--- title: Ruben Gallego: TIME100 Next 2025 description: Find out how Ruben Gallego is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318823/ruben-gallego/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-09-30T10:54:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:55:04.879Z article:section: World og:title: Ruben Gallego Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next og:description: Find out why Ruben Gallego is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318823/ruben-gallego/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt951c503e55ac63d1/6998ca099fbc7ccd08d9a721/t100-next-2025-ruben-gallego.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ruben Gallego Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ruben Gallego Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next twitter:description: Find out why Ruben Gallego is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt951c503e55ac63d1/6998ca099fbc7ccd08d9a721/t100-next-2025-ruben-gallego.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 30, 2025 # Ruben Gallego by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/) ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent  REBECCA NOBLE/—AFP/Getty Images In 2024, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego provided a rare bright spot for a party that seems to have lost its way. He performed where his peers did not—winning statewide in Arizona (which Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump) on the strength of support from Latino men, who swung toward Trump significantly nationwide. In the process, Gallego—a 45-year-old former Marine and father of three who was raised by an immigrant single mother—became a strong voice in the debate over where the Democrats should go from here. Since arriving in the Senate, Gallego has outlined a blueprint for winning back Latino voters by focusing on the economy. He has taken a more hard-line approach to immigration than some of his fellow Democrats, introducing a plan that includes beefing up security at the border while also creating a path to citizenship. He’s even made buzzy visits to early primary states, stoking ­speculation about a possible future presidential run. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318823/ruben-gallego/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318823/ruben-gallego/"},"headline":"Ruben Gallego","datePublished":"2025-09-30T10:54:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:55:04.879Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318823/ruben-gallego/","keywords":["TIME100 Next","sponsorshipblock","t100nextleaders25"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt951c503e55ac63d1/6998ca099fbc7ccd08d9a721/t100-next-2025-ruben-gallego.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"creator":"Charlotte Alter","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt951c503e55ac63d1/6998ca099fbc7ccd08d9a721/t100-next-2025-ruben-gallego.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-next/","name":"TIME100 Next"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318823/ruben-gallego/","name":"Ruben Gallego"}}]}] ```