Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Ben Ray Luján
- Office
- U.S. senator from New Mexico (class 2)
- Party
- Democrat
- Born
- 1972
- In Congress
- House since 2009 · Senate since 2021 · 17 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- LUJAN, BEN R MR.
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
New Mexico
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H8NM03196 · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE FOR BEN
Total raised$9,295,577.60
Total spent$9,596,963.41
Cash on hand$79,323.45
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$7,409,333.2880%
- PACs and other committees$1,364,237.0015%
- Party committees$50,150.001%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$457,125.455%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$14,731.870%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
- Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research Ranking Member
- Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy
- Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety
- Telecommunications and Media Ranking Member
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
- Health Care
- Taxation and IRS Oversight
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
108 committees reported giving $391,552.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH UNDERWRITERS PAC (HUPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN CABLE ASSOCIATION INC PAC (ACA PAC) Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$7,500.00
- MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$7,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$7,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NOVARTIS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PAC (FORMERLY UTC PAC)PAC$5,000.00
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- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SOUTHERN COMPANY EMPLOYEES PACPAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL PAC INC A/K/A NATPACPAC$5,000.00
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ACCENTURE INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,302.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- CITIGROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (CITIGROUP PAC-FEDERAL) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL PAPER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IP-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TECO ENERGY INC EMPLOYEES' PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS PLASTYPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION WINDPACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BRYAN CAVE LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC, AKA CISCO SYSTEMS EPACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION SOVEREIGNTY PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- HORIZON THERAPEUTICS USA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HORIZON THERAPEUTICS PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,250.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- EXELON CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXELON PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- LIVERAMP INC.'S COMMITTEE PROMOTING ETHICAL DATA USAGE (RAMPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FEDEX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AOTPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AMERICAN BEVERAGE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DLA PIPER LLP (US) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DLA PIPER PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ANTHEM, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ANTHEM PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC PAC (GSK PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PACPAC$1,000.00
- MEDTRONIC INC. PACPAC$1,000.00
- HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY PAC (''ASTRO-PAC'')PAC$1,000.00
- HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC (COMP PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY BRAINPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- POLSINELLI PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$1,000.00
- AES CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; THE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Ben R Lujan$25,512.01
- Independent expenditures opposing Ben R Lujan$0.00
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PACSupporting$25,502.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
New Mexico U.S. House, District 3, 2020 · 13 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben R Lujan (D) | $9,295,577.60 | $79,323.45 | 2020-12-31 |
| Teresa Leger (D) | $2,305,077.63 | $161,470.49 | 2020-12-31 |
| Marco Serna (D) | $723,723.15 | $4,649.14 | 2020-07-15 |
| John Blair (D) | $426,865.98 | $2,256.18 | 2020-12-31 |
| Joseph Louis Sanchez (D) | $204,201.55 | $951.98 | 2020-09-30 |
| Alexis M Johnson (R) | $156,175.45 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| Rob Apodaca (D) | $103,762.06 | $0.00 | 2019-09-14 |
| Kyle J. Tisdel (D) | $73,455.82 | $0.00 | 2020-06-20 |
| Laura Montoya (D) | $55,093.00 | $0.00 | 2020-09-30 |
| Karen E. Bedonie (R) | $42,144.28 | $358.34 | 2020-07-06 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research & Polling Inc. | October 23–29, 2020 | 347 (LV) | ± 5.3% | Teresa Leger Fernandez 58% · Alexis Johnson 35% |
| Research & Polling Inc. | August 26 – September 2, 2020 | 301 (LV) | ± 5.6% | Teresa Leger Fernandez 50% · Alexis Johnson 35% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE FOR BEN.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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