Rep. Ruben Gallego

Representative from Arizona’s 7^th District, Democrat

Gallego, a Democrat, has been the representative for Arizona's 7^th congressional district since Jan 6, 2015 (next election in 2016) (map).

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Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Gallego has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Gallego is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Gallego for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Ruben Gallego sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Readiness
- Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Gallego sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (50%) Crime and Law Enforcement (50%)

Recent Bills

Some of Gallego’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2015 to Sep 2016, Gallego missed 18 of 1,277 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 1 explanation for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2015 Jan-Mar	144	8	5.6%	82^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	1	0.4%	27^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	30^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	61^st

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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