Ben Ray Luján

U.S. Senator · New Mexico · Democrat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

0.66· expected 0.63

Meets expectations

Rank 55 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 29 minority-party members without a committee lead

How far Luján’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

84 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 84 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Luján’s ratings compare with every senator

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Luján.

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 12 missed of 915

Voted on 903 of 915 roll calls; missed 12. Higher than 69% of senators.

85%100%

98/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 20 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 828 votes that split the parties. Lower than 66% of senators.

75%100%

8/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 70% of senators.

0%30%

−0.38

Democratic middle 80%: -0.51 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

3 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Luján’s effectiveness score.

S. 1363 New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination ActDirects the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service to coordinate with New Mexico Land Grant Council on traditional land uses. AI-readPublic Lands and Natural Resources · Introduced Sep 24, 2026Substantive2.1k words Introduced
S. 640 Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement ActAuthorizes deposits of unpaid interest into three tribal water development funds. AI-readNative Americans · Introduced Dec 15, 2025SubstantiveText pending Introduced
S. 637 Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2025Amends the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project authorization and funding. AI-readNative Americans · Out of committee Mar 5, 2025Substantive6k words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.