Candidate · U.S. House, District 15
Ritchie Torres
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, New York's 15th District (since 2021)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
Background
- U.S. representative for New York's 15th District since January 3, 2021. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Member of the New York City Council, 15th District, 2014-2020. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Attended Herbert H. Lehman High School and New York University. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Serves on the House Committee on Financial Services. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Won the June 2026 Democratic primary for New York's 15th District against Michael Blake and Jose Vega. source: news.ballotpedia.org
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