Senator · NM · Democrat · since Jan 2009

Ben Ray Luján

Bills authored 37Missed votes 0 of 214Party unity 44% derived

Counted from 214 roll calls and 197 sponsorship records on file.

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Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Ben Ray Luján was born in 1972 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was raised in Nambe as the youngest of four children.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján} After graduating from high school in 1990, he worked as a blackjack dealer at a tribal casino before earning a bachelor's degree in business administration from New Mexico Highlands University.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján} He was elected to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission in 2004, where he served as chairman.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján}

Luján was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2008 to represent New Mexico's 3rd congressional district.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján} After serving six terms in the House, he was elected to the United States Senate in 2020.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján}

In their own words

“As a devout Catholic myself, seeing Archbishop Wester's excellency has truly been a blessing.”

Congressional Record · Jun 11, 2026 · Source

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The path here

2004
Elected to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján}
2008
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján}
2020
Elected to the U.S. Senate.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján}
2021-Present
Serving as U.S. Senator from New Mexico.^{Source 1: Ben Ray Luján — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Ben Ray Luján}

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general · in 51 days

100% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

1Ben Ray Luján — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
3Wikipedia: Ben Ray Lujánwikipediaopen source archived copy

Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

17.7YRS

In office · 7th term · since Jan 2009

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100%

Attendance

senate median 98.13% (100 members)

NOV'26

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Before Congress

2004 Elected to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.
2008 Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district.
2020 Elected to the U.S. Senate.
2021-Present Serving as U.S. Senator from New Mexico.

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestrySenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationSenate Committee on FinanceSenate Committee on Indian AffairsSenate Committee on the BudgetUnited States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research subcommittee ranking memberSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Telecommunications and Media subcommittee ranking memberSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology subcommitteeSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Health Care subcommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Rural Development, Energy, and Credit subcommitteeSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Taxation and IRS Oversight subcommittee37 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

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Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

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Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$5.6MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $150.0K · 38 units, rounded up

PAC contributions$1.7M · 30.9%
Itemized individual$1.7M · 31.1%
Small-dollar (≤$200)$1.2M · 20.6%
All other$980.2K · 17.4%

FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.381

Social (dim 2)0.033

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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