Sara Dorn reports at City and State that Democrat Josh Riley says he received 1,500 individual online donations, totaling $65,000, the day after winning the nomination for the 19th Congressional District. Riley faces Republican Marc Molinaro in November to represent the new district that now stretches from the Finger Lakes and the Southern Tier to the Hudson Valley. Molinaro, the current Dutchess County Executive, does not live in the new district, and lost a special election to represent the existing 19th District to Democrat Pat Ryan, the Ulster County Executive. Riley is a lawyer from Endicott, who beat Jamie Cheney to become the party’s nominee. Riley’s campaign says he outraised Molinaro by more than 40 percent between July 1 and Aug. 3, bringing in $177,820, compared to Molinaro’s $128,452, though that is an apples to oranges comparison, as they were in different elections in different districts. “Grassroots support for this campaign shows that people want change – restoring women’s reproductive freedom, getting corporate money out of politics, and strengthening the Middle Class – and that’s what we’re going to deliver,” Riley said in a statement touting his fundraising. Read more about this story at City and State.