
U.S. Representative
Rep. Josh Riley
Democrat - New York
Josh Riley is a fifth-generation upstate New Yorker. Inspired by the challenges his community faced as jobs were shipped overseas, Riley dedicated his career to fighting for working families. He served as counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where he helped craft common-sense gun safety legislation following the Sandy Hook tragedy. In private practice, he championed a federal court push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and defend abortion rights. Riley has also filed bipartisan briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court aimed at strengthening America’s immigration system.
“I’m pro-choice and I’ll fight like hell to put Roe v. Wade back into law.”
- Rep. Josh Riley
POLITICAL CAREER
Staff assistant to former Congressperson Maurice Hinchey
Policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor
Clerk on the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
General counsel to former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
COMMITTEES SERVED ON
House Committee on Agriculture
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
INTERESTING FACTS
Does not accept corporate PAC money for his campaigns
Is a fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker