Ritchie Torres
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DemocratIn office since Jan 2021

Ritchie Torres

U.S. Representative, NY-15 since 2021. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

U.S. Representative, NY-15Born 1988

In office
5 yrs
Since 2021
Bills became law
0
53 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed
3.4%
Chamber median 2.1%
With party
97%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+66.1
Won 2026
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

  • House Committee on Financial ServicesNational Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial InstitutionsDigital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial IntelligenceHousing and Insurance
  • House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 53 sponsored · 0 became law
BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw
HR 973 Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act
Commerce · Passed House Apr 2025
HR 10748 Balkans Security Cooperation Act
International Affairs · Introduced Oct 2026
HR 10107 Families Deserve to Know Act
Government Operations and Politics · Introduced Aug 2026
HR 9769 Duty of Transparency Act
Congress · Introduced Jul 2026
HR 9532 No Medicare Clawbacks Act of 2026
Health · Introduced Jun 2026

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Torres sits in the U.S. House

Torres is closer to the center than 67% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianTorresMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Norma Torres, Steny H. Hoyer, Tim Kennedy

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Torres’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats97%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills25%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Torres’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Torres was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026New York's 15th DistrictWonD+66.1D+48.8+17.3
2024U.S. House, NY-15WonD+55.2——
2022U.S. House, NY-15WonD+65.5——
2020U.S. House, NY-15WonD+77.8——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: New York State Board of Elections (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$7.2M
Spent
$4.8M
Cash
$13.8M

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

TORRES FOR CONGRESS
FEC
Active

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Seats Torres has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Torres has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: New York State Board of Elections (unofficial)

How we know Torres

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET