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  1. Ben Ray Luján

    U.S. Senate · New Mexico

    Next up: 2026No AIPAC money · other pro-Israel PACs onlyLast backed in the 2020 cycle

    $10,500

    in backing from other pro-Israel PACs (none from AIPAC or UDP)

    $10.5K from other PACs

    • Voting score 81% (16 votes, average of 3 areas)
    • +$29.7K donor network
    • 1 AIPAC-funded trip to Israel
    • Second score (Trump nominees & Wall Street only) 42%
    • Other pro-Israel PACs: DMFI PAC $5,000 · JACPAC $3,500 · Maryland Association for Concerned Citizens $2,000
    81%Voting score on Israel, war powers & civil liberties: the three areas averaged equally; 100% = the scored vote every time
    42%Second score: Trump nominees & Wall Street only
    $29.7Kgiven directly by 16 people who also gave to AIPAC PAC or UDP
    1AIPAC-funded trip to Israel
    20%of campaign money from small donors

    How the 81% is calculated: the equal-weight average of Israel & Gaza 92% (12 votes), Speech & civil liberties 50% (2 votes), War powers 100% (2 votes). Higher means more often casting the scored vote: against military aid to Israel without new conditions and against ICC sanctions, for blocking arms sales, for requiring Congress to authorize war, and for civil liberties. Each area (Israel & Gaza, war powers, speech & civil liberties) counts equally, so the score is an average of areas, not the share of all listed votes.

    Contact Sen. Luján's office

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    Where the money comes from

    Who backs the campaign: PAC money by source
    1. Labor unions$811,500
    2. Banks, finance and insurance$530,000
    3. Drug makers$232,500
    4. Health insurers$97,500
    5. Weapons makers' PACs$84,000
    6. Oil and gas$33,500
    7. AIPAC and other pro-Israel PACs$10,500
    8. Tobacco and vaping$3,000

    PAC contributions to the campaign, including donations AIPAC passed on as earmarks, since 2016.

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    Other pro-Israel PACs
    DMFI PAC $5,000 · JACPAC $3,500 · Maryland Association for Concerned Citizens $2,000
    Weapons makers' PACs (separate)
    $84,000: Boeing $29,000 · Northrop Grumman $22,500 · RTX (Raytheon) $18,500 · Lockheed Martin $9,000 · General Dynamics $5,000
    Labor unions (PACs, separate)
    $811,500 from 41 PACs: Air Line Pilots Association $40,000 · Electrical Workers (IBEW) $40,000 · Fire Fighters (IAFF) $40,000 · Letter Carriers (NALC) $40,000 · National Education Association $39,000 · and 36 more
    Banks, finance and insurance (PACs, separate)
    $530,000 from 59 PACs: America's Credit Unions $34,000 · New York Life $30,000 · UBS $30,000 · Mortgage Bankers Association $26,500 · National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors $26,500 · and 54 more
    Drug makers (PACs, separate)
    $232,500 from 21 PACs: Pfizer $33,000 · Johnson & Johnson $22,500 · AbbVie $20,000 · Novo Nordisk $20,000 · Novartis $17,000 · and 16 more
    Health insurers (PACs, separate)
    $97,500 from 8 PACs: Health Care Service Corporation $22,500 · Humana $18,500 · Elevance Health $15,500 · UnitedHealth Group $15,000 · Cigna $11,500 · and 3 more
    Oil and gas (PACs, separate)
    $33,500 from 9 PACs: BP $10,500 · Cheniere Energy $8,000 · Williams Companies $3,500 · American Petroleum Institute $2,500 · Chevron $2,500 · and 4 more
    Tobacco and vaping (PACs, separate)
    $3,000 from 1 PAC: Altria $3,000
    AIPAC donor network (separate)
    $29,673 given directly by 16 people who also gave to AIPAC PAC or UDP (2021–2026). Matched by name and ZIP code, so a few matches may be different people with the same name (we estimate 1–3% of matched donors; see the methodology).
    Campaign funding, 2023–26
    $6,991,386 raised · 20% small donors (under $200) · 37% large donors · 29% PACs and party
    Co-sponsors, Palestinian rights & conditions on aid
    Senate request for human-rights report on Israel
    Positions
    Co-sponsors Medicare for All · Does not co-sponsor a ban on members trading stocks
    AIPAC-funded trips (AIEF)
    2017-08 (Israel)

    Pro-Israel PAC money by election cycle

    • 2016: none
    • 2018: $1,000
    • 2020: $9,500
    • 2022: none
    • 2024: none
    • 2026: none

    Voting record

    2026 race

    Won the Democratic primary (New Mexico U.S. Senate), Jun 2, 2026

    Primary, Jun 2, 2026
    CandidatePartyVotesShare
    Ben Ray Luján (this member)Democrat182,36084.2%
    Matt Dodson FEC filing (Matt Dodson)Democrat34,28915.8%

    Certified results: electionresults.sos.nm.gov

    November 3, 2026 (NM Senate): faces Larry Marker (Republican). Average of 7 forecasters: Solid D (read Oct 20, 2026). Sources: electionresults.sos.nm.gov · en.wikipedia.org

    2028 challengers

    Sources

    Changes to this entry (1)
    • 2026-10-02: Voting score changed from 96% to 81%

    Changes come from new FEC filings and votes, or from method changes explained in the change log.

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179th of 264 Democrats in Congress: more than 84 others.

  1. DMFI PAC$5,000
  2. JACPAC$3,500
  3. Maryland Association for Concerned Citizens$2,000

Counted: AIPAC PAC, United Democracy Project, NORPAC, DMFI PAC, Pro-Israel America PAC and its Action Fund, JACPAC, U.S. Israel PAC and 11 regional pro-Israel PACs (full list with FEC IDs). FEC data through Aug 31, 2026.