Senator · New Mexico

Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján is a Democratic senator from New Mexico, in Congress since 2009. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 12, and cast 808 of 829 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9151.3%12 of 915 · rank 69 of 10197%808 of 829 · rank 67 of 101880 became law32%164 of 510
118th CongressSenate6911.0%7 of 691 · rank 81 of 10199%532 of 535 · rank 23 of 101730 became law24%106 of 450
117th CongressSenate9497.9%75 of 949 · rank 12 of 100100%705 of 708 · rank 19 of 100612 became law17%70 of 406

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.38+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 1: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.Nay
    Jul 1, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 45–55· Against party
  2. S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
    Jun 17, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 68–30· Against party
  3. S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
    Jun 12, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 67–30· Against party
  4. H.J.Res. 25: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".Yea
    Mar 26, 2025· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 70–28· Against party
  5. S.J.Res. 3: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".Yea
    Mar 4, 2025· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 70–27· Against party
  6. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 75–24· Against party
  7. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 15, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 70–25· Against party
  8. H.J.Res. 109: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121".Yea
    May 16, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 60–38· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
    Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

222 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced20793%
  2. Reported by committee73.2%
  3. Passed one chamber62.7%
  4. Became law20.9%

Policy areas

  1. Health44
  2. Native Americans24
  3. Science, Technology, Communications23
  4. Agriculture and Food21
  5. Public Lands and Natural Resources20
  6. Commerce10
  7. Education9
  8. Energy9

Latest activity

  1. S. 5662 A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
  2. S. 5635 Arts Education for All Act
    Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
  3. S. 1363 New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act
    Passed one chamber· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 24, 2026
  4. 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· Arts, Culture, Religion· Sep 23, 2026
  5. S. 5475 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program.
    Introduced· Sep 23, 2026
  6. S. 5321 HCBS Access Act
    Introduced· Health· Aug 6, 2026
  7. S. 5282 Chama Basin Watershed Protection Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Aug 6, 2026
  8. S. 5278 GHOST Act
    Introduced· Commerce· Aug 6, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$5.6M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$4.4M
From committees
$1.9M
403 committees
From contractor PACs
$328.5K
82 PACs · 17% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$10KMORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
pfizer inc.pfizer inc. pac$10KPFIZER INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$140.2K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$10KPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
the boeing companythe boeing company pac$10KTHE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$9B
microsoft corporationmicrosoft corporation stakeholders voluntary pac - msvpac$10KMICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$444.3M
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal$10KCOMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$453.1K
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$10KCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
burns & mcdonnell, inc.burns and mcdonnell inc. pac$10KBURNS & MCDONNELL, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$6M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$9,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$5.6M$1.9M$328.5K82 PACs · 17% of committee money
2024$1.4M$275.1K$34.3K9 PACs · 12% of committee money
2022$1.3M$132.3K$7,0004 PACs · 5% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · New MexicoJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · New Mexico's 3rd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. House · New Mexico's 3rd districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  4. House · New Mexico's 3rd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  5. House · New Mexico's 3rd districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  6. House · New Mexico's 3rd districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  7. House · New Mexico's 3rd districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.lujan.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-6621
Office
498 Russell Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.