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Ben Ray Luján

Democratic · US Senator, New Mexico · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election · vs. Larry E Marker (R)
Served
US House NM-03, 2009 to 2021
97.5%
Votes with own party · of 829 split votes
915
Roll calls · 119th Congress
$6.5M
Raised · 2026 cycle
$2.8M
Cash on hand · through Oct 14, 2026
7
Races won · in our records
0
Races lost · in our records

Vote data: Voteview. Through Sept 30, 2026.

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Spectrum

1 published measure

The marker is the one published measure below. The middle means centrist on that measure’s own scale, not the middle of Congress. How this works

By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)

Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source

Method and limits

Published score −0.856 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 7,024 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.

Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.

Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.

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Career

Newest first
YearRaceResultShareLost to, or other round
2020US Senate, NMWon · primary won 100%51.7%
2018US House, NM-03Won · primary won 100%63.4%
2016US House, NM-03Won · primary won 100%62.4%
2014US House, NM-03Won · primary won 87.6%61.5%
2012US House, NM-03Won · primary won 100%63.1%
2010US House, NM-03Won · primary won 100%57%
2008US House, NM-03Won · primary won 41.5%56.7%

This is the record in our results files, FEC candidate lists and DIME, not a complete career. Results for other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.

Money

FEC, through Oct 14, 2026

Spent $4.8M · Debts owed $0

Reports through Oct 14, 2026.

How these are counted

Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Raised $6,460,522. Cash on hand $2,843,276. Spent $4,831,038. Debts owed $0. Main committee: People for Ben. No donor names are shown.

Senate votes

119th Congress, through Sept 30, 2026

915 roll calls. Yea 293, Nay 610, Not voting 12.

Roll calls missed
1.3%
Voted with own party when parties split
97.5%
How these are counted

Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.

Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 829 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 808. We pick no votes ourselves.

Senate votes come from Voteview. Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Showing the newest 8 of 915

  1. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 256

    On the Nomination · PN1129

    Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

    Vote: NayNomination Confirmed, 47 to 41

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  2. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 255

    On the Cloture Motion · PN1129

    Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

    Vote: NayCloture Motion Agreed to, 53 to 47

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  3. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 254

    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR9340

    A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.

    Vote: NayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 57 to 43

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  4. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 253

    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR7008

    A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.

    Vote: NayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 53 to 47

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  5. Sep 29, 2026 · Senate roll call 252

    On the Motion to Discharge · SRES852

    A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

    Vote: YeaMotion to Discharge Rejected, 47 to 51

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  6. Sep 29, 2026 · Senate roll call 251

    On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES197

    A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".

    Vote: YeaMotion to Proceed Rejected, 48 to 51

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  7. Sep 28, 2026 · Senate roll call 250

    On Passage of the Bill · S4668

    A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.

    Vote: YeaBill Passed, 77 to 22

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  8. Sep 28, 2026 · Senate roll call 249

    On the Amendment · S4668

    To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.

    Vote: YeaAmendment Rejected, 47 to 52

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

Legislation

119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026

Sponsored 83 bills and 5 resolutions. Cosponsored 389 bills and 122 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.

Latest bills Ben Ray Luján sponsored

More about Ben Ray Luján

Offices held (7 terms and offices)

  • 2021 to nowUS SenateDemocratic
  • 2009 to 2020US House, New Mexico District 3Democratic

Committees (15 assignments)

  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

    • Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology subcommittee
    • Ranking Member of the Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research subcommittee
    • Rural Development, Energy, and Credit subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

    • Ranking Member of the Telecommunications and Media subcommittee
    • Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy subcommittee
    • Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on Finance

    • Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure subcommittee
    • Health Care subcommittee
    • Taxation and IRS Oversight subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

  • Senate Committee on the Budget

  • United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

Sources (13 sources)

  • Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
  • Took office in Congress 2009-01-06. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).

Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.

Not available for Ben Ray Luján: a background.

DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, Voteview, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits