Climate Candidate Briefing:
Josh Riley (NY-19)
Type: Challenger
Party: Democratic
Josh Riley’s race is currently rated a toss-up. He’s running for an open seat vacated by Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-NY).
New York’s 19th Congressional District
Îmage from FiveThirtyEight
New York’s newly drawn 19th district is centrally located in the state, including the south Capital Region and extending west from the Hudson River Valley. The redrawn district has an R+1 partisan lean, down from a previous R+4 rating.
Climate impacts: read the New York climate summary.
Climate attitudes (note: this data was collected before the district was redrawn): Yale Climate Opinion Survey
Josh’s Climate Position
From Robert’s campaign website:
A. It’s Going To Take A Lot Of Work To Save The Planet–And That Means Lots Of Good Jobs.
B. The Finger Lakes, Catskill Mountains, And Hudson Valley Are National Treasures, And They Should Be Protected.
C. We Must Get To Zero Net Greenhouse Emissions, And We Must Do It Quickly.
D. We Need More Environmental Cops On The Beat To Stop Polluters.
E. Everyone Deserves Access To Clean Drinking Water.
Learn More
Climate Changemakers fundraiser for Josh Riley (GiveGreen)
2022 House race ratings (Cook Political Report)
2022 House Crystal Ball (Larry Sabato, UVA Center for Politics)
2022 House elections (FiveThirtyEight)
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