Ruben Gallego AZ Democratic Senator

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Mr. Ruben Gallego
Current Democratic Senator
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Casa Grande raised @jesusramosjr_ . They’ve had his back from the start, and now he has a championship belt to show for it. Good to meet him at Ramos Boxing Academy and hear how he is giving back to his community. https://t.co/aAYBkI7w5k

💬 27🔁 3❤ 16Oct 23, 2026

Sometimes what helps with healing most is a project, the right tools, and people who get it. That’s what Guardian Garage in Peoria, Arizona offers. While I was there, I sat down with military families and veterans to hear what they’re dealing with, from the cost of living to getting the VA benefits they earned. I’m bringing what I heard back to D.C.

💬 16🔁 4❤ 13Oct 22, 2026

Gas, groceries, energy: it all costs more. Diesel now averages around $6.30 a gallon nationwide. The most important thing Trump could do right now to bring prices down? End his stupid war in Iran. https://t.co/LWSk5m35Pk

💬 202🔁 14❤ 41Oct 22, 2026

Putin bears the sole responsibility for Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Because of him, tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians are dead or injured, including children. The only thing Steve Witkoff should be calling Putin is a war criminal and an enemy of the United States.

💬 189🔁 73❤ 330Oct 21, 2026

Big news for Arizona! Chiricahua is now officially America’s 64th national park, and Arizona’s fourth. If you’ve been, you know: it's called the “Wonderland of Rocks” for a reason. Huge volcanic eruptions and years of erosion left behind thousands of towering rock pinnacles in Cochise County, and the views are like nothing else in the country. If you haven't been, now is the time to visit Chiricahua National Park!

💬 19🔁 3❤ 32Oct 21, 2026

First, President Trump blocked bipartisan sanctions on Russia. Now he’s refusing to approve interceptor missiles for Ukraine. Putin is playing Trump like a fiddle. America should be on the side of freedom and democracy, not the authoritarian waging a war of aggression on our ally.

💬 267🔁 142❤ 536Oct 21, 2026

Arizona families work hard for every dollar they earn, but rising gas and grocery prices are eating up their paychecks. I’m fighting to lower costs, but the fastest way to do that is simple: end the war in Iran. https://t.co/IYuB9gxSj1

💬 153🔁 12❤ 50Oct 20, 2026

Child care should not be a luxury. We need to make high-quality child care as universal as possible so that every parent can afford to work and raise their kids. https://t.co/gwOJICSb1g

💬 142🔁 17❤ 54Oct 20, 2026

Trump is spending billions on an illegal war that nobody asked for. Imagine what that money could do if we funded childcare or healthcare instead. End the war in Iran. Invest in working families.

💬 409🔁 44❤ 239Oct 20, 2026

Thank you to the child care leaders, parents, and providers who joined me at my town hall yesterday. Every story in that room came back to the same two problems: child care costs too much, and there aren’t enough spots for the families who need them. We have to do better for Arizona's kids and families.

💬 24🔁 6❤ 37Oct 20, 2026

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Voting record, 119th Congress

87.3%Attendance799 of 915 roll calls cast

116Roll calls missed

91.9%Voted with the Democratic majorityon the 840 party-line votes

10+Yea or Nay against the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Democratic majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority. The roll calls come from Voteview, which compiles each vote from the official record; Votewiser does the counting. Citation: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 30, 2026	NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor	On the Nomination	Nay	Nomination Confirmed
Sep 30, 2026	NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Cloture Motion Agreed to
Sep 30, 2026	H.R. 9340A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 30, 2026	H.R. 7008A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 29, 2026	S.Res. 852A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.	On the Motion to Discharge	Yea	Motion to Discharge Rejected
Sep 29, 2026	S.J.Res. 197A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Bene…	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Bill Passed
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.	On the Amendment	Yea	Amendment Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.	On the Amendment	Yea	Amendment Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.	On the Amendment	Yea	Amendment Rejected

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
Jun 23, 2026	NominationDarrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador	Yea	Nay
May 19, 2026	NominationSheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina	Yea	Nay
May 19, 2026	NominationSheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina	Yea	Nay
Jan 5, 2026	NominationKeith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense	Yea	Nay
Dec 17, 2025	NominationDouglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2026	Yea	Nay
Dec 17, 2025	NominationDouglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2026	Yea	Nay
Dec 17, 2025	NominationJared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Yea	Nay
Dec 17, 2025	NominationJared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Yea	Nay
Dec 4, 2025	NominationSusan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Yea	Nay
Dec 3, 2025	NominationSusan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Yea	Nay

