Pete Gallego

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pete Gallego
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 2, 1961(1961-12-02)
Age	63
Country	United States
Birth City	Alpine
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Pete Gallego Biography

Pete Gallego is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 2, 1961 in Alpine, United States. Pete Pena Gallego (born December 2nd in 1961) is an American politician who served as an U.S. Representative for Texas’s 23rd district in the congressional district from 2013 until the year 2015. Gallego is who is a member in the Democratic Party, previously served as an elected representative in the Texas House of Representatives from the 74th district from 1991.

Within the Texas House, Gallego served as a director on the board of National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) as well as four years as the Chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) which is a caucus comprised made up of Texas members who are Mexican-American or have a large Mexican-American community. in 2008, Trey Martinez Fischer replaced Gallego as the Chairman of the MALC.

In 2012, Gallego began drawing pension benefits from the state of Texas in addition to his annual congressional salary of $174,000.

Gallego has been supported by the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters. According to Texas Climate News, Gallego’s 2012 congressional victory “earned the celebratory attention of climate-action advocates.” Gallego has voiced support for renewable and clean energy sources. The Sierra Club called Gallego a “clean energy champion.” Mother Jones included Gallego in a list of the “Top Five Climate Hawks” who were elected to office in November 2012.

As of 2008, Gallego barely missed the chance to be elected speaker of the Texas House.

Pete Gallego Net Worth

Pete Gallego is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pete Gallego 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born to a family of Alpine, Gallego graduated from Sul Ross State University in 1982, earning a bachelor’s degree in the field of political science. The following year, Gallego obtained an J.D. in 1985 from The University of Texas School of Law in Austin.

The first elected member of the Texas House from District 74 in the year 1990, Gallego was the first Hispanic representative of this massive border district. The year 1991 saw him was the first freshman legislator and the first member of an ethnic minority ever elected the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, a position he held until the beginning of January 2001.

Gallego announced his candidacy for the 23rd district in September 2011. His state house district was virtually coextensive with the central portion of the congressional district; indeed, he had represented almost all of the central portion of the congressional district at one time or another during his two decades in the state legislature.

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In July 2017, Gallego tested the waters as a potential 2018 candidate once more against Hurd. Reapportionment of the district could play a major role as to whether Gallego decided to enter the race. At least two other Democrats also considered running for their party nomination: Judith Canales, a former officer of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development from Eagle Pass, and Jay Hulings, a graduate of Harvard Law School and an assistant U.S. attorney in San Antonio. On September 1, Gallego announced that he would not run in the 23rd district.

Facts & Trivia

Pete Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Pete Gallego celebrates birthday on December 2 of every year.

Top Facts about Pete Gallego

1. Pete Gallego is a former U.S. Representative from Texas.
2. He served in the Texas House of Representatives for 22 years.
3. Gallego was born on December 2, 1961, in Alpine, Texas.
4. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
5. Gallego represented Texas’s 23rd congressional district from 2013 to 2015.
6. He lost his re-election bid to Republican Will Hurd in 2014.
7. Gallego ran again for the same seat in 2016 but lost to Hurd again.
8. During his time in Congress, he focused on veterans’ issues and border security.
9. Before entering politics, he worked as an attorney and served in the Peace Corps.
10. Gallego is known for being a moderate Democrat with bipartisan appeal.