Josh Riley

Josh Riley grew up in Endicott, where generations of his family made shoes and boots at Endicott-Johnson and circuit boards at IBM.¹ His mother worked in law enforcement, and his father and earlier generations worked in the local factories.² He and his wife, Monica, live in Ithaca with their two sons.¹

Riley graduated from Union-Endicott High School, earned a bachelor's degree at William and Mary in 2003 and a Harvard law degree in 2007.³ His earlier work included the U.S. Labor Department and a clerkship with the federal Ninth Circuit appeals court.³

At Boies Schiller, he worked on a class action seeking better medical access for Florida children eligible for Medicaid.⁴ A federal judge approved a settlement in 2016.⁵⁶ He also served on Senator Al Franken's staff from 2011 through 2014, working on the Judiciary Committee and efforts to expand addiction treatment.³¹

Riley entered Congress in January 2025 and now faces Republican state Senator Peter Oberacker.³⁷ His current agenda includes support for rural hospitals, a ban on congressional stock trading, congressional term limits and legislation requiring data centers to bear their own electricity infrastructure costs.⁷ He also calls for rebuilding manufacturing, cutting taxes and protecting Social Security and Medicare, alongside campaign finance changes intended to reduce corporate influence.¹