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
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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 · 2023–2024
$1,364,756
Spent $735,062 · Cash on hand $1,213,793 as of Dec 31, 2024
Money raised by Ben Ray Luján's campaign committees in 2023–2024, through Dec 31, 2024 (latest report: year-end 2024), 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)$259,76919%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$812,37560%
- PACs and other political committees$267,54020%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$25,0722%
For comparison, the average of the 96 senators with 2023–2024 filings loaded: raised $9,261,812; PACs 18% of money raised; small donors 19%; cash on hand $2,835,527. A senator's fundraising varies with where they are in a six-year term.
Top PACs
- BORDER HEALTH FEDERAL PAC$10,000
- ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC$10,000
- NATIONAL PECAN FEDERATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PECAN PAC)$10,000
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC$6,500
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,500
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS TRANSPORTATION DIVISION PAC$5,000
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$5,000
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA PAC)$5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$5,000
- AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
The 10 largest of $267,540 from PACs and other political committees (20% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
None reported.
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)
- Health care$57,907
- Technology and telecommunications$53,560
- Lawyers and lobbyists$43,250
- Issue and advocacy groups$33,680
- Finance, insurance and banking$29,765
- Labor unions$27,500
- Agriculture and food$25,810
- Pharmaceuticals and medical products$24,300
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 54% 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
- GARCIA HAMILTON & ASSOCIATES$20,500
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS$12,500
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ$9,900
- ADVOCATE HEALTH ADVISORS$7,500
- ARDELYX, INC.$6,300
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.$6,000
- TUSK STRATEGIES$6,000
- MCS CENTRO DE SERVICIO HATO REY$5,300
- BUENA VISTA HOSPICE$5,000
- AT&T$4,500
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 ↗), 2023–2024. 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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