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U.S. Representative · New York 19th District
Josh Riley
DemocratDistrict D+1119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score77#37 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Josh Riley’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office128 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3219
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 5 signals
- StrongBroke with Democrats on 49 of 350 recorded votes on tracked billsVoted against the majority of House Democrats on 49 of the 350 recorded yea/nay votes they cast on tracked bills (14%). The median House Democratic broke on 4%; this member ranks 14 of 214 by break rate.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 5334 Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 139 Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AgricultureMinority · 20th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyMinority · 16th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Riley← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.202 is 0.19 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1851–1900 of 1964 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1809Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 69
| Middle |
| S. 700 |