Senator · Arizona

Ruben Gallego

Ruben Gallego is a Democratic senator from Arizona, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 116, and cast 678 of 739 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2015
Term ends
Jan 3, 2031
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate91512.7%116 of 915 · rank 2 of 10192%678 of 739 · rank 89 of 101630 became law37%152 of 415
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,22217.5%214 of 1,222 · rank 11 of 44291%653 of 715 · rank 356 of 442421 became law29%89 of 304
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.6%6 of 997 · rank 294 of 44399%564 of 571 · rank 153 of 443260 became law7%40 of 602

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.36+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Jun 17, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 68–30· Against party
  2. Mar 4, 2025· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 70–27· Against party
  3. Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 64–35· Against party
  4. Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 75–24· Against party
  5. Jan 15, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 70–25· Against party
  6. Dec 12, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 236–173· Against party
  7. Dec 11, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment· Passed 281–140· Against party
  8. Nov 14, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 245–155· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

131 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced11991%
  2. Reported by committee53.8%
  3. Passed one chamber64.6%
  4. Became law10.8%

Policy areas

  1. Immigration15
  2. Armed Forces and National Security14
  3. Taxation13
  4. Education11
  5. Health11
  6. Native Americans10
  7. Finance and Financial Sector6
  8. Commerce5

Latest activity

  1. S. 5636 Supporting Focus in Schools Act
    Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
  2. S.Res. 918 A resolution establishing the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
    Introduced· Congress· Sep 29, 2026
  3. S. 3732 Water Security and Drought Resilience Act
    Reported by committee· Water Resources Development· Sep 17, 2026
  4. S. 4079 PEARL Act
    Reported by committee· Immigration· Sep 14, 2026
  5. S. 5367 Restore Veterans’ Compensation Act of 2026
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Aug 7, 2026
  6. S. 5366 Affordable Housing Credit Carryback Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Aug 7, 2026
  7. S. 5268 Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026
    Introduced· Labor and Employment· Aug 5, 2026
  8. S. 5226 Parental Approval for Youth Social Media Act of 2026
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Aug 4, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$4.3M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$2.1M
From committees
$477.5K
184 committees
From contractor PACs
$89.5K
40 PACs · 19% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
transdigm group inc.transdigm group inc. employee political action committee$10KTRANSDIGM INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$5.1M
corning incorporatedcorning incorporated employees political action committee (corepac)$5,000CORNING NETOPTIXAI match · 100% · of one corporate family—
state street bank and trust companystate street bank and trust company voluntary political action committee$5,000STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
genentech inc.genentech inc. political action committee (genenpac)$5,000GENENTECH USA, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$939.6K
amgen inc.amgen inc. political action committee$5,000AMGEN INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization$0
pfizer inc.pfizer inc. pac$4,000PFIZER INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$140.2K
johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee$3,000JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family—
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$2,500INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$2,500PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac$2,500DOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$25.5K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$4.3M$477.5K$89.5K40 PACs · 19% of committee money
2024$64.7M$1.9M$134K37 PACs · 7% of committee money
2022$2.9M$871.5K$216.5K60 PACs · 25% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · ArizonaJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
  2. House · Arizona's 3rd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Arizona's 7th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Arizona's 7th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Arizona's 7th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Arizona's 7th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
302 Hart Senate Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.