Home Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joins Rep. Ritchie Torres, Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Council Speaker Julie Menin, former Council Member Jimmy Vacca and others for a Ladies’s Historical past Month occasion on March 1, 2026.
Photograph courtesy Rep. Torres’ workplace
Rep. Ritchie Torres obtained the endorsement of former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday, including one other excessive profile backer to his reelection bid to symbolize the Bronx’s fifteenth congressional district, which covers a majority of the borough.
Pelosi praised Torres’ report within the Bronx in a press release saying her endorsement. Torres has represented the fifteenth district since 2021 and had beforehand served on the New York Metropolis Council from 2014 to 2020.
“Every day, he brings the needs and voices of his community to the halls of Congress with integrity, energy, and purpose,” Pelosi stated.
Pelosi, who served as Speaker from 2007 to 2011 and once more from 2019 to 2023, represented California’s eleventh Congressional District for practically 4 a long time and was the primary lady to carry the function.
“He represents a new generation of Democratic leadership, leading the fight to defend our democracy from Donald Trump,” Pelosi stated. “I am proud to endorse Ritchie for re-election because the Bronx and our country are stronger with his voice in DC.”
Pelosi’s endorsement provides to a rising listing of high-ranking Democratic supporters, together with Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, backing the incumbent.
Torres faces a number of challengers within the Democratic major, together with former Meeting Member Michael Blake, public defender Dalourny Nemorin, political activist Jose Vega and Jon LaTona.
He additionally faces opposition from Conservative Get together candidate Gonzalo Duran and Get together for Socialism and Liberation candidate Andre Easton, who’s operating on the impartial line.
Torres praised the previous Speaker’s management and accomplishments, calling her endorsement “one of the great honors of my life in public service.”
“Speaker Pelosi is the matriarch of American politics and the most consequential legislative leader of our generation,” stated Rep. Torres.
“The Bronx will always fight alongside the women and leaders who fight for us, and there is no greater fighter than Nancy Pelosi.”
Torres has additionally secured endorsements from a number of Bronx elected officers, together with Borough President Vanessa Gibson; state Sen. Jamaal Bailey; Meeting Members George Alvarez, Landon Dais, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Chantel Jackson and John Zaccaro; and Metropolis Council Members Oswald Feliz, Kevin Riley, Pierina Sanchez, Justin Sanchez and Althea Stevens.
