Ruben GallegoVote leaningMore liberal
-0.356Based on 792 roll-call observations in the 119th Congress. This is Voteview DW-NOMINATE, an estimate from roll-call behavior—not a Baseline rating. Read the method ↗ or see our evidence rules.
Senator · Arizona · Democrat
Ruben Gallego
U.S. Senator from Arizona
Ruben Gallego is a U.S. senator from Arizona, sworn in on January 3, 2025. He represented Arizona in the House from 2015 to 2025 and served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2010 to 2014.
Background
Biography
Ruben Gallego was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 20, 1979. He received an A.B. from Harvard University in 2004. The House historian's office records his Marine Corps service as 2002 to 2006; his Senate biography says he enlisted and deployed to Iraq in 2005 as an infantryman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines. He worked as a public affairs consultant in 2007 and 2008.
Gallego was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2010 to 2014 and its assistant minority leader from 2012 to 2014. He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House in 2014 and served from January 3, 2015, to January 3, 2025. His Senate biography says he sat on the House Armed Services and Natural Resources committees.
He was elected to the Senate in November 2024 and sworn in on January 3, 2025.
119th Congress
The voting record at a glance
Every Senate roll-call position in the current Congress that Voteview associates with this member. Data current through Oct 1, 2026.
- Recorded votes
- 915
- Participation
- 87.3%
- Yea / nay
- 316 / 483
- Latest vote
- Sep 30, 2026
Recorded positions
Latest roll-call votes
Position, question, result, tally, and source are shown together so readers can inspect the record without leaving the page.
| Date | Position | Roll call | Issue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nay | PN1129On the NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗ | Nominations | Nomination Confirmed47–41 | |
| Nay | PN1129On the Cloture MotionKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture Motion Agreed to53–47 | |
| Nay | HR9340On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA 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.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected57–43 | |
| Nay | HR7008On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA 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.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected53–47 | |
| Yea | SRES852On the Motion to DischargeA resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | International Affairs | Motion to Discharge Rejected47–51 | |
| Yea | SJRES197On the Motion to ProceedA 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 Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Health | Motion to Proceed Rejected48–51 | |
| Yea | S4668On Passage of the BillA 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.Official roll call ↗ | Education | Bill Passed77–22 | |
| Yea | S4668On the AmendmentTo establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected47–52 | |
| Yea | S4668On the AmendmentTo increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.Official roll call ↗ | Health | Amendment Rejected49–50 | |
| Yea | S4668On the AmendmentTo limit price increases for college athletics tickets.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected42–54 | |
| Nay | S4668On the AmendmentTo improve the bill.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Rejected1–94 | |
| Yea | S4668On the AmendmentTo modify the provision relating to the relationship of this Act to existing law.Official roll call ↗ | Other floor business | Amendment Agreed to96–1 |
Patterns in the record
Vote leaning and issue mix
These are descriptive measures of roll-call behavior, not judgments about truthfulness, effectiveness, or constituent approval.
Where roll calls fall
Policy areas come from Voteview’s Congressional Research Service fields, with plain-language fallback categories when no CRS label is supplied.
Source: Voteview members’ votes ↗. Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin, and Sonnet (2026), Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database.
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Recent coverage
What is being reported
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Buttigieg, Gallego and other potential 2028 Democratic contenders set to discuss party’s future at post-midterms meeting | CNN Politics
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