Source: Voteview · votes through Sep 30, 2026, the latest in Voteview’s data · Senate roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

63Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

415Cosponsored

0Sponsored that became law5 sponsored or cosponsored became law

152Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

37.3%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Health	56
Armed Forces and National Security	47
Taxation	40
Crime and Law Enforcement	36
International Affairs	31

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

92.3%With the Democratic majorityon 791 issue votes

1Against both partiesmost Democrats and most Republicans voted the other way

60With the Republican majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Democratic majority	Against both parties	With the Republican majority	Rank among Democrats
Nominations	377	86.7%	0	50	41st of 47
Economics and Public Finance	189	99.5%	1	0	11th of 47
Immigration	35	88.6%	0	4	44th of 46
International Affairs	30	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (6)
Armed Forces and National Security	18	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (24)
Environmental Protection	18	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (41)
Congress	17	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (47)
Finance and Financial Sector	15	73.3%	0	4	33rd of 47
Public Lands and Natural Resources	14	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (44)
Government Operations and Politics	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (43)
Energy	12	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (41)
Sports and Recreation	11	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (14)
Transportation and Public Works	11	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (45)
Other issues (9)Fewer than 10 votes each: Housing and Community Development, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Taxation, Crime and Law Enforcement, Health, Education, Emergency Management, Families, Science, Technology, Communications	31	93.5%	0	2	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Democratic majority most often on that issue, among Senate Democrats who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Nominations · 50

Jun 23, 2026 · Nomination · Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 16 other Democrats.
May 19, 2026 · Nomination · Sheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 7 other Democrats: Richard Durbin, John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan, Martin Heinrich, John Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Sheldon Whitehouse.
May 19, 2026 · Cloture on Nomination · Sheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 7 other Democrats: Richard Durbin, John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan, Martin Heinrich, John Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Sheldon Whitehouse.
Jan 5, 2026 · Nomination · Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 6 other Democrats: John Fetterman, Timothy Kaine, Angus King, John Reed, Jacky Rosen, Jeanne Shaheen.
Dec 17, 2025 · Nomination · Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2026
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 17 other Democrats.
Dec 17, 2025 · Cloture on Nomination · Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2026
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 17 other Democrats.
Dec 17, 2025 · Nomination · Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 15 other Democrats.
Dec 17, 2025 · Cloture on Nomination · Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 15 other Democrats.
Dec 4, 2025 · Nomination · Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 10 other Democrats.
Dec 3, 2025 · Cloture on Nomination · Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 10 other Democrats.
and 40 more

Economics and Public Finance · 1

Nov 10, 2025 · Motion to table H.R. 5371 · To strike a provision modifying the definition of hemp for purposes of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 21 other Democrats; 2 Republicans: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul.

Immigration · 4

Jan 20, 2025 · S. 5 · A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 11 other Democrats.
Jan 20, 2025 · Amendment to S. 5 · To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 22 other Democrats.
Jan 17, 2025 · Cloture on S. 5 · A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 9 other Democrats.
Jan 15, 2025 · Amendment to S. 5 · To expand the list of criminal offenses that subject inadmissible aliens to mandatory detention.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 20 other Democrats.

Finance and Financial Sector · 4

Jun 17, 2025 · S. 1582 · A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 17 other Democrats.
Jun 11, 2025 · Cloture on S. 1582 · A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 17 other Democrats.
May 21, 2025 · Taking up S. 1582 · A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 17 other Democrats.
May 19, 2025 · Cloture on taking up S. 1582 · A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 15 other Democrats.

