The congressman leaned on his personal story and military service to build an image as a pragmatic moderate who would work to fix the nation’s broken immigration system and fight for veterans and for reproductive rights.

Democratic Congressman Rubén Gallego has defeated anti-LGBTQ+ Republican and Trump ally Kari Lake for U.S. Senate in Arizona. Gallego replaces former Democrat and current Independent Krysten Sinema and will be the state’s first Latinx U.S. senator.

Democratic congressman Ruben Gallego won election to the U.S. Senate in Arizona, Edison Research projected late on Monday, keeping the seat currently held by retiring Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat-turned-independent,