Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratNM · Senator
61
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 98
Independence37
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone0
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency59
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Ben Ray Luján
DemocratNM · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.381)
Ben Ray Luján is a Democrat Senator from NM. He has served 17 years in Congress across 7 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 62.6% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.
17
Years in Office
7
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
62.6%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
120 votes against party
0.9%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
43
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ
How Ben Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty+16.5% vs avg
62.6%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-1.4% vs avg
0.9%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+13.3 vs avg
43
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-05-13
$4,165,907
Cash on Handⓘ
$5,019,140
Total Receiptsⓘ
$2,067,026
Disbursementsⓘ
$2,601,216
Individual Donors
$1,445,346
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2009–2021House · NM-3 · Democrat
2021–PresentSenate · NM · DemocratCurrent
State Demographics
NM · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
2,114,768
Population
$62,059
Median Income
38.7
Median Age
29.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 53.6%Black 2.1%Hispanic 48.2%Asian 1.7%