Elections · U.S. Senate · New Mexico
2026 New Mexico Senate race
Ben Ray Luján (Democrat) and Larry Marker (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in New Mexico, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the New Mexico Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: New Mexico Secretary of State. Not a prediction.
The seat
Ben Ray Luján
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2009 · Age 54
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in New Mexico
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 28 days before, or same-day through the Saturday before Election Day and on Election Day in person.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 216,649 votes
- Ben Ray Luján Won: 84.2% 182,360
- Matt Dodson: 15.8% 34,289
The primary · 31,220 votes
- Larry Marker Won: Unopposed 31,220
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: New Mexico Secretary of State certified primary results. Certified June 23, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $8.4M
- Outside money
- $215K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Ben Ray Luján $968K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
7 filed- Joseph CarraroIndependent
- Matt ChannonRepublican
- Cameron Chick Sr.Independent
- Matt DodsonDemocrat
- Melissa OconnellIndependent
None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+6 in 2020
- Ben Ray Luján Won: 51.7%
- Mark V. Ronchetti: 45.6%
917,237 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.7%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.