Service history
6 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2021
- Representative NY-15 2021–present
Background
- role U.S. representative for New York's 15th congressional district since 2021
- achievement First openly gay Black man elected to Congress (alongside Mondaire Jones in 2020)
- achievement First openly gay Afro-Latino elected to Congress
- role New York City Council member, 2014-2020, representing the 15th district
- role NYC Council chair of Committee on Public Housing and deputy majority leader
- controversy Faced criticism from progressives over pro-Israel stance regarding Gaza war
Campaign finance
2026 cycle
Incumbent for U.S. House NY-15 · 2026 General Election
- $6,908,655 raised
- $4,345,916 spent
- $13,986,721 cash on hand
| $6.91M | |
| $3.01M | |
| $2.31M | |
| Itemized (≥ $200) | $2.18M |
| Unitemized (< $200) | $129.72K |
| Other committees (PACs) | $700.55K |
| Transfers from other committees | $2.99M |
| Offsets to expenditures | $15.37K |
| Other receipts | $892.18K |
| $4.35M | |
| Operating expenditures | $4.10M |
| Contribution refunds | $10.26K |
| Other disbursements | $235.39K |
| Cash on hand | $13.99M |
| Debts owed by committee | $0.00 |
Through June 30, 2026 · FEC
Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)
Over time
Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance
Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.
| Cycle | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2,220,924 | $1,831,234 | $389,690 |
| 2022 | $4,442,337 | $944,741 | $3,890,401 |
| 2024 | $9,208,382 | $1,674,802 | $11,423,982 |
| 2026 | $6,908,655 | $4,345,916 | $13,986,721 |
Contributions received — 2026 cycle
Data from FEC
Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $41,534 ·
Track record
Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source
- Roll-call participation →
voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%
Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
- Bills sponsored →
plus 394 cosponsored
A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
- Sponsored bills enacted →
of 53 bills sponsored
Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
- Documented positions →
no positions documented yet
Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
- Committee assignments →
committees and subcommittees
Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.
- Disclosed stock trades →
23 tickers · 21 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees
Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.
- Documented relationships →
neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)
A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.
Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Ritchie Torres. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.
Voting record
Data from Congress.gov roll-call records
Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls
Committee assignments (5)
Data from Congress.gov committee memberships
- Financial Services Committee · oversees Finance
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
- Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee · oversees Technology
- Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
- National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee
Issue positions (1)
Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills
- Economy & TaxesFull support from votes
Documented relationships
Documented facts about Torres, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.
- Committee oversight & trading — finance coverage: high
Sits on the House Committee on Financial Services, which oversees the finance sector, and disclosed 1 finance-sector trade (disclosed amounts up to $15,000) in Jul 2025.
Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.
- Committee oversight & trading — technology coverage: high
Sits on the House Committee on Financial Services — Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, which oversees the technology sector, and disclosed 1 technology-sector trade (disclosed amounts up to $15,000) in Jul 2025.
Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.
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Frequent co-sponsors
Connections network
Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)
- HR 10107Families Deserve to Know ActsponsoredAug 12, 2026
- HR 10063Green New Deal for Public Housing ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
- HR 9944TPS Review ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
- HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
- HR 9905To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 John Street in New York, New York, as the "Jack Greenberg Post Office".cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
- HR 9946To require the coverage of testing for certain sexually transmitted infections without the imposition of cost sharing, and for other purposes.cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
- HR 9849Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
- HR 9769Duty of Transparency ActsponsoredJul 15, 2026
- HR 9706Facial Recognition to Protect Children ActcosponsoredJul 14, 2026
- HR 9688High Court Gift Ban ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
- HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
- HRES 1422Congratulating the New York Knicks on winning the 2026 National Basketball Association Finals.cosponsoredJul 8, 2026
- HRES 1402Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
- HRES 1405Original LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Resolution of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
- HR 9532No Medicare Clawbacks Act of 2026sponsoredJun 28, 2026
- HR 9469Outcomes-Based Financing (OBF) for Students ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
- HR 9457Diversity Visa Protection and Modernization ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
- HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
- HR 9401Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
- HR 9311Build Housing Affordably ActcosponsoredJun 14, 2026
- HRES 1364Commemorating 10 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
- HR 9309PRIDE Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
- HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
- HRES 1342Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".cosponsoredJun 3, 2026
- HRES 1329Expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".cosponsoredMay 28, 2026
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Committee activity
Committee votes cast
- NayVote on Motion to Table Subpoena Resolution to compel testimony of the Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, offered by Rep. Waters
- NayRoll Call Vote FC-287, a motion to report favorably H.R. 1483 (as amended), was AGREED TO by a recorded vote of 27 YEAS and 21 NAYS
- YeaRoll Call Vote FC-288, a motion to adopt the amendment designated Waters_176 to ANS to H.R. 9329, offered by Ms. Waters of California (Waters 1), was NOT AGREED TO by a recorded vote of 22 YEAS and 27 NAYS
- YeaRoll Call Vote FC-289, a motion to adopt the amendment designated Lynch_069 to ANS to H.R. 9329, offered by Mr. Lynch of Massachusetts (Lynch 1), was NOT AGREED TO by a recorded vote of 22 YEAS and 27 NAYS
- NayRoll Call Vote FC-290, a motion to report favorably H.R. 9329 (as amended), was AGREED TO by a recorded vote of 28 YEAS and 23 NAYS
- YeaRoll Call Vote FC-291, a motion to report favorably H.R. 7187 (as amended), was AGREED TO by a recorded vote of 51 YEAS and 0 NAYS
- YeaRoll Call Vote FC-292, a motion to adopt the amendment designated HR5775B to ANS to H.R. 7557, offered by Ms. Waters of California (Waters 2), was NOT AGREED TO by a recorded vote of 23 YEAS and 28 NAYS
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