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U.S. Representative for New York’s 15th District

Ritchie Torres

Democrat 3rd term Election held Nov 3 · Not yet called

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 5, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$7.2M raised · top PACs: American Bankers Association, Capital One Financial, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 4 of 13 party-line votes (31%; most Democrats: 8%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
16BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 7th minority
  • Financial Services 17th minority
Age
38

2026 election

Election held Nov 3 · Not yet called
Filed for re-election

Ballot not yet checked

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date2153142167416
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—6514211,23532

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 44% 11%
Health 22% 11%
Crime and Law Enforcement 11% 15%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Commerce; bills go to Crime and Law Enforcement and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Consumer Product Safety (Commerce), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Rural Health Care (Health), Protecting Presidential Memorials (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 53 bills sponsored, most on Crime and Law Enforcement.

Few statements so far: each is about 11% of the total, so the bars are counts, not a pattern.

2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberSelect Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party7th minority
MemberFinancial Services Committee17th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 36% of the House, in the minority.

  • 5 years in Congress: more senior than 36% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

28% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Torres.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

28% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 47 · expected 27
Action in committee 11 · expected 4
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 143 of 433 in the House

1.07expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

1 of 47 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.07 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 8669 (out of committee), H.R. 8562 (out of committee), H.R. 973 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.31

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 16 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.31, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 4 of 13, Immigration 3 of 15, Education 2 of 12.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Torres$7.2M raised31%13%53%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

34% of what he raised came from individuals; 3% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$7.2M raised, 13% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 55.2 points.

77 PACs of the 137 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities and Banking.

  1. American Bankers Association38% D
  2. Capital One Financial44% D
  3. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

174 bills

Torres voted Yea on 22, Nay on 38, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 113 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.