# Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez

Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for New Mexico’s 2nd district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, New Mexico’s 2nd district
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: V000136
- FEC candidate IDs: H2NM02191

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/V000136 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

86% of Vasquez’s statements discuss policy, in the top 5% of House Democrats (average 73%).

## What Vasquez says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,197 classified statements: 722 posts on X, 346 press releases, 93 newsletters, 36 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Vasquez | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.1% | 6.6% | 193 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 32.5% | 27.5% | 68 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 85.8% | 73.2% | 3 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 27.5% | 9.8% | 5 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 46.9% | 22.7% | 4 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 2.6% | 1.9% | 45 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 27% (House Democrats 20%); Health 25% (House Democrats 26%); Armed Forces and National Security 24% (House Democrats 16%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (House Democrats 20%); Agriculture and Food 20% (House Democrats 8.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.01), from 5,504 donors and 1,898 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 89% (96.4%). 53 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 36 bills: 36 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 362. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 171 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10903: Socorro Vet Center Act (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10903
- H.R. 10509: BEEF Act (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10509
- H.R. 9884: CHILE Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9884
- H.R. 9377: Protecting America’s Herds Act (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9377
- H.R. 9234: Careworker Visa Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-06-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9234
- H.R. 9167: Public Lands Integrity Act (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9167
- H.R. 8533: Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8533
- H.R. 7781: Parity for Tribal Educators Act (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7781
- H.R. 7478: Patient Debt Relief Act (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7478
- H.R. 7383: Feed Our Veterans Act (in committee, 2026-03-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7383

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $5.5M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 17% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 33% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2114518739601563802
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2114716836461740040
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2114729048756944994
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2114359356942692544
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2114427932831592824
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2114099990725263596
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2114118481532887228
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2113649758728302597
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2113726502197936479
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez/status/2113276166119325957

## Links

- Official site: https://vasquez.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepGabeVasquez
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100089328694464
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RepGabeVasquez
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/V000136

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/V000136