Taxation · 2

Mar 4, 2025 · S.J.Res. 3 · A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Servic…
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 18 other Democrats.
Mar 4, 2025 · Taking up S.J.Res. 3 · A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Servic…
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 17 other Democrats.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 907 of the Senate’s 915 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (8): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. Nominations are their own issue. “With the Democratic majority” counts every issue vote on which most Democrats voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Democrats and most Republicans voted one way and this member the other. “With the Republican majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Republicans. Independents count with the party they caucus with. The Senate roll calls come from Voteview; Votewiser does the counting. Citation: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Source: votes: Voteview · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 30, 2026

Committee assignments

Committee	Role	Side	Seniority rank
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Member	Minority	9
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection	Member	Minority	6
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development	Member	Minority	3
Digital Assets	Ranking Member	Minority	1
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources	Member	Minority	9
Energy	Ranking Member	Minority	1
National Parks	Member	Minority	3
Water and Power	Member	Minority	5
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs	Member	Minority	6
Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs	Member	Minority	3
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs	Member	Minority	8
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe	Member	Minority	4

Seniority rank is the member’s order among their own party’s members on that committee; 1 is the most senior.

Source: congress-legislators (CC0) · as of Oct 27, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2025–present	Senate	Senator	Arizona (AZ)	—
118th Congress	2023–2025	House of Representatives	Representative	Arizona (AZ)	3
117th Congress	2021–2023	House of Representatives	Representative	Arizona (AZ)	7
116th Congress	2019–2021	House of Representatives	Representative	Arizona (AZ)	7
115th Congress	2017–2019	House of Representatives	Representative	Arizona (AZ)	7
114th Congress	2015–2017	House of Representatives	Representative	Arizona (AZ)	7

Elections

Elected to the 7th District for the 114th Congress on November 4, 2014; reelected to each succeeding Congress; elected to the 3d District for the 118th Congress on November 8, 2022; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 2024.¹

The election history as listed in the Congressional Directory.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Overview Donors

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

$4,841,014Raised

$2,808,752Spent

$2,243,415Cash on hand

$0Debts owed by the campaign

Where the money came from

Source	Amount	Share
Individuals, itemizeddonors giving more than $200 in the cycle, named in filings	$1,957,615	40.4%
Individuals, unitemized$200 or less in the cycle, not named	$1,935,825	40.0%
PACs and other committees	$503,163	10.4%
Party committees	$0	0.0%
All other receiptstransfers, loans, refunds and offsets	$444,411	9.2%

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported by groups not tied to the campaign: $0 supporting this candidate, $0 opposing. Details on FEC.gov

More on this campaign’s money

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Sep 30, 2026

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Top employers of individual donors

Employer named by donors	Amount
NULL	$70,621
BLACKSTONE	$31,500
SARES-REGIS	$14,000
PAYWARD	$14,000
Y COMBINATOR	$11,750
EB5 UNITED	$11,500
NAPOLI SHKOLNIK	$10,000
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES	$9,000
AZ DC CONSULTING	$9,000
HUDSON REALTY CAPITAL	$8,500

Contributions from individuals who listed that employer, itemized only. Companies themselves cannot give to a federal candidate’s campaign.

Entries that name no employer, as written on the filings: NOT EMPLOYED $919,668 · SELF-EMPLOYED $120,179.

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Sep 30, 2026

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Profile

Facts from official records. The small numbers open each fact’s source.

At a glance

Born	November 20, 1979^1,2
Birthplace	Chicago, IL^1,2
Home town listed	Phoenix, AZ¹
Party	Democratic¹

Education

A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2004

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Professional history

Public affairs consultant, 2007-08
Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2008
Member, Arizona House of Representatives, 2011-14, assistant minority leader, 2012-14

As the member’s office lists it in the Congressional Directory, in that order.¹

Military service

Enlisted, U.S. Marine Corps, 2000-06 (retired with the rank of Corporal)

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Biographical Directory entry

GALLEGO, Ruben, a Representative and a Senator from Arizona; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 20, 1979; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2004; United States Marine Corps, 2002-2006; public affairs consultant, 2007-2008; Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2008; member of the Arizona state house of representatives, 2010-2014, assistant minority leader, 2012-2014; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-January 3, 2025); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031.²

The official summary kept by the House and Senate historians, word for word.

Offices

Washington, DC

302 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
202-224-4521

Local offices

City	Address	Phone
Phoenix, AZ	3333 E. Camelback Rd, Suite 200	480-697-3600
Tucson, AZ	20 East Ochoa Street	520-777-0400

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

Last 10 votes cast

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Bills, 119th Congress

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Committee assignments

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

Elections

Sources

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

Where the money came from

Outside spending

More on this campaign’s money

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Top employers of individual donors

Profile

At a glance

Education

Professional history

Military service

Biographical Directory entry

Offices

Sources

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