Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2021
Preceded by
José E. Serrano
Member of the New York City Council from the 15th district
In office January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2020
Preceded by
Joel Rivera
Succeeded by
Oswald Feliz
Personal details
Born
Ritchie John Torres
(1988-03-12) March 12, 1988 (age 36) The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Education
New York University (attended)
Website
House website
Ritchie Torres's voice
Ritchie Torres speaks on health among Black Americans Recorded March 7, 2022
Ritchie John Torres (born March 12, 1988) is an American politician from New York.[1][2] A member of the Democratic Party, Torres is the U.S. representative for New York's 15th congressional district.[3] The district covers most of the South Bronx. It is one of the smallest districts by area in the country, covering only a few square miles. Torres represents the poorest Congressional district in the United States.
Torres served as the New York City Council member for the 15th district from 2013 to 2020. He was the first openly gay candidate to be elected to legislative office in the Bronx, and the council's youngest member. Torres chaired the Committee on Public Housing, and was a deputy majority leader. As chair of the Oversight and Investigations Committee he focused on taxi medallion predatory loans, and the city's Third Party Transfer Program. In 2016, Torres was a delegate for the Bernie Sanders campaign.[4]
In July 2019, Torres announced his bid for New York's 15th congressional district, to succeed Representative José E. Serrano. The district is one of the most Democratic leaning congressional districts in the country. Torres won the November 2020 general election, and assumed office on January 3, 2021.[5] This made him and Mondaire Jones the first openly gay Black men elected to Congress.[6] It also made Torres the first openly gay Afro-Latino elected to Congress.[3] He is one of the nine co-chairs of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus in the 117th United States Congress.[7]
^Gonnerman, Jennifer (July 27, 2019). "Ritchie Torres, Another Young Bronx Progressive, Launches a Run for Congress". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
^"Torres, Ritchie John". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
^ abAvery, Dan (November 4, 2020). "Ritchie Torres becomes first gay Afro Latino elected to Congress". NBC News.
^"Meet Ritchie Torres, the pro-Israel progressive and past Bernie delegate running for Congress in the Bronx". Jewish Insider. December 5, 2019. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^"Ritchie Torres Has Made History As The First Openly Gay Black Member Of Congress". BuzzFeed News. November 4, 2020. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^"14 Victorious LGBTQ Candidates Who Made History in the 2020 Election". Towleroad Gay News. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
^"Hoyer Congratulates Leaders of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus for the 117th Congress". majorityleader.gov. December 18, 2020.
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