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Official portrait of Josh Riley

1st term · 1.8 years in office: 0 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · NY-19 · Democrat · since Jan 2025

Josh Riley

Bills authored 9Missed votes 12 of 524Party unity 55% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 183 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Joshua Paul Riley was born in 1981 in Endicott, New York, where his family had worked in local factories for generations.Source 2: Official website of Josh RileySource 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley He earned a bachelor's degree from the College of William & Mary in 2003 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 2007.Source 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley Before seeking elected office, he worked as a policy analyst at the United States Department of Labor, an attorney in private practice, and general counsel on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.Source 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley

Riley first ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2022, losing the general election.Source 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley He ran again in 2024 and won the election to represent New York's 19th congressional district.Source 1: Josh Riley — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley

In their own words

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The path here

  1. 2003

    Graduated with a bachelor's degree from the College of William & Mary.Source 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley

  2. 2007

    Earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.Source 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley

  3. 2011-2014

    Served as general counsel on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.Source 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley

  4. 2022

    Ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley

  5. 2025-Present

    Serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district.Source 1: Josh Riley — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Josh Riley

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general

97.71% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

3 sources

  1. 1Josh Riley — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 2Official website of Josh Rileyofficial profileopen source
  3. 3Wikipedia: Josh Rileywikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

1.8YRS

In office · 1st term · since Jan 2025

8,357VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 2.21%

fusion_combined

Certified result

97.71%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

 

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

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Before Congress

  1. 2003 Graduated with a bachelor's degree from the College of William & Mary.
  2. 2007 Earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
  3. 2011-2014 Served as general counsel on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.
  4. 2022 Ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives.
  5. 2025-Present Serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district.
House Committee on AgricultureHouse Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyHouse Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Energy subcommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture · Forestry and Horticulture subcommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture · Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry subcommittee9 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 11 of 100 toward public spending.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 8 of 100 toward stricter enforcement.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 6 of 100 toward broader admission.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 4 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 21 of 100 toward conserve & protect.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 13 of 100 toward disclosure & audit.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 9 with both halves · 56 with one · 7 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)No statements48 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraintNo statements26 counted votesNot yet statedRole of government4 statements25 counted votesAnalysisMarket protections1 statement25 counted votesAnalysisBanking/financial rulesNo statements22 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffsNo statements18 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliancesNo statements15 counted votesNot yet statedFarm policy & subsidies1 statement13 counted votesAnalysisPublic works1 statement10 counted votesAnalysisMilitary budgetNo statements10 counted votesNot yet stated

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Josh Riley voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Josh Riley.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$4.8MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $125.0K · 39 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$738.5K · 15.3%
  • Itemized individual$3.1M · 63.3%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$437.7K · 9.1%
  • All other$595.1K · 12.3%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.201
Social (dim 2)0.186

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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Civic Herald. “Josh Riley: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/josh-riley-R000622.

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