Ben Ray Luján

U.S. Senator (Class 2), NM

Democratic New Mexico since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Government Operations & Budget 4 Civil Rights & Liberties 3 Environment & Energy 2 Economy & Taxes 1 Education 1 Labor & Employment 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 2), NM current New Mexico	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District New Mexico current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 1, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NM-3 New Mexico	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NM-3 New Mexico	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NM-3 New Mexico	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NM-3 New Mexico	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NM-3 New Mexico	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NM-3 New Mexico	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NM-3 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NM-3 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NM-3 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NM-3 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NM-3 United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NM-3 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and Credit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.381, social dim. 0.033. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
SRES 412 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-540	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-540 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-539	Oct 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-539 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-538	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-538 US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans…	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-537	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-537 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-535	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-535 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-528	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-528 US-GOV-PD
S 2882 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-536	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-536 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-534	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-534 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-527	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-527 US-GOV-PD
S 2806 Eliminate Shutdowns Act	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-533	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-533 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-532	Sep 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-532 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-531	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-531 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-530	Sep 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-530 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-529	Sep 19, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-529 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-526	Sep 18, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-526 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-525	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-525 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Decision of the Chair	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-524	Sep 17, 2025	Decision of Chair Not Sustained	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-524 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion to Reconsider	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-523	Sep 17, 2025	Motion to Reconsider Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-523 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-522	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-522 US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 22 A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for…	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-521	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-521 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 60 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-520	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-520 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-519	Sep 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-519 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-518	Sep 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-518 US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-517	Sep 15, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-517 US-GOV-PD
	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-516	Sep 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-516 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 9, 2023–Dec 30, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 10:08 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$1,349,678	$0	$1,349,678

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$19,074	PEOPLE FOR BEN	PEOPLE FOR BEN	unclassified	Sep 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN PEANUT SHELLERS ASSOCIATION	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Mar 23, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS PAC	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Mar 6, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL, AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Jun 28, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Apr 18, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	WATERPAC - NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL COMMITTEE	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Feb 15, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL PAC	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Oct 23, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	NATIONAL PECAN FEDERATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PECAN PAC)	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Apr 18, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	NATIONAL PEANUT BUYING POINTS ASSOCIATION	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Mar 23, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	US PEANUT PAC	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Mar 23, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ALABAMA PEANUT PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, PEANUTPAC OF ALABAMA	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Mar 23, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PAC	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	May 4, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	NATIONAL PECAN FEDERATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PECAN PAC)	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Apr 18, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	BORDER HEALTH FEDERAL PAC	PEOPLE FOR BEN	Corporate PAC	Apr 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are not campaign contributions and are shown separately by support or opposition.

Cycle	Position	Itemized spending loaded	Period / as of	Coverage	Source
2024	Support	$2,500 (1 records)	Jun 25, 2024–Jun 25, 2024 · as of Jun 25, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD