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Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

DemocratNM · Senator
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

DemocratNM · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.380)
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Ben Ray Luján is a Democrat Senator from NM. He has served 17 years in Congress across 7 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 62.6% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.

17
Years in Office
7
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

62.6%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
120 votes against party
0.9%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
23
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Ben Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty+16.5% vs avg
62.6%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-1.4% vs avg
0.9%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+4.9 vs avg
23
Avg: 18.1

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry CommitteeMemberBudget CommitteeMemberCommerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeMemberConservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology SubcommitteeMemberConsumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy SubcommitteeMemberEnergy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure SubcommitteeMemberFinance CommitteeMemberFood and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research SubcommitteeRanking MemberHealth Care SubcommitteeMemberIndian Affairs CommitteeMemberRural Development, Energy, and Credit SubcommitteeMemberSurface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety SubcommitteeMemberTaxation and IRS Oversight SubcommitteeMemberTelecommunications and Media SubcommitteeRanking MemberUnited States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$3,716,254
Cash on Handⓘ
$3,849,831
Total Receiptsⓘ
$1,347,371
Disbursementsⓘ
$2,015,258
Individual Donors
$935,550
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2009–2021House · NM-3 · Democrat
2021–PresentSenate · NM · DemocratCurrent

State Demographics

NM · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

2,114,768
Population
$62,059
Median Income
39.1
Median Age
29.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 53.6%Black 2.1%Hispanic 48.2%Asian 1.7%