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Ben Ray Lujan

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 7, 1972 in Santa Fe, NM

Education:

  • Attended University of New Mexico, 1990-1995
  • New Mexico Highlands University, B.B.A., 2007

Career:

  • NM Public Regulatory Commission, 2005-2007
  • NM Deputy Treasurer
  • CFO, NM Cultural Affairs Department
  • Chairman, Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee, 2015-2019


Election Results for Ben Ray Lujan


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 36 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 26,775 41.5%
2008 36 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 161,292 56.7%
2010 38 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,967 100.0%
2010 38 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 120,048 57.0%
2012 40 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 53,908 100.0%
2012 40 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 167,103 63.1%
2014 42 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 50,709 87.6%
2014 42 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 113,249 61.5%
2016 44 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 76,789 100.0%
2016 44 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 170,612 62.4%
2018 46 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 63,909 100.0%
2018 46 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 155,201 63.4%
2020 48 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 255,082 100.0%
2020 48 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 474,883 51.8%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Ben Ray Lujan


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2009 37 House 98 1 D 91 7 99 100 0
2010 38 House 99 1 D 95 5 99 100 0
2011 39 House 91 6 D 83 16 98 90 8
2012 40 House 92 7 D 92 8 97 80 4
2013 41 House 93 7 D 87 12 99 95 12
2014 42 House 95 3 D 88 11 98 85 8
2015 43 House 96 4 D 94 6 99 90 4
2016 44 House 94 4 D 96 2 98 95 0
2017 45 House 99 1 R 14 86 99 100 4
2018 46 House 95 4 R 22 78 99 83 4
2019 47 House 99 1 R 4 96 99 95 3
2020 48 House 99 1 R 6 83 100 100 0
2021 49 Senate 99 1 D 95 5 99 95 8
2022 50 Senate 83 0 D 82 0 83 0
2023 51 Senate 94 2 D 99 0
2024 52 Senate 91 8 D 99
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.