Ritchie Torres
2021 - Present
2025
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Ritchie Torres (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing New York's 15th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2021. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Torres (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 15th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. The Democratic primary for this office on June 25, 2024, was canceled.
Biography
Ritchie Torres lives in the Bronx, New York.[1]
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2023-2024
Torres was assigned to the following committees:
- United States House of Representatives Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
- Committee on Financial Services
2021-2022
Torres was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Financial Services
- Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
- Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance
- Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy
- Committee on Homeland Security, Vice Chair
- Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation
- Oversight, Management, and Accountability
Key votes
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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, at which point Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
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Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress
Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023
The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021 and ended on January 3, 2023. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-213), and the U.S. Senate had a 50-50 makeup. Democrats assumed control of the Senate on January 20, 2021, when President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D), who acted as a tie-breaking vote in the chamber, assumed office. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
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Elections
2024
See also: New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2024
New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
General election
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General election for U.S. House New York District 15
Incumbent Ritchie Torres, Gonzalo Duran, and Jose Vega are running in the general election for U.S. House New York District 15 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
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![]() | Gonzalo Duran (R / Conservative Party) ![]() | |
![]() | Jose Vega (LaRouche Party) ![]() |
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ritchie Torres advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Gonzalo Duran advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Gonzalo Duran advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Endorsements
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2022
See also: New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 15
Incumbent Ritchie Torres defeated Stylo A. Sapaskis in the general election for U.S. House New York District 15 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ritchie Torres (D) | 82.7 | 76,406 |
![]() | Stylo A. Sapaskis (R) | 17.2 | 15,882 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 102 |
Total votes: 92,390 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ritchie Torres advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Stylo A. Sapaskis advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Patrick Delices (R)
2020
See also: New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020
New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
New York's 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 15
Ritchie Torres defeated Patrick Delices in the general election for U.S. House New York District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ritchie Torres (D) | 88.7 | 169,533 |
![]() | Patrick Delices (R / Conservative Party) | 11.1 | 21,221 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 283 |
Total votes: 191,037 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Orlando Molina (R)
- Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 15
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 15 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ritchie Torres | 32.1 | 19,090 |
![]() | Michael Blake | 18.0 | 10,725 | |
Ruben Diaz | 14.4 | 8,559 | ||
![]() | Samelys Lopez ![]() | 13.9 | 8,272 | |
![]() | Ydanis Rodriguez | 10.6 | 6,291 | |
![]() | Melissa Mark-Viverito | 4.3 | 2,561 | |
![]() | Tomas Ramos ![]() | 2.4 | 1,442 | |
![]() | Chivona Newsome ![]() | 2.3 | 1,366 | |
![]() | Marlene Tapper ![]() | 0.7 | 392 | |
![]() | Julio Pabon ![]() | 0.4 | 244 | |
![]() | Frangell Basora ![]() | 0.3 | 189 | |
![]() | Mark Escoffery-Bey | 0.3 | 153 | |
![]() | David Philip Franks Jr. (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 189 |
Total votes: 59,473 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marlene Cintron (D)
- Jonathan Ortiz (D)
- Eric Stevenson (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Orlando Molina advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Patrick Delices advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Kenneth Schaeffer advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 15.
2017
New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. New Yorkers also voted for offices in their boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
Primary elections were scheduled for September 12, 2017, and the general election was on November 7, 2017. Under New York law, candidates who run unopposed in a primary or general election win the nomination or election automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot.[38] Incumbent Ritchie Torres (D) defeated Jayson Cancel (R) in the general election for the District 15 seat on the New York City Council.
New York City Council, District 15 General Election, 2017 | ||||
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Republican | Jayson Cancel | 6.27% | 659 | |
Write-in votes | 0.15% | 16 | ||
Total Votes | 10,507 | |||
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 General Certified Election Results," November 28, 2017 |
Incumbent Ritchie Torres ran unopposed in the Democratic primary election for the District 15 seat on the New York City Council.[39]
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2017
Torres provided the following candidate statement for the New York City voter guide:
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My dedication to these issues is founded upon a fundamental belief that communities like ours in the Bronx have been notoriously underserved, and are under even greater threat today. We have a moral obligation to address the issues plaguing our most vulnerable communities. The city is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis with homelessness hitting record levels. We must protect New York’s public housing stock in the face of federal budget cuts, and fight to deepen affordability for low-income residents. We must also address the widespread disparities in opportunity for our children. Young people of color are forced to learn in disparately underfunded schools, and their classrooms are strikingly more segregated than their neighborhoods. If we want to give everyone in our district a better chance, we must enact reform that protects the rights of those who are disproportionately targeted by the criminal justice system, give our children a seat at the same table as at any other neighborhood, and ensure them a safe and stable place to come home to.[40][41] |
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—Ritchie Torres (2017) |
Campaign finance summary
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Notable endorsements
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Noteworthy events
On March 16, 2020, Torres received a positive diagnosis for coronavirus. He tested for the virus after learning a senior staffer contracted it. In response, Torres and his staff individually quarantined themselves to limit exposure to others.[42]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate U.S. House New York District 15 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Representative Richie Torres, "About," accessed April 20, 2021
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.185 - To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2811 - Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Con.Res.9 - Denouncing the horrors of socialism." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.30 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights'." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.7 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "Roll Call 20," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "Roll Call 527," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.878 - Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5376 - Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3617 - Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1808 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2022," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.1605 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.7776 - James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6 - American Dream and Promise Act of 2021," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.3373 - Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.4346 - Chips and Science Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3755 - Women's Health Protection Act of 2021," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1996 - SAFE Banking Act of 2021," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2471 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5 - Equality Act," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.8404 - Respect for Marriage Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6833 - Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.7688 - Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5746 - Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.2938 - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.24 - Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.," accessed April 15, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023," accessed January 20, 2023
- ↑ New York Election Law, "Sec 6-160. Primaries," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with the New York City Board of Elections," July 14, 2017
- ↑ New York City Campaign Finance Board, "2017 General Election Voter Guide," accessed October 19, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ New York Post, "Bronx councilman Ritchie Torres tests positive for coronavirus," March 17, 2020
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Preceded by José Serrano (D) |
U.S. House New York District 15 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
New York City Council District 15 2013-2021 |
Succeeded by Oswald Feliz (D) |