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Ruben Gallego

U.S. Senate · AZ · Democrats · since 2025

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Biography

Overview

Ruben Gallego is a Democrat and the junior U.S. Senator from Arizona, serving since 2025. He is the first Latino elected to represent Arizona in the Senate and one of the first two Colombian-American senators. He is a former U.S. Marine who served in Iraq from 2005-2006 as a lance corporal, and previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives (2011-2014) and U.S. House of Representatives (2015-2025). Gallego was born in Chicago to a Colombian mother and Mexican father and attended Harvard College.

Career

In the House, Gallego earned recognition as a distinguished freshman lawmaker for his bill granting in-state tuition to Arizona veterans. He founded Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement to advocate for recalling Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over immigration policies. As a senator, he co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act in 2025, breaking with progressive Democrats on immigration enforcement. He has sponsored numerous bills on housing, water infrastructure, and first responder support that remain in committee. He has distanced himself from the "progressive" label since his 2024 Senate campaign, positioning himself as a centrist and founding member of the Majority Democrats group.

Prior political experience

Gallego was first elected to Congress in 2014 from Arizona's 7th District with 74.9% of the general election vote after winning a five-way Democratic primary with 48.9%. He was reelected unopposed in the primary in 2016 with 75.3% of the general election vote, and in 2018 with approximately 74.8% in the primary and 85.6% in the general election. In 2020, he won his primary unopposed and was reelected with 76.7%. In 2022, he ran in the newly redrawn Arizona District 3 and won with 77%. In 2024, he ran for U.S. Senate and defeated Republican Kari Lake, significantly outperforming the Democratic presidential nominee.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

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119th Congress-0.358

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Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 581 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
1stU.S. Senate AZ Class 12025–presentIn progress——
1stU.S. House AZ-32023–2025Term ended—Yassamin Ansari
4thU.S. House AZ-72021–2023Term endedRuben GallegoAdelita S. Grijalva
3rdU.S. House AZ-72019–2021Term endedRuben GallegoRuben Gallego
2ndU.S. House AZ-72017–2019Term endedRuben GallegoRuben Gallego
1stU.S. House AZ-72015–2017Term ended—Ruben Gallego

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
2018U.S. House AZ-7Won85.61%