What have reports said about Gallego’s spending?
Reports from Politico and The Daily Beast more than a week ago said that Gallego repeatedly used campaign funds for luxury trips with his wife and for child care since launching his Senate campaign in 2023.
Politico, after a review of campaign finance records and also citing an unnamed source familiar with Gallego’s spending, said that he used his leadership political action committee to finance trips to Miami, Chicago, Disneyland and Disney World with his family.
The New York Times on Monday also reported that, following a review of expenditure filings and travel records it obtained, the Senator had “repeatedly brought his family with him to vacation destinations and billed tens of thousands of dollars in flights to his campaign accounts just in 2025,” and that some of the trips align with personal events.
“This is not breaking news,” Gallego told Politico. “With the rising costs of child care and the burden it has on the budgets of American families, Democrats and Republicans in Congress and the White House alike regularly travel with their wives and children, as is permitted by the FEC.”
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