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Ruben Gallego

DemocratRuben Gallego

U.S. Senator · Arizona

DemocratFederal

U.S. Senator from Arizona

10 tracked promises, 1 rated

Arizona

Arizona

Represents Arizona statewide

75/100
Trust rating
Generally keeps promises
75
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+50) to 0–100, aggregated from 1 rated promise. Never an opaque single score. Provisional — based on 1 rated promise they could act on; a settled rating needs at least 5.
How this is calculated →

How they won their seat

Ruben Gallego won the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Arizona with 50.1% of the vote (1,676,335 votes).

50.1%
Win share
1,676,335
Votes for winner
3,347,964
Total cast
  • Ruben Gallego · Democrat50.1%
  • Kari Lake · Republican47.7%
  • Eduardo Quintana · Other2.3%

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

Ruben Gallego's record shows a concentration on issues related to housing, veterans, and financial regulation. For example, he sponsored the 'Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act' and the 'Path Home' housing plan, demonstrating legislative activity related to housing affordability and support for veterans. Additionally, his involvement in the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is involved in financial consumer protection and regulation through his committee work. Focus areas (from the record): Housing · Veterans · Financial Regulation · Consumer Protection · Immigration Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Gallego's sponsored bills align with his declared positions on housing and veterans, such as the 'Path Home' housing plan and the 'Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act'. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of his sponsored bills or their impact on constituents; There is no information on his statements or public comments that could provide context to his positions; The record does not indicate any unlogged work or behind-the-scenes efforts that may influence his legislative priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Ruben Gallego 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.

Showing 2022. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Activity in office

What Ruben Gallego 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.

Bills sponsored over time

13bills sponsored
13 awaiting status
05101520Bills2022: 13 awaiting status132022

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.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 0 sponsored bills became law

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

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$69.4M
Raised, 20222026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$25M$50M$75M$100M2022: raised $2.9M2022: spent $2.3M20222024: raised $64.7M2024: spent $65.7M20242026: raised $1.8M2026: spent $1.7M20262022: cash on hand $02024: cash on hand $02026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $334K (18%)18%Large individual (itemized): $744K (41%)41%PAC / committee: $746K (41%)41%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$334K18%
  • Large individual (itemized)$744K41%
  • PAC / committee$746K41%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+50 · based on 1 rated promise

  • Partial 1

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2019 · 1 rated promise

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 202650
Jan 203150 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

1 tracked
  • Kept1
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
011Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 9— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

10 promises across 9 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.

  • Housing2
  • Abortion & Reproductive Rights1
  • Immigration & Border Security1
  • Prescription Drug Prices1
  • Social Security1
  • Social Security & Taxes1
  • Taxes & Workers1
  • Veterans & Housing1
  • Veterans Affairs1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)10100%

Significance mix

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

10
21
33
44
52

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

10 tracked promises

Partialhigh confidence

As Senator, waive/carve out the filibuster in order to codify Roe v. Wade and protect abortion rights in federal law.

Abortion & Reproductive RightsSpecific · measurable
SourcesGallego for Arizona (campaign website)· archivedWikipedia (Women's Health Protection Act)Office of U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Enact a five-pillar border security and immigration reform framework that includes hiring and retaining Border Patrol agents and expanding drug-detection technology, reforming the asylum system, expanding legal immigration pathways, and providing a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and long-term undocumented residents.

Immigration & Border SecuritySpecific · measurablePromised May 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Advance the four-pillar housing plan 'The Path Home' to increase housing supply, speed construction through zoning/regulatory reform, lower rent and homeownership costs, and build disaster-resilient communities.

HousingSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2026
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the You Earn It, You Keep It Act to permanently eliminate federal income taxes on Social Security benefits, funded by applying the Social Security payroll tax to earnings above $250,000.

Social Security & TaxesSpecific · measurablePromised Sep 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the Capping Prescription Costs Act to cap annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs at $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families with private insurance.

Prescription Drug PricesSpecific · measurablePromised Aug 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Block/hold confirmation of Department of Veterans Affairs nominees until the Trump administration reverses VA staffing cuts and abandons plans to lay off tens of thousands of VA employees.

Veterans AffairsSpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the bipartisan Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act to raise the penalty-free IRA withdrawal limit for first-time homebuyers from $10,000 to $50,000.

HousingPromised Sep 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the bipartisan Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUDVA) to permanently exclude veterans' disability payments from income calculations for HUD-VASH housing assistance eligibility.

Veterans & HousingPromised Apr 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the bipartisan Social Security Overpayment Relief Act to cap the Social Security Administration's overpayment claw-back lookback period at 10 years.

Social SecurityPromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the No Tax on Large Party Tips Act to ensure auto-gratuities and recommended tips (such as those added for large restaurant parties) are covered by the federal 'no tax on tips' provision.

Taxes & WorkersPromised Sep 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived

Verified record

177 sponsored bills

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.

Sponsored legislation

Showing the 12 most recent of 177 sponsored measures.

Voting record

Total votes
890
Yea
304
Nay
472
Present
0
Not voting
114

Full voting record

890 votes
  • PN1078Nay
  • PN1078Nay
  • PN73011Nay
  • PN73011Not voting
  • PN932Not voting
  • PN932Not voting
  • SRES817Not voting
  • HR5334Not voting
120 of 890
Page 1 / 45

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

Positions on record

9 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.

  • Abortion & Reproductive RightsStated position

    As Senator, waive/carve out the filibuster in order to codify Roe v. Wade and protect abortion rights in federal law.

    SourcesGallego for Arizona (campaign website)· archived
    View position & sources
  • HousingStated position

    Advance the four-pillar housing plan 'The Path Home' to increase housing supply, speed construction through zoning/regulatory reform, lower rent and homeownership costs, and build disaster-resilient communities.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Taxes & WorkersStated position

    Pass the No Tax on Large Party Tips Act to ensure auto-gratuities and recommended tips (such as those added for large restaurant parties) are covered by the federal 'no tax on tips' provision.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Social Security & TaxesStated position

    Pass the You Earn It, You Keep It Act to permanently eliminate federal income taxes on Social Security benefits, funded by applying the Social Security payroll tax to earnings above $250,000.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Prescription Drug PricesStated position

    Pass the Capping Prescription Costs Act to cap annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs at $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families with private insurance.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Immigration & Border SecurityStated position

    Enact a five-pillar border security and immigration reform framework that includes hiring and retaining Border Patrol agents and expanding drug-detection technology, reforming the asylum system, expanding legal immigration pathways, and providing a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and long-term undocumented residents.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Veterans & HousingStated position

    Pass the bipartisan Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUDVA) to permanently exclude veterans' disability payments from income calculations for HUD-VASH housing assistance eligibility.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Veterans AffairsStated position

    Block/hold confirmation of Department of Veterans Affairs nominees until the Trump administration reverses VA staffing cuts and abandons plans to lay off tens of thousands of VA employees.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Social SecurityStated position

    Pass the bipartisan Social Security Overpayment Relief Act to cap the Social Security Administration's overpayment claw-back lookback period at 10 years.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (gallego.senate.gov)· archived
    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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