Ruben Gallego
American politician
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| 2025 | Gallego voted in support of the Laken Riley Act in the Senate, joining 12 Democrats and all Republicans in passing the legislation. |
| January 3 2025 | Gallego is scheduled to take office as a United States senator, becoming the first Latino to be elected to represent Arizona in the Senate. |
| January 3 2025 | Rubén Gallego took office as the junior United States senator from Arizona. |
| 2024 | Ruben Gallego announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat in Arizona, seeking to replace retiring Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema. |
| 2024 | Gallego won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate unopposed after Kyrsten Sinema did not seek reelection. |
| November 12 2024 | The Associated Press projected that Ruben Gallego had defeated Kari Lake in the Senate election. |
| November 9 2024 | Decision Desk HQ projected that Ruben Gallego had beaten Kari Lake in the Senate election in Arizona. |
| 2023 | Redistricted to Arizona's 3rd congressional district and continues serving in the House of Representatives. |
| 2023 | Left the Congressional Progressive Caucus membership in late 2023 |
| 2023 | Gallego voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. |
| September 2023 | The House passed Gallego's bill, the Native American Child Protection Act, which aims to create a National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center to assist tribes and address family violence. |
| February 9 2023 | Gallego voted against overturning the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, which would allow noncitizens to vote in local elections in the District of Columbia. |
| January 23 2023 | Gallego announced his candidacy for the 2024 election against Senator Kyrsten Sinema. |
| January 22 2023 | Ruben Gallego announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in 2024. |
| 2022 | Gallego purchased a home near Capitol Hill using a special mortgage loan program for military veterans. |
| 2022 | Ruben Gallego ran in the newly redrawn Arizona District 3 and defeated Republican challenger Jeff Zink. |
| 2022 | Ruben Gallego ran for the United States Senate seat in Arizona. |
| November 2022 | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 3rd congressional district, representing the Democratic Party |
| February 2022 | Gallego called for the expulsion of Russian university students from the U.S., which drew criticism from some commentators who deemed the remarks bigoted and xenophobic. |
| 2021 | Gallego married Sydney Barron, a lobbyist for the National Association of Realtors. |
| 2021 | Gallego, along with co-author Jim DeFelice, published the book 'They Called Us Lucky: The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit', which is a memoir of his service in the Iraq War. |
| July 2021 | It was reported that the U.S.–Qatar Business Council paid for a $22,000 trip to Qatar for Gallego and his wife, raising concerns due to his previous criticisms of others for being close to business lobbyists. |
| May 2021 | The House passed a bill sponsored by Gallego known as the Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act, aimed at providing more funding for Native American veterans. |
| 2020 | Gallego served as the national chair of Eric Swalwell's presidential campaign. |
| 2020 | Ruben Gallego defeated Republican challenger Joshua Barnett in the 2020 elections for the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| November 2020 | The House of Representatives passed a bill introduced in bipartisan fashion by Ruben Gallego and Republican Markwayne Mullin, requiring the federal government to reimburse healthcare for Native veterans regardless of the provider. |
| 2018 | Ruben Gallego was reelected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 85.6% of the vote, securing a significant electoral victory in his district. |
| 2018 | Ruben Gallego defeated Green Party challenger Gary Swing in the 2018 election. |
| 2017 | Ruben Gallego and Kate Widland Gallego divorced. |
| 2016 | Ruben Gallego defeated Republican challenger Eve Nunez in the 2016 elections for the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 2015 | Begins serving in the United States House of Representatives. |
| 2015 | Gallego began serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district. |
| 2014 | First elected to Congress, representing Arizona's 3rd congressional district. |
| 2014 | Gallego won the general election for Arizona's 7th congressional district with 74% of the vote. |
| 2014 | Rubén Gallego was first elected to the United States Congress. |
| 2014 | Gallego won the Democratic primary for Arizona's 7th congressional district with 48.9% of the vote. |
| March 2014 | Gallego resigned from the Arizona House as he prepared for his congressional campaign. |
| February 27 2014 | Ruben Gallego announced his candidacy for Congress in Arizona's 7th congressional district. |
| 2012 | Ruben Gallego was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives, representing the 16th legislative district. |
| 2012 | Gallego was elected assistant minority leader. |
| 2012 | Gallego founded Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement to recall Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio. |
| 2011 | Gallego's first successful bill granted in-state tuition status to veterans residing in Arizona. |
| 2011 | The Arizona Republic named Gallego a distinguished freshman lawmaker. |
| 2010 | Gallego married Kate Widland Gallego, who later became the mayor of Phoenix. |
| 2010 | Gallego won his campaign for the Arizona State House in District 16. |
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