Ritchie Torres

Democrat · U.S. House, New York District 15

Torres urged the White House to speed up bomb deliveries to Israel and, when shipments of 2,000-pound bombs were paused over Rafah, backed a resolution to override it. He argues suspending U.S. military aid would mean siding with Hamas.

Torres represents New York’s 15th District in the South Bronx and is running for re-election. He is among the most consistently pro-Israel Democrats in the House and his record is unusually easy to state.

An investigation published in August 2025, read in full, records that he urged the White House to speed up bomb deliveries to Israel, that he became one of the most outspoken Democrats demanding uninterrupted arms shipments, that he backed the weapons package Congress passed in April 2024, and that he has consistently opposed Democratic calls for a ceasefire on the argument that any suspension of U.S. military aid would amount to siding with Hamas.

The same investigation records that when the administration briefly paused shipments of 2,000-pound bombs in May 2024, out of concern they would be used in attacks on Rafah, he "lashed out at the decision and even joined Republicans in backing a resolution to override it", and that he voted for the $17 billion weapons package that passed Congress in April 2024.

The same investigation reports that he disclosed stock purchases made in September 2024 in Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and L3Harris, three of the largest U.S. weapons companies supplying Israel’s military, and that the trades were not reported until nearly a year later, well past the 45-day deadline. His office has said the trades were executed by an independent financial manager without his direct oversight. That is a disclosure question rather than a position, and it is on the research page with his office’s response.

His position is not uncomplicated. In July 2025 he said Prime Minister Netanyahu had done irreparable damage to the relationship between Israel and the Democratic Party, and called for an end to the war, the release of the hostages, increased humanitarian assistance and new Palestinian self-governance. He has separately criticized UNRWA, alleging an improper relationship between the agency and Hamas. His recorded votes on the tracked bills and his funding from pro-Israel committees are shown separately on this card.

Tracked votes: backed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 5 of 6 recorded votes.

Research

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

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U.S. aid to Palestinians

Characterization of the conflict

Rhetoric and lobbying

Disclosure question, recorded because it concerns these weapons

Safety and antisemitism

[Context only, never the answer to what America sends. Campus antisemitism is named out of scope by the content rule and a large share of his record here is that.]

What came back empty or unusable

Also in this race: Stylo Sapaskis (Republican) · All New York candidates.

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