Ben Ray Luján
Democrat
· NM Senate · 117th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · Specialty Crops (Chair) · and Research (Chair) · Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Broadband (Chair) · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · and Natural Resources · Natural Resources · and Biotechnology · and Credit · and Transportation · Product Safety · and Data Security · and Data Privacy · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Safety · Senate Committee on Finance · and Infrastructure · Senate Committee on Health · and Pensions · Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · Senate Committee on the Budget · United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Influence Score
75.1
Highly exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,536,133
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$808,960
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.6
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $188.86M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $378K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 68.5 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 75.1 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 32.3 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
ILLINOIS FUTURE PAC
Total money from this network
$24,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.8%
Amount from this network
$25,500
Total from all networks
$1,443,745
Networks contributing
296
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Who funds Luján
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$12,889,209
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
0.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
95.1%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
3
Money that arrived near votes
$6K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.65%
Biggest clusters of timed money
LAW OFFICE OF JASPREET SINGH
$3K
KGI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
$2K
NATIONAL LABOR COLLEGE
$1K
KEMPNER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$500
KEMPNER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$250
RODEY LAW FIRM
$200
KEMPNER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$125
ALBUQUERQUE HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELES
$50
ALBUQUERQUE HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELES
$50
ALBUQUERQUE HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELES
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
CHARTER
$1.41M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.36M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.19M
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
$1.19M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.11M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$1.04M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
BLOOMBERG
$1.00M
BNSF RAILWAY
$958K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$941K
ENTERGY SERVICES
$834K
USPS
$800K
CIGNA
$794K
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$791K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$700K
SOUTHERN SERVICES
$693K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$661K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ben Ray Luján comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$317
Disclosed outside spending
$0
Dark-money outside spending
$317
Share that is dark money
100.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$309
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.50M
COMMON SENSE NEW MEXICO
$404K
DREAMS IN ACTION NM
$13K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$12K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$309
DEMOCRACY PAC
$156
ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC (COMP PAC)
$-2K
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$317
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
32 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $78K to Ben Ray Luján across 54 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$78K
Shared contributors
32
Contributions
54
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 7 | $16K |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | $20K |
| 2026 | 23 | 33 | $42K |
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Ben Ray Luján's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required