Adriano Espaillat
Democrat · NY-13 · U.S. House
Bio
Adriano de Jesús Espaillat Rodríguez is a Dominican-American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 13th congressional district since 2017. He is the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, as well as the first Dominican-American and first formerly undocumented immigrant to serve in Congress. Previously, he served in the New York State Senate from 2011 to 2016 and in the New York State Assembly from 1997 to 2010; he is the first Dominican-born American elected to a state house in the United States. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 9.6 years
- First took office
- 2017 (5 terms)
- Seniority
- 175 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 71
- New York, NY · 212-663-3900
- New York, NY · 212-497-5959
- Bronx, NY · 646-740-3632
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $266k – $565k
- Liabilities
- $215k – $550k
- Net worth
- −$284k – $350k
- Since 2019
- −$8k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 3 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Adriano Espaillat's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
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Caucuses & committees
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Caucuses
- Congressional Progressive Caucusstrongly left · 93 members
- Congressional Black Caucusstrongly left · 63 members
- Congressional Hispanic Caucusstrongly left · 40 members
- Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
Michigan Primary: How Standing Up to Israeli Genocide Could Win Democrats Congress in NovemberAt 2 a.m. Michigan time early Wednesday morning, NBC projected that AIPAC's preferred candidate was on her way to look for a new job. US Rep. Haley Stevens' defeat in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary is the last nail in AIPAC's coffin. The once-feared I…
Common Dreams · August 5, 2026
Avila Chevalier Plans to Join Congressional Black Caucus“Darializa Avila Chevalier, the democratic socialist who ousted New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat in a June primary upset, plans to seek membership in both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus once sworn in, her campaign told Sem…
Politicalwire.com · August 3, 2026
Avila Chevalier plans to join Congressional Black CaucusDarializa Avila Chevalier, the democratic socialist who ousted New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat in a June primary upset, plans to seek membership in both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus once sworn in, her campaign told Sema…
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The New Republic · July 29, 2026
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