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Ben Ray Luján
File · Money Read
What the money shows
Ben Ray Luján has an estimated net worth of $194,500. The 2026 campaign raised $4.7M. Ben Ray Luján sits on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research and Telecommunications and Media.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Est. net worth
$195K
$89K – $300K
Raised (last cycle)
$4.7M
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
5
Senator since 2021 · 17y in office
Net-worth filings
1
from disclosures
File — Balance
Bills weighed against funded sectors
Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.
Other
$201K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Tech & Telecom
$57K in corporate money from tech · 8 roll calls · 2 bills
Banking & Financial
$52K in corporate money from banking · 13 roll calls · 9 bills
Health & Pharma
$43K in corporate money from health · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against health
0 bills
with health
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Law & Lobbying
$22K in corporate money from law · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against law
0 bills
with law
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Ideological / Leadership
$20K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Labor / Unions
$16K in union money · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Sports, Media & Entertainment
$16K in corporate money from sports, media · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against sports, media
0 bills
with sports, media
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Agriculture
$15K in corporate money from agriculture · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against agriculture
0 bills
with agriculture
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
File A — Net Worth
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →File C — Service
Term history
- SenatorNMDHouse → Senate2021 – 2027 · 6 yrs
- RepresentativeNM-3D2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeNM-3D2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeNM-3D2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeNM-3D2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeNM-3D2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeNM-3D2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
File — Background
Senator Ben Ray Luján, NM
Born June 7, 1972.
Studied at
New Mexico Highlands University [wikidata]
Family money
father · sourced role
Ben Luján [source]
Ben Luján, Sr. was an American politician from New Mexico. A Democrat, he was the Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives. He served in the State House from 1975 through 2012. He was elected as Speaker beginning in 2001, serving until his death in office. His legislative district, the 46th, was composed mostly of Santa Fe. He is the father of U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján.
File — The 2026 race
New Mexico · Senate
General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.
The read · New Mexico · Senate
Ben Ray Luján has raised more than 139 times the next candidate.
Democrat Ben Ray Luján has raised about $4.7M, more than 139 times any rival.
Larry Marker reports 85% of campaign money from individuals.
Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
Ben Ray Luján D · incumbent | vs | LM Larry Marker R · challenger |
|---|---|---|
| $4.7M | Raised | $34K |
| $4.4M | Cash on hand | $12K |
| 37% | From PACs | 0% |
| 62% | From individuals | 85% |
| Banking & Financial | Top donor sector | Too few to rank |
| Yes | Incumbent | No |
Contractor money
Federal contractors who funded this member
This is a documented association, not a claim that campaign money caused an award.
All federal contractors who funded you
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Fed awards$311M
Bills
Recorded votes
31 votes · 11 Yea · 20 Nay. "Sector money" is this member's corporate and union money from the sector each bill touches. Receipts, not a claim about the vote. Money-linked votes first.
1–15 of 31
File — The New Mexico delegation
Who else New Mexico sends to Congress
2 senators and 3 of 3 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
- Martin HeinrichSenatorD
- Melanie A. StansburyDistrict 1D
- Gabe VasquezDistrict 2D
- Teresa Leger FernandezDistrict 3D
Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
File — Where this page comes from
Ben Ray Luján · sources
Only sources that fed this profile are listed here.
| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org | Quoted descriptors for family rows | 2026-07-30 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |