Ruben Gallego
Rubén Marinelarena Gallego ( ; born November 20, 1979) is an American politician and former U.S. Marine who is the U.S. representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, serving as assistant minority leader from 2012 until he resigned to run for Congress. Gallego was first elected to Congress in 2014. His district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale. He served as the national chair of Eric Swalwell's 2020 presidential campaign. Gallego served and deployed as a USMCR Corporal during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Gallego is a candidate for the United States Senate seat currently held by Democrat-turned-independent Kyrsten Sinema in 2024. Early life and education
Gallego was born in Chicago, and is a second-generation American, with a Colombian mother and a Mexican father. They have a daughter who was born in July 2023. Gallego wrote They Called Us "Lucky": The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit, published in 2021, about his service in the Marines Third Battalion, Twenty-Fifth Marine Regiment, Lima Company, during the Iraq War. Electoral history

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See also
 List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress

References

External links

Representative Ruben Gallego official U.S. House website
Gallego for Arizona campaign website
 

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1979 births
Living people
21st-century American politicians
American politicians of Colombian descent
American politicians of Mexican descent
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona
Harvard College alumni
Hispanic and Latino American members of the United States Congress
Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Arizona
Democratic Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives
Military personnel from Arizona
Military personnel from Illinois
People from Evergreen Park, Illinois
Politicians from Phoenix, Arizona
United States Marine Corps personnel of the Iraq War
United States Marines