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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T08:52:01.886Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74750)
Resolved official: Josh Riley (entity #10829)
Ingest result: 36 facts · 33 sources · 3 contradictions · 6 voting_records · 4 skipped
Single super-prompt covering every per-official research area in one LLM call: donor mapping, silences, contradictions, telling votes, and constituency baseline. The LLM returns ONE JSON object; the ingest pipeline dispatches each section to its typed table independently, so a malformed or no-data section never blocks the rest.
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"target_official": {
"name": "Josh Riley",
"bioguide_id": "R000622"
},
"donor_mapping": {
"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "2023-2024 cycle: Raised $9,700,076. Large individual contributions comprised 61.68%, small individual contributions 22.48%, other 9.31%, and PAC contributions 6.51%. Cash on hand: $68,320 at year-end 2024. Raised $640.6K in Q4 2025 and $2.8M+ in the 2024 election cycle per FEC filings.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00049916"
},
{
"fact_text": "Top contributing industry: Retired at $1,396,899, followed by Lawyers/Law Firms ($919,780), Securities & Investment ($673,713), Education ($451,823), and Democratic/Liberal groups ($298,909). Top contributor: Boies, Schiller & Flexner at $120,301 — the law firm where Riley previously worked.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00049916"
},
{
"fact_text": "AIPAC and affiliated pro-Israel groups contributed $36,645 to Riley's campaigns according to Track AIPAC. In August 2025, he was one of 14 House Democrats (11 freshmen) who traveled to Israel on an AIPAC-affiliated American Israel Education Foundation trip, meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Herzog.",
"date_occurred": "2025-08-06",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://jewishinsider.com/2025/08/house-democrats-freshmen-israel-aipac-trip-isaac-herzog/"
},
{
"fact_text": "Riley received $2,250 in campaign donations from lobbyists at firms representing NYSEG and Avangrid, including Cornerstone Government Affairs, Blank Rome Government Affairs, and Ogilvy Government Relations, per FEC filings. A spokesperson did not return messages from Mid-Hudson News seeking comment.",
"date_occurred": "2026-03-07",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://midhudsonnews.com/2026/03/07/riley-criticized-for-taking-campaign-donations-from-lobbyists-tied-to-nyseg/"
},
{
"fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimated Riley's net worth at $1.6M as of February 2026, the 282nd highest in Congress. In a September 2025 financial disclosure, he reported between $100,000 and $250,000 invested in the Fidelity International Index Fund, which holds shares of Iberdrola — the Spanish parent company of Avangrid and NYSEG.",
"date_occurred": "2025-09-02",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Fundraising-Update-Representative-Josh-Riley-just-disclosed-640.6K-of-new-fundraising-1761176274"
},
{
"fact_text": "Riley was co-endorsed by the Working Families Party and the New York State AFL-CIO. The Communications Workers of America gave him a 100% score for 2025. Other endorsements include the League of Conservation Voters, End Citizens United, and the United Farm Workers.",
"date_occurred": "2024-11-05",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://scorecard.cwa-union.org/scorecard/legislators/R000622"
},
{
"fact_text": "The NY-19 race was the most expensive House race in the country in 2024, with the Congressional Leadership Fund reserving nearly $35 million in New York State. Outside groups spent over $10M in the district.",
"date_occurred": "2024-10-14",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.wbng.com/2024/10/14/new-yorks-19th-congressional-district-race-tops-nation-spending/"
}
],
"connections": [
{
"donor_entity_name": "Boies, Schiller & Flexner",
"relationship_type": "former_employer_and_major_donor",
"description": "2024: $120,301 via individual contributions — Riley's single largest contributor. Riley previously worked at the firm, which represented Harvey Weinstein, drawing attacks from his Republican opponent in 2024.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00049916"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2024: $36,645 via individual contributions tracked by Track AIPAC. Riley attended AIPAC's August 2025 Israel trip with 13 other House Democrats. He voted yea on the ICC Counteraction Act protecting Israeli officials from prosecution.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://jewishinsider.com/2025/08/house-democrats-freshmen-israel-aipac-trip-isaac-herzog/"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs",
"relationship_type": "endorser_and_ally",
"description": "2024: NYS AFL-CIO endorsed Riley. CWA gave him a 100% lifetime score. His voting record aligns closely with organized labor on economic issues.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://scorecard.cwa-union.org/scorecard/legislators/R000622"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Jenner & Block",
"relationship_type": "former_employer_and_donor",
"description": "2024: $80,965 via individual contributions. Riley previously worked at this law firm. Total from the firm's partners and employees represents his third-largest contributor.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00049916"
}
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"silences": {
"no_data": true,
"reason": "No falsifiable silence with the required active-on-adjacent evidence URL could be identified within the specified parameters for this official."
