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U.S. Senator · Arizona
Ruben Gallego
DemocratState R+2119th Congress
Typical swing score64#15 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Ruben Gallego’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office302 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 4 signals
- StrongBacks 15 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 15 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 5, S. 331, S. 356, S. 761, S. 1318 and 10 more.
- MediumArizona leans R+2: a Democrat in a Republican-leaning stateArizona has a partisan lean of R+2 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Members whose seat favors the other party face pressure to moderate.
- WeakNot up for election until 2030Term ends Jan 3, 2031; next general election Nov 5, 2030. Arizona has a partisan lean of R+2. With years before facing voters in a near-even state, a senator has room to break from the party on individual votes.
- WeakLCV 86 vs. Senate Democratic avg 96LCV (2025, higher = stronger pro-environment record) scored this member 86; the Senate Democratic average is 95.6 (n=47). That is 10 points toward the Republicans.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2031
- Senate class
- Class 1
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 5, 2030
- Years in office
- 11.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeMinority · 4th in seniority
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
- Subcommittee on Digital AssetsRanking Member
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Gallego← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.356 is 0.00 level with the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 5639Portal for Appraisal Licensing Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 71
| Swing |
| S. 5535Eviction Crisis Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |