Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Ben Ray Luján

Official portrait of Ben Ray Luján
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
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 RAY
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Mexico with the whole state highlighted

New Mexico

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. Senate · New MexicoIncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S0NM00058 · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE FOR BEN

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · New Mexico$6,460,521.86General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. Senate · New Mexico$9,295,577.60Won the general election (51.73%)
Total raised$6,460,521.86
Total spent$4,831,038.40
Cash on hand$2,843,276.35
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $3,372,600.60PACs and other committees: $2,075,346.09Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $990,314.89Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $22,260.28
  • Individual contributions$3,372,600.6052%
  • PACs and other committees$2,075,346.0932%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$990,314.8915%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$22,260.280%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,673,922.7143%
  • Contributions over $200$2,238,370.5457%
  • Itemized from inside New Mexico$511,230.8419%
  • Itemized from other states$2,150,595.8981%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $460,523.54 · District of Columbia $265,510.00 · Texas $230,879.00 · New York $182,965.44 · Maryland $117,712.33. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$4.4M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,040,921.76APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $179,015.49JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,078,683.95JULY QUARTERLY: spent $473,747.52OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $802,386.21OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $326,645.23YEAR-END: raised $927,839.49YEAR-END: spent $367,962.36APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $808,782.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $349,114.32PRE-PRIMARY: raised $360,526.50PRE-PRIMARY: spent $370,540.94JULY QUARTERLY: raised $607,489.40JULY QUARTERLY: spent $376,642.08OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $778,887.05OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,561,075.762025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving915
Voted yea293
Voted nay610
Did not vote12 of 915
Bills and resolutions sponsored88
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored511

Recorded Senate roll-call votes from January 9, 2025 through September 30, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official Senate record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 30, 2026On the Nomination · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Nomination ConfirmedNay
Sep 30, 2026On the Cloture Motion · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Cloture Motion Agreed toNay
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 9340
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.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 7008
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.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Discharge · SRES 852
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Motion to Discharge RejectedYea
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES 197
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
Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 28, 2026On Passage of the Bill · S 4668
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.
Bill PassedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.
Amendment RejectedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.
Amendment RejectedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Amendment RejectedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • S. 5635 Arts Education for All Act
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • S. 5662 CARE Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • S. 5475 Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act
    Introduced Sep 23, 2026 · Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • S.Res. 889 A resolution recognizing the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the musical heritage of the United States and designating September 2026 as "Latin Music Appreciation Month".
    Introduced Sep 23, 2026 · Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4947-4949)
  • S. 5278 GHOST Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • S. 5282 Chama Basin Watershed Protection Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • S. 5321 HCBS Access Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • S. 5248 Early Childhood Educator Professional Improvement Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 5, 2026 · Latest action Aug 5, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • S. 5260 Stroke Act
    Introduced Aug 5, 2026 · Latest action Aug 5, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • S. 5177 New Mexico Rural Veteran Health Care Access Act
    Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: 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/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

374 committees reported giving $1,763,794.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Ben Ray Lujan$320.65
  • Independent expenditures opposing Ben Ray Lujan$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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.

The race

New Mexico U.S. Senate, 2026 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ben Ray Lujan (D)$6,460,521.86$2,843,276.352026-10-14
Larry E Marker (R)$99,229.65$88.072026-10-14
Matt Dodson (D)$32,743.04$182.892026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Research & Polling Inc.October 1–9, 20261,125 (LV)± 2.9%Ben Ray Luján 53% · Larry Marker 37%
SurveyUSASeptember 25–30, 2026567 (LV)± 5.1%Ben Ray Luján 54% · Larry Marker 36%
Research & Polling Inc.August 21–28, 2026516 (LV)± 4.3%Ben Ray Luján 53% · Larry Marker 38%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in New Mexico (retrieved October 22, 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 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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