},
"contradictions": {
"claims": [
{
"claim_text": "Riley campaigned as a working-class champion, stating 'Neighborhoods like the one I grew up in have been sold out by corrupt politicians and greedy corporations. I'm fighting back.' He ran against 'corporate PACs' and introduced H.R. 4799 to ban corporate PAC contributions in federal elections.",
"claim_date": "2024-10-01",
"claim_type": "platform",
"source_url": "https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/opinion/green-party-view-josh-riley-in-congress-an-atrocious-start-24217"
},
{
"claim_text": "Riley's top donors include elite law firms Boies Schiller & Flexner ($120,301) and Jenner & Block ($80,965), Wall Street (Securities & Investment, $673,713), and AIPAC ($36,645). He accepted $2,250 from lobbyists for Avangrid/NYSEG, the utility monopoly he publicly criticizes.",
"claim_date": "2026-03-07",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://midhudsonnews.com/2026/03/07/riley-criticized-for-taking-campaign-donations-from-lobbyists-tied-to-nyseg/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Riley publicly attacked Republican opponent Marc Molinaro in 2022 for receiving campaign contributions from the utility industry and 'letting them jack up our rates.' He has called NYSEG's rate hikes 'robbery, plain and simple' and cross-examined NYSEG executives under oath.",
"claim_date": "2026-02-20",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://riley.house.gov/media/press-releases/riley-cross-examines-nyseg-executives-under-oath"
},
{
"claim_text": "Riley owns between $100,000 and $250,000 in the Fidelity International Index Fund, which holds shares of Iberdrola — the Spanish parent company of Avangrid/NYSEG. He benefits financially from the same corporate structure he attacks. His communications team did not return messages seeking comment.",
"claim_date": "2025-09-25",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://midhudsonnews.com/2026/03/04/riley-ripped-by-opponent-for-investing-in-nyseg-parent-company/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Riley campaigned on fighting corruption and described himself in September 2024 as believing the American-Israeli alliance is important while also arguing for a negotiated settlement for a ceasefire in Gaza.",
"claim_date": "2024-09-25",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://theithacan.org/63333/news/locals-express-concern-with-rep-rileys-support-for-israel-amid-genocide/"
},
{
"claim_text": "In his first days in office, Riley voted for the ICC Counteraction Act (H.R. 23) to sanction the International Criminal Court for prosecuting Israeli leaders for war crimes, and for the Laken Riley Act expanding ICE mandatory detention. The Green Party called his start 'atrocious,' and Ithaca Catholic Worker protesters were arrested at his office demanding he stop supporting Israel's military operations.",
"claim_date": "2025-01-09",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://www.tompkinsweekly.com/opinion/green-party-view-josh-riley-in-congress-an-atrocious-start-24217"
}
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"claim_a_idx": 0,
"claim_b_idx": 1,
"type": "platform_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "Riley campaigns as a champion against corporate money in politics, even introducing legislation to ban corporate PACs, yet his top donors include elite corporate law firms, Wall Street, and lobbyists for a utility monopoly. His 'working-class champion' brand coexists with a donor base dominated by wealthy law firm partners and financial sector professionals."
