---
type: Person
title: "Ben Ray Luján"
description: "U.S. Senate - NM — State of New Mexico"
role: "U.S. Senate - NM"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NM"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 6
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "8d9000a6-7cd8-4eb7-b0e1-ec46c2f46d60"
  office: "f966b68f-2abc-4a48-963e-a86d33bfa093"
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  jurisdiction: "a7fdddfa-79f2-4b7f-a98d-1e96dcfa8f28"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, nm]
timestamp: "2026-06-20"
---

# Ben Ray Luján

Current U.S. Senate - NM (State of New Mexico).

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v2 export (2026-06-20).