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Joseph Morelle
DemocraticU.S. House · NY · District 25
U.S. House New York District 25
U.S. House · NY · District 25
State University of New York at Geneseo—B.A. in Political Science
Data last updated 10/27/2026
Joseph D. Morelle is a former small business owner who served in the Monroe County Legislature from 1984 to 1990 and in the New York State Assembly from 1990 to 2018, including as Assembly Majority Leader from 2013 to 2018. He was elected to the U.S. House in a 2018 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Louise Slaughter and has represented New York's 25th Congressional District since then.
Committee Assignments: Committee on House Administration · Committee on Appropriations · Joint Committee on the Library · Joint Committee on Printing
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U.S. House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/M/MORELLE%2C-Joseph-%28M001206%29/Fetched: biography, age, education, background
Representative Morelle official biography
https://morelle.house.gov/aboutFetched: biography, location, background
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
https://clerk.house.gov/members/M001206Fetched: committees
GovInfo Congressional Record Index 2025
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRI-2025/CRI-2025-MORELLE-JOSEPH-D-5C86BEFetched: committees
FEC API
https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/H8NY25105/totals/Fetched: totalRaised, totalSpent, cashOnHand
OpenWatchdog
https://www.openwatchdog.com/member/M001206Fetched: partyAlignment, missedVotes, keyVotes
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
https://www.uschamber.com/improving-government/u-s-chamber-endorses-rep-joe-morelle-for-new-yorks-twenty-fifth-congressional-districtFetched: endorsements
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
Alliance for American Leadership
https://a4al.org/think-tank/a4al-endorses-joe-morellFetched: endorsements
Joe Morelle for Congress
https://www.votemorelle.com/progressive-caucus-endorses-morelleFetched: endorsements
AFL-CIO
https://aflcio.org/scorecard/legislators?name=&order=district&page=19&party=All&sort=asc&state=AllFetched: ratings
More Than Just Parks
https://morethanjustparks.com/congressional-public-lands-score/m/ny-joseph-morelle/Fetched: ratings
Humane Society Legislative Fund
https://hslf.org/sites/default/files/scorecard/pdfs/HumaneScorecard_Print_2021_web.pdfFetched: ratings