},
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"claim_a_idx": 2,
"claim_b_idx": 3,
"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Riley has built his political identity around attacking NYSEG and its parent company for 'robbery' and profiteering at the expense of Upstate ratepayers, yet he personally holds up to $250,000 in a mutual fund that invests in Iberdrola — the very Spanish parent company receiving the dividends he criticizes. His opponent called him a 'hypocrite,' and the New Yorkers for Affordable Energy spokesperson noted he cannot argue 'profits flowing to Iberdrola are somehow wrong, but dividends flowing to you are perfectly fine.'"
},
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"claim_a_idx": 4,
"claim_b_idx": 5,
"type": "platform_vs_vote",
"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "Riley campaigned as a progressive who would represent the diverse views of his district — which includes Ithaca, one of the most left-leaning cities in America — yet his first two votes in Congress were for the Laken Riley Act (ICE mandatory detention) and the ICC Counteraction Act (protecting Netanyahu from war crimes prosecution). Both votes placed him in a small minority of Democrats and drew immediate protests, including activists disrupting his town hall and three arrests at his Binghamton office."
}
]
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"telling_votes": [
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"bill_id": "H.R. 29",
"title": "Laken Riley Act",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-01-07",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/01/11/how-they-voted-ryan-riley-on-illegal-immigrants-and-crime/",
"why_it_matters": "Riley was one of only 48 House Democrats to vote with all 216 Republicans on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. This was his first major legislative vote as a freshman. He joined a small minority of Democrats while his neighboring freshman Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) voted nay. The vote was described as one that would 'strengthen President Trump's hand in unleashing mass deportations' by the ACLU. Riley represents a district that is 81.7% White with only 7.35% foreign-born residents, making this a politically safe hardline vote.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 23",
"title": "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC sanctions bill)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-01-09",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/01/11/how-they-voted-ryan-riley-on-illegal-immigrants-and-crime/",
"why_it_matters": "Riley voted yea on legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court for its arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for crimes against humanity. The bill passed 243-140. This was only two days after his Laken Riley defection, and both votes drew a sharp progressive backlash. AIPAC ($36,645 in donations to Riley) strongly supported this bill. Amnesty International had found 'sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide.' Riley subsequently attended the August 2025 AIPAC trip to Israel. Progressive constituents disrupted his October town hall and three protesters were arrested at his Binghamton office.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-07-03",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/josh-riley-trashes-trump-beautiful-bill-gop-ruining-middle-class_n_68665a63e4b0225e8f8b6ae0",
"why_it_matters": "Riley gave one of the most impassioned floor speeches of any House Democrat against the OBBBA, accusing Republicans of 'shitting on the middle class' and getting himself reprimanded for vulgar speech. He argued the bill would 'close rural hospitals, defund healthcare, and kill blue-collar manufacturing jobs.' The CBO projected the bill would add $3.4 trillion to the deficit and cut $930B-$1.02T from Medicaid. Approximately 30,000 residents of NY-19 were projected to lose health coverage. The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned: his district has 8.5% poverty with thousands on Medicaid. Only 2 Republicans voted nay.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 28",
"title": "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-01-14",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/01/18/how-they-voted-ryan-riley-on-gender-and-school-athletics/",
"why_it_matters": "Riley was one of only two House Democrats to vote yea on this bill, according to multiple sources. However, the Daily Freeman voting roundup for January 14 lists Riley as voting 'yes' — making this vote a notable potential party defection or a discrepancy requiring roll-call verification. The bill passed 218-206 with every Republican and only two Democrats (Cuellar, Gonzalez) in support per contemporaneous reporting. If Riley voted yea, it would represent another significant break from his party on a high-profile culture-war bill.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 9745",
"title": "Government Funding Continuing Resolution — November 2025",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-11-13",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/11/13/riley-ryan-among-those-voting-against-federal-government-funding-bill/",
