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
- $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
- 17
- Years in Congress
- 54
- Age
Now
US Senate, New Mexico · Tue, Nov 3
Ben Ray Luján Democratic (inc.)Larry E Marker Republican
- Newest poll
- Luján 54, Marker 36 · SurveyUSA, Sep 30, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub
Career
Newest first| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | US Senate, NM | Won · primary won 100% | 51.7% | |
| 2018 | US House, NM-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 63.4% | |
| 2016 | US House, NM-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 62.4% | |
| 2014 | US House, NM-03 | Won · primary won 87.6% | 61.5% | |
| 2012 | US House, NM-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 63.1% | |
| 2010 | US House, NM-03 | Won · primary won 100% | 57% | |
| 2008 | US House, NM-03 | Won · 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, 2026Spent $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. Main committee: People for Ben. No donor names are shown.
Spectrum
1 published measureThe 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.
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
Official pages (8 links)
Their own pages
Sources (11 sources)
Ballot listing, electionresults.sos.nm.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 22, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Photo: Official congressional portrait via unitedstates/images (U.S. Government Publishing Office). Image · Public domain.
- 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.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026