Josh RileyJosh Riley

Josh led efforts to overturn Citizens United and eliminate the influence of dark money in politics. In Congress, he will fight to ensure the government answers to everyday people rather than wealthy corporations.

Even prior to his service as a member of the US House, Congressman Riley built a long track record of working to end senseless gun violence as counsel for the US Senate Judiciary Committee. In that role, he helped to lead efforts to respond to the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School and helped to craft commonsense legislation to prevent future mass tragedies.

Representing the Catskills, first-term Rep. Josh Riley has been a supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Riley backed a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court for its targeting of Israel. Riley also cosponsored the U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership Act and the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act.

Incumbent

Rep. Josh Riley holds this competitive upstate New York district covering the Southern Tier and Hudson Valley, where he won a tough rematch in 2024. He's built a strong fundraising base and a reputation for constituent services in a district that rewards pragmatic, results-oriented Democrats.

Every endorsed candidate voted for the Faster Labor Contracts Act, a Teamsters-backed bill that would streamline the process for newly organized workers who are working to secure their first collective bargaining agreement. "It's an honor to support this bipartisan group of incumbents, because the Faster Labor Contracts Act is a gamechanger, and it will empower workers more than any federal law that's been passed since the New Deal," said Thomas Gesualdi, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16. "Support for this bill is a litmus test for whether a member of Congress actually supports the American worker, and every one of our endorsed candidates passed that test with flying colors."

A fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker, Josh was born-and-raised in a working-class neighborhood in Endicott where his mom worked in law enforcement and his dad, grandparents, and generations before them worked in the IBM and Endicott-Johnson plants. When the local factories closed, Josh saw his community struggle while Wall Street enjoyed soaring corporate profits. That experience has guided Josh’s career, inspiring him to always fight those left behind. As our incumbent representative Josh represents a large swath of counties from Tompkins all the way to Rensselaer and the Hudson Valley. His policies and positions can be accessed here: https://joshrileyforcongress.com/policy-positions/ Josh and his wife, Monica, live in Ithaca with their two sons.