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U.S. Senator from Arizona · Class I

Ruben Gallego

Democrat 1st term Up 2030

Replaced Kyrsten Sinema in 2025

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

Campaign money, 2025–26$4.8M raised · top PACs: Pinnacle West Capital, Bracepac, The Real Estate Roundtable Breaks with Democrats most onNominations: broke on 27 of 179 party-line votes (15%; most Democrats: 5%)
92LoyaltyMed 96
87AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 9
60BreaksMed 31
In office
Senate 2025–now
House 2015–2025
11 years in CongressMore senior than 35% of the Senate
Committees
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 6th minority
  • Veterans' Affairs 8th minority
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 9th minority
Age
46

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 date68463141591560
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—4213041,23562

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 →
Government Operations and Politics 17% 3%
Armed Forces and National Security 16% 11%
Taxation 11% 13%

StatementsBills

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

  • He talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Taxation), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment).
  • 63 bills sponsored, most on Taxation.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberDigital Assets SubcommitteeBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Ranking memberEnergy SubcommitteeEnergy and Natural Resources
MemberCommission on Security and Cooperation in Europe4th minority
MemberHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee6th minority

+3 more on Background

Ranking member on the Digital Assets Subcommittee, more senior than 35% of the Senate, in the minority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 35% of the Senate.
  • Minority: Democrats and the independents who caucus with them hold 47 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

35% · peer median 35%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

35% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 35%); closest in his party: Kelly and Warner.

  • 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 53 · expected 44
Action in committee 9 · expected 9
Beyond committee 7 · expected 7
Passed Senate 1 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 57 of 100 in the Senate

0.65expected 0.65 · average member 1.00

1 of 53 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.65 against a peer median of 0.65.

  • On the move: S. 3732 (out of committee), S. 4079 (out of committee), S. 4126 (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 −0.36
Energy & environment5 of 20
Immigration4 of 32

With his party on the other 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 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 92% of party-line votes, breaks 60 times (peer median 42), most on Energy & environment.

  • Position: −0.36, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Nominations 27 of 179, Energy & environment 5 of 20, Finance and Financial Sector 4 of 15.

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

Gallego$4.8M raised54%26%10%9%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

80% of what he raised came from individuals; 54% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$4.8M raised, 10% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

52 PACs of the 142 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: Taxation, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. Pinnacle West Capital30% D
  2. Bracepac28% D
  3. The Real Estate Roundtable43% 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

67 bills

Gallego voted Yea on 4, Nay on 4, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 58 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.