Federal · U.S. Senate
Ben Ray Luján
U.S. Senator · New Mexico · Party: Democratic
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- U.S. Senator
- District
- New Mexico
- Party
- Democratic
- Term
- Since 2021
- Body
- U.S. Senate
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Ben Ray Luján's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
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Raised · 2025–2026
$5,626,629
Spent $2,443,668 · Cash on hand $4,396,754 as of Jun 30, 2026
Money raised by Ben Ray Luján's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jun 30, 2026 (latest report: july quarterly 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.
Where it came from
- Small individual donors ($200 or less)$1,158,56621%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$1,749,54031%
- PACs and other political committees$1,738,34631%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$980,17817%
For comparison, the average of the 98 senators with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $5,036,442; PACs 18% of money raised; small donors 19%; cash on hand $4,588,845. A senator's fundraising varies with where they are in a six-year term.
Top PACs
- MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)$10,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS$10,000
- NCTA - THE INTERNET AND TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)$10,000
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10,000
- UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$10,000
- PFIZER INC. PAC$10,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)$10,000
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC$10,000
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10,000
The 10 largest of $1,738,346 from PACs and other political committees (31% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
- GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTION$311
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION$10
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES$9
None reported.
Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Other members' leadership PACs and campaigns$456,000
- Finance, insurance and banking$330,150
- Issue and advocacy groups$227,750
- Lawyers and lobbyists$185,000
- Technology and telecommunications$170,250
- Health care$123,500
- Labor unions$103,000
- Energy and utilities$94,500
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 69% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.
Donors' employers
- CAPITAL GROUP$47,500
- OPENAI$19,000
- CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$17,750
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION$17,750
- THE DASCHLE GROUP$15,500
- BGR GROUP$14,500
- PATTERN ENERGY$14,000
- THEGROUP DC$13,000
- KEEFE KEEFE & UNSELL P.C.$12,000
- OGILVY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS$12,000
Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.
Source: Federal Election Commission (Ben Ray Luján at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 3, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology
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