U.S. SENATOR RUBEN GALLEGO ENDORSES SWALWELL FOR GOVERNOR
Arizona U.S. Senator Announces His Support; Highlights Swalwell’s Working-class Roots
LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, Swalwell for Governor announced U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has endorsed his campaign. Gallego was first elected to represent Arizonans in Congress in 2014. Following a successful campaign in 2024, Gallego became the first Latino elected to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
Sen. Gallego released the following statement:
"Eric Swalwell knows what it means to fight for working people because he’s lived it. The son of working-class parents and the first in his family to go to college, he’s never forgotten where he came from or who he’s fighting for.
Eric and I served together in the House, and we stood side by side on January 6th. What I saw that day was someone with real courage. He didn’t just show up in that moment, he kept fighting, helping lead the effort to hold Donald Trump accountable.
I’m proud to call Eric a friend and California will be lucky to call him their next governor."
ABOUT SENATOR RUBEN GALLEGO
Sen. Gallego is the son of immigrants from Colombia and Mexico. Along with his three sisters, he was raised by a single mother in a small apartment on a secretary's salary and slept on the family’s living room floor, finally getting his own bed when he went away to college.
Gallego enlisted in the Marine Corps and deployed as an infantryman to Iraq, where his company saw some of the heaviest casualties of the war. After returning home, Gallego’s military service motivated him to seek public office.
In the U.S. Congress, Gallego has distinguished himself as a leading voice on national security issues as the highest-ranking Latino on the Armed Services Committee. Gallego also serves on the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Energy & Natural Resources and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
He lives in South Phoenix with his wife Sydney, son Michael and young daughter Isla.
ABOUT CA GOVERNOR’S RACEA March 2026 poll from the highly respected firm, Emerson College Polling, showed that Swalwell is the frontrunner in the race for governor. He continues to gain support from likely voters in the June 2 primary and leads all Democratic candidates in poll after poll.
Leaders from across California have endorsed Swalwell’s campaign, including U.S. Senator Adam Schiff. CA U.S. House Members: Reps. Jimmy Gomez (Campaign Chair), Adam Gray (Campaign Co-Chair), Nanette Barragan, Lou Correa, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Ted Lieu, Zoe Lofgren, Doris Matsui, Kevin Mullin, Jimmy Panetta, Dr. Raul Ruiz, Linda Sánchez and Mike Thompson. Members of the CA Assembly: Sens. Ben Allen, Josh Becker and Tim Grayson. Asms. Patrick Ahrens, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Marc Berman, Tasha Boerner, Mike Fong, John Harabedian, Tina McKinnor and Nick Schultz. Labor: California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO, California Professional Firefighters, United Food & Commercial Workers Western States Council, SEIU California and more. In addition to local elected officials. View the complete list of leaders who have endorsed Swalwell.
Swalwell, who represents California’s 14th Congressional District in the East Bay, has pledged to be a “fighter and protector” for California, focusing on affordability, economic growth and modernizing state government so it works better for everyone.
Current Governor Gavin Newsom is termed out in 2026, leaving this an open seat. Congressman Eric Swalwell is the only candidate currently in Congress and the only one actively standing up to Trump. The Primary Election is June 2, 2026.
ABOUT ERIC SWALWELLEric Swalwell was raised in Dublin, California, by a police officer father and a small business owner mother. The oldest of four sons, he worked paper routes and construction jobs before earning a Division I soccer scholarship and becoming the first in his family to attend college. After serving as an Alameda County prosecutor — where he led the Hate Crimes Unit — Swalwell was elected to the Dublin City Council, then to Congress in 2012. In the House, he has served on the House Intelligence Committee and currently serves on the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, and is the Ranking Member on both the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection and the Judiciary Select Subcommittee on January 6. He and his wife, Brittany, are raising their three young children under the age of 9.
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