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U.S. Representative, 15th Congressional District

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Term
2 years
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5
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A U.S. representative votes on federal laws and the federal budget in the U.S. House.

Covers part of Bronx County.

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Gonzalo DuranCampaign photo — gonzaloduran.nyc

Gonzalo Duran

Conservative

Marine Corps veteran; nonprofit CEO

The gist

  • Proposes counting GI Bill housing stipends as income for housing.
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  1. Proposes counting GI Bill housing stipends as income for housing.

    Gonzalo Duran – Autobiography

    Campaign website · Gonzalo Duran for Congress · gonzaloduran.nyc

    “ensuring that Post 9/11 GI Bill housing stipends are recognized as creditable income for housing purposes”
Photo of Andre Easton
Andre EastonCampaign photo — andreforthebronx.nyc

Andre Easton

Socialism PSL

Special education teacher

The gist

  • Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $30 an hour.
  • Proposes rental aid capping rent at 20% of income.
  • Supports a nationwide federal jobs guarantee.
  • Proposes full legal status for all undocumented immigrants.
  • Supports canceling student debt and tuition-free college.
  • Supports single-payer health care.
  • Supports ending the Pentagon's 1033 military gear program for police.
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  1. Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $30 an hour.

    Platform — Andre for the Bronx

    Campaign website · Andre Easton for Congress 2026 · andreforthebronx.nyc

    “That’s why on day one Andre will fight to raise the federal minimum wage to $30 an hour.”
  2. Proposes rental aid capping rent at 20% of income.

    Platform — Andre for the Bronx

    Campaign website · Andre Easton for Congress 2026 · andreforthebronx.nyc

    “funding rental assistance to ensure no household in America pays more than 20% of their monthly income on rent”
  3. Supports a nationwide federal jobs guarantee.

    Platform — Andre for the Bronx

    Campaign website · Andre Easton for Congress 2026 · andreforthebronx.nyc

    “Upon taking office, Andre will fight for a nationwide jobs guarantee.”
  4. Proposes full legal status for all undocumented immigrants.

    Platform — Andre for the Bronx

    Campaign website · Andre Easton for Congress 2026 · andreforthebronx.nyc

    “Andre would sponsor a bill to grant full legal status to all undocumented immigrants”
  5. Supports canceling student debt and tuition-free college.

    Platform — Andre for the Bronx

    Campaign website · Andre Easton for Congress 2026 · andreforthebronx.nyc

    “Andre will cancel all student debt, and make all higher education tuition free.”
  6. Supports single-payer health care.

    Platform — Andre for the Bronx

    Campaign website · Andre Easton for Congress 2026 · andreforthebronx.nyc

    “by providing healthcare for everyone through a single-payer system, not tied to employment”
  7. Supports ending the Pentagon's 1033 military gear program for police.

    Platform — Andre for the Bronx

    Campaign website · Andre Easton for Congress 2026 · andreforthebronx.nyc

    “Andre will fight to end the 1033 Program”

Jose Vega

Speak The Truth

Political organizer

The gist

  • Supports Medicare for All.
  • Proposes making the Bronx a center of U.S. reindustrialization.
  • Supports ending the two-party system.
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  1. Supports Medicare for All.

    Jose Vega for Congress 2026 | Let's Save the Bronx

    Campaign website · Vega for Congress · votevega.nyc

    “help us build a movement for Medicare for All, reindustrialization, and peace through development”
  2. Proposes making the Bronx a center of U.S. reindustrialization.

    Jose Vega for Congress 2026 | Let's Save the Bronx

    Campaign website · Vega for Congress · votevega.nyc

    “Make the Bronx the center for reindustrialization of the United States”
  3. Supports ending the two-party system.

    Jose Vega for Congress 2026 | Let's Save the Bronx

    Campaign website · Vega for Congress · votevega.nyc

    “He is running again to bring an end to the two-party system in the U.S.”
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Ritchie TorresOfficial portrait — U.S. House of Representatives

Ritchie Torres

DemocraticIncumbent

U.S. Representative

The gist

  • Sponsored bill barring certain health plan clawbacks from Medicare.In office
  • Sponsored BODEGA Act expanding crime grant uses for store owners.In office
  • Sponsored bill barring officials from profiting on digital assets.In office
  • Sponsored bill restricting officials' prediction market trading.In office
  • Sponsored bill requiring coverage of annual lung cancer screenings.In office
  • Sponsored bill creating a national food rescue system.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Sponsored bill barring certain health plan clawbacks from Medicare.

    H.R. 9532 (119th Congress), No Medicare Clawbacks Act of 2026 — introduced text

    Government record · U.S. Government Publishing Office · govinfo.gov

    “to prohibit group health plan payment clawbacks in certain circumstances”
  2. Sponsored BODEGA Act expanding crime grant uses for store owners.

    H.R. 2018 (119th Congress), BODEGA Act of 2025 — introduced text

    Government record · U.S. Government Publishing Office · govinfo.gov

    “to provide for the inclusion of an additional use of Byrne-JAG grant funds”
  3. Sponsored bill barring officials from profiting on digital assets.

    H.R. 3314 (119th Congress), Stop Presidential Profiteering from Digital Assets Act — introduced text

    Government record · U.S. Government Publishing Office · govinfo.gov

    “To prohibit the issuance, promotion, or sale of digital assets that use the name, likeness, or identifiable traits of certain Federal officials”
  4. Sponsored bill restricting officials' prediction market trading.

    H.R. 7004 (119th Congress), Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026 — introduced text

    Government record · U.S. Government Publishing Office · govinfo.gov

    “To prohibit a covered individual from engaging in covered transactions involving prediction market contracts”
  5. Sponsored bill requiring coverage of annual lung cancer screenings.

    H.R. 6314 (119th Congress), Lung Cancer Screening Expansion Act of 2025 — introduced text

    Government record · U.S. Government Publishing Office · govinfo.gov

    “To require insurance coverage of annual lung cancer screenings for adults aged 50 to 80 at increased risk for lung cancer.”
  6. Sponsored bill creating a national food rescue system.

    H.R. 7144 (119th Congress), Food Rescue Act — introduced text

    Government record · U.S. Government Publishing Office · govinfo.gov

    “to establish a national food rescue system through partnerships with food rescue organizations”

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