Luján, Ben
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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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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Luján, Ben
- First name
- Ben
- Last name
- Luján
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- New Mexico U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,729,512.54
- Total disbursements
- $1,470,123.02
- Cash on hand
- $2,427,585.78
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $2,729,512.54 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $2,144,288.56;Share: 78.6%;Denominator: $2,729,512.54 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $535,080.00;Share: 19.6%;Denominator: $2,729,512.54 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,729,512.54 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,729,512.54 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $3,000.00;Share: 0.1%;Denominator: $2,729,512.54 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $47,143.98;Share: 1.7%;Denominator: $2,729,512.54 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $754,265.00
- Itemized
- $754,265.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 10241 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $754,265.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $23,429.00;Transactions: 439;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $27,629.00;Transactions: 434;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $47,813.00;Transactions: 434;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $17,346.00;Transactions: 432;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $27,401.00;Transactions: 421;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $24,879.00;Transactions: 411;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $10,763.00;Transactions: 411;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $19,698.00;Transactions: 401;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $20,711.00;Transactions: 410;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $63,465.00;Transactions: 463;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $19,146.00;Transactions: 410;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $17,380.00;Transactions: 394;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $22,660.00;Transactions: 438;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $30,257.00;Transactions: 423;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $44,549.00;Transactions: 435;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $91,452.00;Transactions: 479;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $29,589.00;Transactions: 429;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $14,126.00;Transactions: 413;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $9,832.00;Transactions: 429;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $15,300.00;Transactions: 440;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $58,184.00;Transactions: 481;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $94,203.00;Transactions: 536;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $15,039.00;Transactions: 393;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $9,414.00;Transactions: 285;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $754,265.00 across 10,241 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $166,999.00;Transactions: 9,702 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $34,335.00;Transactions: 126 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $76,571.00;Transactions: 138 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $200,560.00;Transactions: 183 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $275,800.00;Transactions: 92 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 20% in district
- District share basis
- $152,607.00 in district and $601,658.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $754,265.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| NM | Dollars: $152,607.00;Transactions: 4,748;Denominator: $754,265.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $135,076.00;Transactions: 420;Denominator: $754,265.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $75,940.00;Transactions: 1,346;Denominator: $754,265.00 |
| DC | Dollars: $74,434.00;Transactions: 164;Denominator: $754,265.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $56,991.00;Transactions: 383;Denominator: $754,265.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $259,217.00;Transactions: 3,180;Denominator: $754,265.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $754,265.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| HALE, DARWIN | $7,500.00 | 4 transactions |
| MCKELLAR, MARIE | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| DANG, JOE | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| DANG, RUBY | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GARCIA, GILBERT | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GURAL, JEFFREY | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| NEFF, THOMAS | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| PENA-GARCIA, DEANNA | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| PERALTA, VICTOR | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| RECHNITZ, JOAN | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $331,372.00 | 7514 transactions |
| GARCIA HAMILTON & ASSOCIATES | $20,500.00 | 9 transactions |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS | $12,500.00 | 6 transactions |
| ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| ADVOCATE HEALTH ADVISORS | $7,500.00 | 4 transactions |
| GFP REAL ESTATE | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| PSQ SERVICES CORP. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| ARDELYX, INC. | $6,300.00 | 5 transactions |
| TUSK STRATEGIES | $6,000.00 | 5 transactions |
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | $6,000.00 | 3 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $81,900.00 | 39 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $81,900.00 and 39 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H8NM03196
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S0NM00058
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H8NM03196
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H8NM03196
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S0NM00058
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S0NM00058
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:L000570
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S0NM00058:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- L000570
- fec_candidate_id
- H8NM03196
- fec_candidate_ids
- H8NM03196,S0NM00058
- govtrack_id
- 412293
- wikidata_id
- Q324256