Josh Riley
Democratic, Working FamiliesIncumbent
U.S. Representative for New York's 19th district since 2025; attorney and former U.S. Senate committee counsel
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U.S. House · Nov 3, 2026
Incumbent: Josh Riley, running for re-election.
Under New York's fusion voting, Josh Riley also appears on the Working Families line and Peter Oberacker on the Conservative line; candidates are listed in the order of the state's certification.
U.S. Representative for New York's 19th district since 2025; attorney and former U.S. Senate committee counsel
New York state senator since 2021; food scientist and founder of FormTech Solutions, a food innovation company
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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Democratic, Working FamiliesJosh Riley
Supports banning foreign ownership of U.S. utilities, blocking utility CEO bonuses while rates rise, making state-mandated utility fees tax deductible and requiring tech companies to pay for grid upgrades for data centers; says he is challenging rate increases in court.
Republican, ConservativePeter Oberacker
Supports the Ratepayers' Bill of Rights he proposed as a state senator, which he says would add accessibility and transparency to utility bills and give power back to customers; says suing utilities and their CEOs, his opponent's approach, would not reduce bills quickly.
Democratic, Working FamiliesJosh Riley
Says the middle class needs a tax cut and billionaires and large corporations do not; supports a larger Child Tax Credit, ending federal taxes on Social Security benefits and making union dues and out-of-pocket work expenses fully tax-deductible.
Republican, ConservativePeter Oberacker
Supports the no tax on tips and no tax on Social Security provisions and tax reductions in the 2025 law Republicans call the One Big Beautiful Bill; says he would keep benefits such as Medicaid and SNAP at current levels while first looking to reduce fraud and abuse.
Democratic, Working FamiliesJosh Riley
Supports passing the Women's Health Protection Act to restore Roe v. Wade's protections in law, protecting access to birth control, and opposing restrictions on access to mifepristone.
Republican, ConservativePeter Oberacker
No published position found.
Democratic, Working FamiliesJosh Riley
Supports the PRO Act, requiring companies to begin contract negotiations within 10 days of a successful union vote, ending corporate tax write-offs for companies that try to block organizing, and making union dues fully tax-deductible.
Republican, ConservativePeter Oberacker
No published position found.
Democratic, Working FamiliesJosh Riley
Supports letting Medicare negotiate drug prices for everyone, capping out-of-pocket prescription costs at $2,000 a year, adding dental, vision and hearing coverage to Medicare, and more support for rural hospitals and telehealth.
Republican, ConservativePeter Oberacker
No published position found.
Democratic, Working FamiliesJosh Riley
Introduced the Drain the Swamp Act, which would ban corporate PACs and dark money, bar members of Congress and the president from trading individual stocks, set congressional term limits and create Supreme Court term limits and an ethics code.
Republican, ConservativePeter Oberacker
No published position found.
Democratic, Working FamiliesJosh Riley
No published position found.
Republican, ConservativePeter Oberacker
Says mandates on home builders have decreased the supply of homes and supports reducing them to make it easier to build homes.
Democratic, Working FamiliesJosh Riley
No published position found.
Republican, ConservativePeter Oberacker
Says the war in Iran is a direct cause of affordability problems and should be dialed back, and that it would be good to negotiate in good faith to work something out.