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U.S. Representative for New Mexico’s 2nd District

Gabe Vasquez

Democrat 2nd term On 2026 ballot

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

89LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
19BipartMed 12
52BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Agriculture 13th minority
  • Armed Services 15th minority
Age
42

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date35137036667452
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2802761,23580

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Immigration 9% 11%
Armed Forces and National Security 11% 17%
Agriculture and Food 2% 19%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Taxation; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Cost of Living (Taxation), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 36 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberAgriculture Committee13th minority
MemberArmed Services Committee15th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 18% of the House, in the minority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

54% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Vasquez.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

54% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 37 · expected 19
Action in committee 15 · expected 5
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 198 of 433 in the House

0.71expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 37 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.71 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 4290 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.32
Education6 of 12
Government Operations and Politics6 of 18
Energy6 of 35
Environmental Protection4 of 26
Armed Forces & National Security5 of 38
Public Lands and Natural Resources2 of 16

With his party on the other 6 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 7 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 89% of party-line votes, breaks 52 times (peer median 10), most on Education.

  • Position: −0.32, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 8 of 24, Education 6 of 12, Government Operations and Politics 6 of 18.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Vasquez$5.5M raised15%53%25%7%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

68% of what he raised came from individuals; 15% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$5.5M raised, 25% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 4.2 points.

95 PACs of the 156 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. Aguilar100% D
  2. Air Line Pilots Association68% D
  3. American Association for Justice98% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

281 bills

Vasquez voted Yea on 50, Nay on 76, and sponsored or cosponsored 155 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.