About the candidate
Ruben Gallego, who is running unopposed in the primary, has served in the House of Representatives since 2014 and currently represents Phoenix’s District 3. The son of Latino immigrants and a former Marine Corps member, Gallego supports access to abortion healthcare, protecting housing affordability and water supplies, preserving public lands and increased public and financial support for veterans, according to his campaign website. On immigration, Gallego has said he would push for more border enforcement alongside increased funding for border communities. Gallego has been an outspoken critic of Trump. Following the deadly Charlottesville rally in 2017, Gallego said neo-Nazis had been “encouraged and come out of the closet since the presidency of Donald Trump.” Ahead of the former president’s 2019 impeachment, Gallego also warned that Trump was eroding the rule of law and democracy in the U.S.