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Gabe Vasquez

DemocratGabe Vasquez

U.S. Representative · New Mexico

New Mexico's 2nd district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from New Mexico

4 tracked promises

New Mexico · New Mexico's 2nd district

New Mexico's 2nd district

Their congressional district

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How they won their seat

Gabe Vasquez won the 2024 U.S. House election in New Mexico (District 2) with 52.1% of the vote (138,177 votes).

52.1%
Win share
138,177
Votes for winner
265,322
Total cast
  • Gabe Vasquez · Democrat52.1%
  • Yvette Herrell · Republican47.9%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

The record indicates activity in agriculture, veterans' issues, and economic opportunities, as evidenced by sponsored bills such as the Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2026 and the Veteran Education Assistance Adjustment Act. Additionally, participation in multiple committees related to agriculture and armed services indicates activity in these areas. Focus areas (from the record): Agriculture · Veterans · Economic Opportunity · Public Lands · Workforce Development Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against the inferred activity patterns, limiting the ability to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills in achieving their intended goals; The politician's specific priorities beyond the legislative record; Any unlogged work or informal commitments that may influence their legislative focus. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Gabe Vasquez has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Activity in office

What Gabe Vasquez has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.

Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Monthly voting activity

  • Yea
  • Nay
  • Total
016324864VotesSep '25: 17 YeaSep '25: 46 NaySep '25Nov '25: 10 YeaNov '25: 13 NayNov '25Dec '25: 32 YeaDec '25: 25 NayDec '25Jan '26: 26 YeaJan '26: 21 NayJan '26Feb '26: 14 YeaFeb '26: 16 NayFeb '26Mar '26: 14 YeaMar '26: 16 NayMar '26Apr '26: 26 YeaApr '26: 21 NayApr '26May '26: 24 YeaMay '26: 12 NayMay '26Jun '26: 28 YeaJun '26: 14 NayJun '26Jul '26: 18 YeaJul '26: 32 NayJul '26Aug '26: 2 YeaAug '26: 0 NayAug '26Sep '26: 4 YeaSep '26: 6 NaySep '26Sep '25: 64 totalNov '25: 23 totalDec '25: 57 totalJan '26: 47 totalFeb '26: 30 totalMar '26: 30 totalApr '26: 47 totalMay '26: 36 totalJun '26: 42 totalJul '26: 50 totalAug '26: 2 totalSep '26: 10 total
Measures voted on:492 passed162 failed1 procedural/other

Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.

Vote attendance

99.2%
attendance
650 of 655 roll calls5 missed
Monthly participation rate
0255075100100%Sep 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Sep 26

Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

61bills sponsored
61 pending
06131925Bills2023: 14 pending1420232024: 14 pending1420242025: 25 pending2520252026: 8 pending82026

Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.

Independence

8%
Votes against own party
52 of 649 recent votes

How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.

Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 61 sponsored bills became law
61 pending

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$14.5M
Raised, 20222026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M2022: raised $3.7M2022: spent $3.7M20222024: raised $7.0M2024: spent $7.0M20242026: raised $3.8M2026: spent $1.4M20262022: cash on hand $02024: cash on hand $02026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $385K (11%)11%Large individual (itemized): $2.1M (60%)60%PAC / committee: $986K (29%)29%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$385K11%
  • Large individual (itemized)$2.1M60%
  • PAC / committee$986K29%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Integrity

Not yet rated

No promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.

The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.

Integrity over time

The integrity timeline appears here once this official's promises are rated. In office since Jan 2023.
Not yet scoredNot yet rated 4— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

4 promises across 3 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • agriculture2
  • care economy1
  • public lands1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)4100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

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21
33
40
50

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

4 tracked promises

Not yet rated

Enact the CHILE Act (H.R. 9884), which he introduced, to deliver $5 billion in direct federal disaster assistance to New Mexico specialty-crop farmers (chile, onions, tomatoes, etc.) and establish a dedicated USDA Specialty Crop Emergency Assistance Framework.

agriculturePromised Jul 2026
SourcesOffice of Rep. Gabe Vasquez (vasquez.house.gov)GovTrack.us
Not yet rated

Enact the Careworker Visa Act (H.R. 9234), which he introduced, to create a new legal visa pathway for qualified childcare, eldercare, and in-home careworkers to address the caregiver shortage and bring down care costs.

care economyPromised Jun 2026
SourcesSource New MexicoOffice of Rep. Gabe Vasquez (vasquez.house.gov)GovTrack.us
Not yet rated

Enact the Public Lands Integrity Act (H.R. 9167), which he introduced, to bar the sale, transfer, or disposal of federal public lands through the budget reconciliation process by amending the Byrd Rule so such measures require 60 Senate votes.

public landsPromised Jun 2026
SourcesOffice of Rep. Gabe Vasquez (vasquez.house.gov)GovTrack.us
Not yet rated

Enact the Protecting America's Herds Act (H.R. 9377), which he introduced, to fund local experts and inspectors to combat the New World screwworm outbreak, prevent livestock/herd loss, and curb rising beef prices.

agriculturePromised Jun 2026
SourcesOffice of Rep. Gabe Vasquez (vasquez.house.gov)GovTrack.us

Verified record

61 sponsored bills · finance on file

Facts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.

Campaign financeas of May 13, 2026

FEC 2026 cycle — raised $3,157,009, spent $1,239,654, cash on hand $0.

View the FEC filing ↗

Voting record

Total votes
655
Yea
324
Nay
325
Present
1
Not voting
5

Full voting record

655 votes
  • S32Yea
  • S307Yea
120 of 655
Page 1 / 33

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

4 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • agricultureStated position

    Enact the CHILE Act (H.R. 9884), which he introduced, to deliver $5 billion in direct federal disaster assistance to New Mexico specialty-crop farmers (chile, onions, tomatoes, etc.) and establish a dedicated USDA Specialty Crop Emergency Assistance Framework.

    SourcesOffice of Rep. Gabe Vasquez (vasquez.house.gov)GovTrack.us
    View position & sources
  • care economyStated position

    Enact the Careworker Visa Act (H.R. 9234), which he introduced, to create a new legal visa pathway for qualified childcare, eldercare, and in-home careworkers to address the caregiver shortage and bring down care costs.

    SourcesSource New MexicoOffice of Rep. Gabe Vasquez (vasquez.house.gov)GovTrack.us
    View position & sources
  • public landsStated position

    Enact the Public Lands Integrity Act (H.R. 9167), which he introduced, to bar the sale, transfer, or disposal of federal public lands through the budget reconciliation process by amending the Byrd Rule so such measures require 60 Senate votes.

    SourcesOffice of Rep. Gabe Vasquez (vasquez.house.gov)GovTrack.us
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.

    SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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