Gallego Used $9,000 in PAC Funds for Family Trips and $6,773 Super Bowl Tickets

2 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 21

FEC records show Ruben Gallego used campaign and leadership PAC money for family travel, including Super Bowl tickets and multiple trips where his wife and children accompanied him.
Nearly $9,000 went to a Miami Beach Loews stay tied to his wife Sydney Gallego’s birthday, while other PAC-funded travel included Disney World and Disneyland retreats and a Chicago vacation rental costing nearly $1,500.
JUNTOS PAC, which Gallego launched in February 2024, has raised nearly $1.5 million, with more than half coming from corporate PACs, giving him a separate pool of political money beyond his Senate campaign account.
The spending stands out because politicians often pay personally for such events; Mark Kelly’s office said he covered his own 2023 Super Bowl trip, and Zohran Mamdani recently stressed he bought his own $1,000 NBA Finals seat.