"why_it_matters": "Riley voted against the Republican-led continuing resolution, which he had railed against before passage. The bill included cuts that he argued would 'walk rural hospitals off a cliff' and 'hold nutrition over the heads of hungry kids.' His district has a 14.5% poverty rate (Data USA 2024) and relies heavily on Medicaid, SNAP, and rural hospital funding. The vote aligned with his broader opposition to GOP spending priorities.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "S. 331",
"title": "HALT Fentanyl Act (permanently classifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-06-13",
"roll_call_url": "https://riley.house.gov/media/press-releases/riley-votes-to-toughen-fentanyl-laws",
"why_it_matters": "Riley voted yea on bipartisan legislation to permanently classify fentanyl analogues as Schedule I drugs. He issued a press release touting the vote as part of a 'comprehensive push to combat the deadly crisis.' The vote illustrates his willingness to support tough-on-crime and drug enforcement legislation that crosses partisan lines — consistent with his moderate positioning on public safety issues.",
"category": "party_defection"
}
],
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"district_summary": "New York's 19th Congressional District sprawls across the Catskills, Hudson Valley, Southern Tier, and Finger Lakes regions, encompassing all or part of 11 counties including Broome, Tompkins, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia, Greene, Delaware, Chenango, Tioga, Cortland, and Otsego. Home to approximately 774,788 constituents, the district is predominantly rural and small-town with pockets of college-town progressivism (Ithaca, home to Cornell University and Ithaca College). The district has a median household income of $73,134 — well above the $37,585 national median. The population is 81.7% White (non-Hispanic), with small Black (4%), Asian (3.6%), and Hispanic (7.3%) minority populations. The median age is 42.1, older than national average. The poverty rate is 8.5%-14.5% (varying by source), homeownership is 70.0%, and 35.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. Only 7.35% of residents are foreign-born. The economy includes agriculture and dairy farming, higher education (Cornell University, SUNY system), healthcare, tourism, and small manufacturing. The district has a Cook PVI of EVEN (R+0), making it one of the most competitive House seats in the country. Riley won the 2024 election with 54.5% of the vote after losing to Republican Marc Molinaro by 1.6% in 2022.",
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"name": "Cornell University (Ithaca)",
"employees": 10000,
"source_url": "https://www.cornell.edu/about/facts/"
},
{
"name": "SUNY system campuses (SUNY Delhi, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Ulster, SUNY Sullivan)",
"employees": 3500,
"source_url": "https://www.suny.edu/about/"
},
{
"name": "NYSEG / Avangrid (utility operations)",
"employees": 1200,
"source_url": "https://www.nyseg.com"
}
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"naics": "62",
"share": 0.16,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-ny"
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"share": 0.12,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-ny"
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"recent_ballot_measures": [
{
"name": "New York Public Question 1 — Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment (2023)",
"year": 2023,
"result": "passed",
"margin": "62%-38%",
"source_url": "https://www.elections.ny.gov/2023StatewideGeneralElection.html"
}
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"value": "$73,134",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/josh-riley-R000622/district"
},
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"label": "poverty rate",
"value": "8.5% (LegisLetter) / 14.5% (Data USA 2024)",
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-ny"
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"label": "homeownership rate",
"value": "70.0%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/josh-riley-R000622/district"
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"label": "bachelor's degree or higher",
"value": "35.4%",
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"label": "median age",
"value": "42.1",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/josh-riley-R000622/district"
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{
"label": "White (Non-Hispanic) population share",
"value": "81.7%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/josh-riley-R000622/district"
},
{
"label": "foreign-born population",
"value": "7.35% (56,900 people)",
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-19-ny"
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"label": "unemployment rate",
"value": "5.9%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/josh-riley-R000622/district"
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{
"label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index",
"value": "EVEN / D+2 Lean",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/josh-riley-R000622/district"
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}