Gallego was previously a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, where he was assistant minority leader from 2012 until he resigned to run for Congress. Gallego was first elected to Congress in 2014. His district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, and part of Glendale. He served as the national chair of Eric Swalwell's 2020 presidential campaign.[1]
Generally considered a progressive,[2][3][4] Gallego has supported the Medicare for All Act, ending the Senate filibuster, and cutting military spending. He was highly critical of Senator Kyrsten Sinema's opposition to abolishing the filibuster and certain Democratic legislation.[5] Party members and progressive organizations encouraged Gallego to run against her, and he announced his candidacy for the 2024 United States Senate election in Arizona in January 2023. Sinema later announced she would not run for reelection. Gallego, who had previously embraced his progressive background as "a fierce liberal combatant", has sought to strike a moderate tone in his 2024 campaign in order to woo swing voters.[6][7]The New York Times wrote, "Gallego has built a reputation as a blunt-spoken liberal who is politically in tune with young progressives and lacerates his opponents with profane social media posts", once calling Donald Trump's border wall plans "stupid" and accusing Trump of "scapegoating immigrants," but "delicately turning to the political center" by 2024.[4]
Early life and education
Gallego was born in Chicago,[8] and is a second-generation American, with a Colombian mother and a Mexican father.[9]
Gallego was in the Marines from 2002 to 2006.[14] After completing training in the School of Infantry (SOI), he deployed to Iraq with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines. The 3/25 lost 46 marines and one Navy corpsman between January 2005 and January 2006. Gallego's best friend died during combat operations in Iraq.[10] He served as a lance corporal.[15]
In 2007, Gallego led District 7 Phoenix City Council candidate Michael Nowakowski's successful campaign before serving as Nowakowski's chief of staff.[16] In 2009, he stepped down as chief of staff to focus on his campaign for the Arizona State House in District 16, which he won in 2010.[17][18]
In 2011, The Arizona Republic named Gallego a distinguished freshman lawmaker.[19] His first successful bill granted in-state tuition status to veterans residing in Arizona.[10] Gallego supported the repeal of Arizona SB 1070.[citation needed] In 2012, Gallego was elected assistant minority leader.[20]
Gallego founded the group Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement to recall Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, citing Arpaio's immigration policies and his use of taxpayer money to investigate Barack Obama's citizenship.[21]
Gallego worked for Strategies 360 as Director of Latino and New Media operations. He also worked for Riester, one of Arizona's largest public relations firms.[22]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
On February 27, 2014, Gallego announced his candidacy for Congress in Arizona's 7th congressional district.[23] Although not required to give up his seat under Arizona's resign-to-run laws (since he was in the final year of his state House term), Gallego resigned from the Arizona House in March 2014.[24]
Mayday PAC, a super PAC seeking to reduce the role of money in politics, endorsed Gallego in 2014.[25]
Gallego won a five-way Democratic primary—the real contest in this heavily Democratic, majority-Latino district—with 48.9% of the vote. He won the general election with 74% of the vote. He has been reelected three times, never dropping below 70% of the vote. He faced only a Green candidate in 2018, and defeated Republican challengers in 2016, 2020, and 2022. He is the second Colombian American elected to the U.S. House after Republican Scott Perry.[26]
Considered a progressive politician, Gallego, who has been very critical of U.S. senator Kyrsten Sinema, was encouraged by several progressive organizations to run against her in the 2024 election.[27] He announced his candidacy on January 23, 2023.[28]
In November 2020, the House of Representatives passed a bill introduced by Gallego and Markwayne Mullin that requires the federal government to reimburse healthcare provided for Native veterans, regardless of whether the healthcare was provided by, or referred by, the Indian Health Service or tribes.[32]
In May 2021, the House passed a bill Gallego sponsored, the Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act, that would have provided more government funding for Native American veterans. The Senate did not take up the bill.[33]
In July 2021, it was reported that a corporate lobbying group called the U.S.–Qatar Business Council paid for a $22,000 trip to Qatar for Gallego and his wife, who is a lobbyist for the National Association of Realtors.[34] Commentators noted that Gallego had previously criticized Senator Kyrsten Sinema for allegedly being too close to business lobbyists.[35]
In February 2022, Gallego called for expelling Russian university students from the United States, prompting commentators to denounce these remarks as bigoted and xenophobic.[38]
In September 2023, the House passed Gallego's bill, the Native American Child Protection Act, which aims to set up the National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center to assist and train tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations, and also aims to come up with state-tribe agreements to prevent, investigate and prosecute family violence.[42][43]
On January 22, 2023, Gallego announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in 2024.[46] The seat is currently held by Kyrsten Sinema, an independent who was first elected as a Democrat in 2018, and who has angered some members of the party due to her opposition to filibuster reform and some Democratic legislation. Sinema is not seeking reelection. Gallego raised more money than Sinema in the first two quarters of 2023.[47]
In 2022, Gallego bought a home near Capitol Hill using a special mortgage loan program for military veterans. He claimed the District of Columbia home as his primary residence although his campaign maintains that he resides in his Phoenix home. Gallego receives a homeowner rebate in Arizona that lowers the tax burdens for residents who primarily live in the state. Politico noted that Gallego "may have to explain why he declared he was primarily a resident of the nation's capital."[48][49]
Gallego, who had previously embraced his progressive background as "a fierce liberal combatant", has sought to strike a moderate tone in his 2024 campaign in order to woo swing voters. He once called Donald Trump's border wall plans "stupid" and accused Trump of "scapegoating immigrants," but by 2024 Gallego was "delicately turning to the political center". The New York Times wrote, "Gallego has built a reputation as a blunt-spoken liberal who is politically in tune with young progressives and lacerates his opponents with profane social media posts." While Gallego seeks to move to the middle, Republicans in Arizona are highlighting his co-sponsorship of the Medicare for All Act, his support for ending the Senate filibuster, and his suggestion to "take a scalpel" to military spending.[7] In 2018 Gallego rallied alongside Bernie Sanders and in 2022 he called himself "a true progressive voice in Congress." By 2024, he no longer embraced the label "progressive". He let his membership in the Congressional Progressive Caucus lapse, which he claimed was a financial decision.[50]
Personal life
On August 7, 2008, Gallego changed his name from Ruben Marinelarena to Ruben Marinelarena Gallego to honor his mother, Elisa Gallego, who raised him and his three siblings on her own after his father abandoned the family in his childhood.[51]
Gallego wrote They Called Us "Lucky": The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit, published in 2021, about his service in the Marines Third Battalion, Twenty-Fifth Marine Regiment, Lima Company, during the Iraq War.[56]
Electoral history
2010
2010 Arizona House of Representatives Democratic primary, 16th district
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