The file

Ruben Gallego

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Arizona · Arizona · Spectrum score -38

Senate ·

Ruben Gallego is U.S. Senator, Arizona in Arizona. Political positions and ideology score -38 (Left). Gallego is the Marine the DSCC wanted in Arizona.

College: Harvard College, B.A. 2004
Spouse: Sydney Barron (m. 2021). Previously Kate Gallego (div.)
Children: Two
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Arizona · 2025–
U.S. Representative · Arizona · 2015–2025
Arizona House of Representatives · 2011–2014

Net worth: $1.6M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $200K
2026 raised: $12.0M
Years in office: 11

Where Ruben stands on the spectrum

Ruben Gallego scores -38 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -38 · Left · economic -52 · social -41 · authoritarian -18

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Gallego is the Marine the DSCC wanted in Arizona. The file is a House member who won a Senate seat in a Trump state with national money, a personal history both sides now use as a clip, and a border-state record that is harder than the Squad’s.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$1.6M

+700% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$200K

Now$1.6M

Marine, Phoenix, a book. Not a developer. The 2024 Senate race nationalized him.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $12.0M
Cash on hand: $4.2M

Top industries

Unions
Small-dollar
Lawyers
Latino PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Marine, Phoenix, a book. Funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$50K–$250K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$15K–$75K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$50K–$250K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$15K–$75K

Sum of ranges $65K–$325K · midpoint $195K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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Conflicts

Divorce and a nasty 2010s personal file the 2024 campaign treated as closed.
Phoenix growth politics vs a national progressive donor list.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -41
Authoritarian: -18
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-30
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-72
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-14
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-6
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.30

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

House record
Senate 2025–26
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.