Gallego is the representative for Arizona’s 7th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Gallego is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ7]](/static/legislator-photos/412612-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Gallego.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Gallego is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Gallego has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Feb 26, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Gallego was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6535 (116th): To deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury, ...
- H.R. 6237 (116th): PRC for Native Veterans Act
- H.R. 4010 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the “Ed Pastor Post Office”.
Does 3 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Gallego sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Native Americans (22%) Education (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (10%) Immigration (10%) Commerce (5%) Health (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Gallego’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 1197: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the Honorable Augustus ...
- H.R. 279: Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021
- H.R. 8216 (116th): Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act
- H.R. 7522 (116th): To establish the Small Business Economic Assistance Program.
- H.R. 6535 (116th): To deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a ...
- H.R. 6462 (116th): Emergency Medicaid for Coronavirus Treatment Act
- H.R. 6346 (116th): To establish a standard interest rate under programs for economic injury disaster ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2015 to Feb 2021, Gallego missed 77 of 3,538 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
