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Ritchie John Torres (born March 12, 1988) is an American politician from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Torres is the U.S. representative for New York's 15th congressional district. 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.
Rep. Ritchie Torres’s Lithium-Ion Battery Legislation Passes the U.S. House of Representatives Today, the United States House of Representatives passed Congressman Ritchie Torres’s legislation, H.R. 1797, the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act by a 378-34 vote.
Representative Ritchie Torres is a fighter from the Bronx who has spent his entire life working for the community he calls home. Like many people in the Bronx, poverty and struggle have never been abstractions to him, and he governs from a place of lived experience.
Nov 4, 2020 · Ritchie Torres has won his House race for New York’s 15th Congressional District, making him the first gay Afro Latino person elected to Congress.
Ritchie currently lives in the South Bronx and represents NY-15 in the South Bronx. He is a member of the Committee on Financial Services and serves as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Homeland Security.
Jun 1, 2021 · When Rep. Ritchie Torres won his seat from New York's 15th Congressional District in November, he became the first gay Black member of Congress — an honor he...
Nov 4, 2020 · Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones defeated token Republican challengers in overwhelmingly Democratic House districts in New York.
Nov 6, 2020 · Torres, 32, will become one of the first Black, openly gay men to serve in the House, along with Mondaire Jones, the winner Tuesday in New York’s 17th District, to the north of Torres’...
Nov 4, 2020 · Ritchie Torres, a New York City Council member, won his US House race to represent the South Bronx, becoming the first black member of Congress who identifies as gay.
Nov 4, 2020 · Ritchie Torres, a Democratic congressional candidate from New York, made history on election night when he was elected as the first openly gay Black man in Congress. Torres, who defeated...
