative	New York (NY)	15

Elections

Elected to the 117th Congress on November 3, 2020; reelected to each succeeding Congress.¹

The election history as listed in the Congressional Directory.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Overview Donors Disclosures

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

$7,172,393Raised

$4,760,733Spent

$13,835,642Cash on hand

$0Debts owed by the campaign

Where the money came from

Source	Amount	Share
Individuals, itemizeddonors giving more than $200 in the cycle, named in filings	$2,295,800	32.0%
Individuals, unitemized$200 or less in the cycle, not named	$139,131	1.9%
PACs and other committees	$908,350	12.7%
Party committees	$0	0.0%
All other receiptstransfers, loans, refunds and offsets	$3,829,112	53.4%

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported by groups not tied to the campaign: $3,789,388 supporting this candidate, $0 opposing. Details on FEC.gov

More on this campaign’s money

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Contribution size	Amount	Share
$200 and under	$0.19M	3.5%
$200.01 to $499.99	$0.12M	2.2%
$500 to $999.99	$0.36M	6.6%
$1,000 to $1,999.99	$1.20M	22.1%
$2,000 and over	$3.54M	65.5%

From the FEC’s contribution-size summary, which is compiled separately from the campaign’s totals, so these rows need not add up to the individual receipts on the Overview.

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

State	Amount
NY (home state)	$2.86M
CA	$0.47M
FL	$0.45M
MA	$0.30M
CT	$0.19M
CO	$0.14M
NJ	$0.14M
IL	$0.10M
PA	$0.09M
MD	$0.08M

Top employers of individual donors

Employer named by donors	Amount
BLACKSTONE	$85,900
NULL	$67,500
CEO	$42,018
ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT	$34,500
KKR	$29,000
UNION SQUARE VENTURES	$27,539
BNY	$26,500
REAL ESTATE	$25,500
NEWMARK	$17,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	$16,150

Contributions from individuals who listed that employer, itemized only. Companies themselves cannot give to a federal candidate’s campaign.

Entries that name no employer, as written on the filings: N/A $546,489 · NOT EMPLOYED $407,556 · SELF-EMPLOYED $234,198 · RETIRED $161,050 · SELF $125,190 · SELF EMPLOYED $41,200 · INFORMATION REQUESTED $32,400.

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Personal financial disclosures

Filed	Covers	Filing	Document
Aug 13, 2026	2025	Annual report	PDF
May 14, 2026	2025	Extension request	PDF

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

2 reports on file (1 in 2025, 1 in 2026); latest filed Jul 8, 2026.

Filed	Document
Jul 8, 2026	PDF
Aug 20, 2025	PDF

The annual report lists assets, income and debts for the prior year and is due May 15; an extension of up to 90 days is allowed. A periodic transaction report lists a trade of more than $1,000 and is due within 45 days of it.

Source: Clerk of the House, financial disclosures · as of Oct 27, 2026

Profile External Sources

Profile

Facts from official records. The small numbers open each fact’s source.

At a glance

Born	March 12, 1988^1,2
Birthplace	Bronx, NY^1,2
Home town listed	Bronx, NY¹
Party	Democratic¹
In the House since	January 3, 2021²

Education

attended New York University, New York, NY, 2006-07

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Professional history

Civil servant
Staffer, New York City Council Member Jimmy Vacca
Community organizer
Member, New York City Council, 2014-20
Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2016

As the member’s office lists it in the Congressional Directory, in that order.¹

Biographical Directory entry

TORRES, Ritchie, a Representative from New York; born in New York, Bronx County, N.Y., March 12, 1988; graduated from Herbert H. Lehman High School, New York City, N.Y., 2006; attended New York University, New York City, N.Y., 2006-2007; civil servant; community organizer; member of the New York, N.Y., city council, 2014-2020; Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2016; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventeenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2021-present).²

The official summary kept by the House and Senate historians, word for word.

Offices

Washington, DC

1414 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3215
202-225-4361

Local office

City	Address	Phone
Bronx, NY	540 E Fordham Rd., Suite 2A	718-503-9610

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

Last 10 votes cast

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Bills, 119th Congress

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Committee assignments

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

Elections

Sources

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

Where the money came from

Outside spending

More on this campaign’s money

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

Top employers of individual donors

Personal financial disclosures

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

Profile

At a glance

Education

Professional history

Biographical Directory entry

Offices

Sources

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