Ritchie Torres

U.S. Representative · NY-15 · Democrat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

1.07· expected 0.51

Above expectations

Rank 143 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 192 minority-party members without a committee lead

How far Torres’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

47 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 45 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

How Torres’s ratings compare with every representative

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Torres.

97/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 22 missed of 674

Voted on 652 of 674 roll calls; missed 22. Lower than 73% of House members.

15%100%

97/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 149 of 214

Sided with the Democratic majority on 463 votes that split the parties. Lower than 74% of House members.

45%100%

12/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +0

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 53% of House members.

0%70%

−0.31

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Torres’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 973 Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries ActRequires Consumer Product Safety Commission to set safety standards for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in micromobility devices. AI-readCommerce · Passed a chamber Apr 29, 2025Substantive565 words Passed a chamber

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.