--- 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" committees: - name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry" - name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/conservation-forestry-natural-resources-and-biotechnology" - name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research" role: "ranking-member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/food-and-nutrition-specialty-crops-organics-and-research" - name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Rural Development, Energy, and Credit" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/rural-development-energy-and-credit" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media" role: "ranking-member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media" - name: "Senate Committee on Finance" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/finance" - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/energy-natural-resources-and-infrastructure" - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/health-care" - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Taxation and IRS Oversight" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/taxation-and-irs-oversight" - name: "Senate Committee on Indian Affairs" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/indian-affairs" - name: "Senate Committee on the Budget" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-budget" - name: "United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/united-states-senate-caucus-on-international-narcotics-control" 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" tenure: "1226fb6b-260d-40a1-b6b2-e6113eb2bd84" jurisdiction: "a7fdddfa-79f2-4b7f-a98d-1e96dcfa8f28" bioguide: "L000570" sources: - field: tenure source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20" - field: jurisdiction source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction" - field: roles source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)" confidence: official tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, nm] timestamp: "2026-07-04" --- # Ben Ray Luján Current U.S. Senate - NM (State of New Mexico). ## Committees - [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry.md) - [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/conservation-forestry-natural-resources-and-biotechnology.md) - [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/food-and-nutrition-specialty-crops-organics-and-research.md) — **ranking-member** - [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Rural Development, Energy, and Credit](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/rural-development-energy-and-credit.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety.md) - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media.md) — **ranking-member** - [Senate Committee on Finance](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance.md) - [Senate Committee on Finance - Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/energy-natural-resources-and-infrastructure.md) - [Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/health-care.md) - [Senate Committee on Finance - Taxation and IRS Oversight](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/taxation-and-irs-oversight.md) - [Senate Committee on Indian Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/indian-affairs.md) - [Senate Committee on the Budget](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-budget.md) - [United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control](/us/bodies/senate/committees/united-states-senate-caucus-on-international-narcotics-control.md) ## Sources - tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20 - jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction - roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project) Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).