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Ben Ray Luján ( loo-HAHN; born June 7, 1972) is an American politician serving since 2021 as the junior United States senator from New Mexico. From 2009 to 2021, he represented New Mexico's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives; he served as assistant speaker from 2019 to 2021. Luján is a self-described progressive Democrat. Before being elected to Congress, Luján served as a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission from 2005 to 2008, where he was also chairman. He and Senator Martin Heinrich are the co-deans of New Mexico's congressional delegation. Luján served as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 2014 to 2019; Democrats won a House majority in the 2018 elections. In his role as assistant House Democratic leader, Luján was the highest-ranking Hispanic in Congress. In 2020, Luján was elected to the Senate. He has been nominated for reelection in 2026.

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Senator
Office level
federal
Canonical name
Luján, Ben
First name
Ben
Last name
Luján
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    Source record ID: cn:2022:H8NM03196

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  • FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)

    Source record ID: cn:2022:S0NM00058

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    Source record ID: cn:2024:H8NM03196

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    Source record ID: cn:2026:H8NM03196

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    Source record ID: cn:2026:S0NM00058

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    Source record ID: cn:2024:S0NM00058

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  • US Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)

    Source record ID: senate:L000570

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  • FEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)

    Source record ID: fec_races:S0NM00058:2026

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bioguide_id
L000570
fec_candidate_id
H8NM03196
fec_candidate_ids
H8NM03196,S0NM00058
govtrack_id
412293
wikidata_id
Q324256