New Mexico U.S. Senate

The count.

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Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC$309 for Ben Ray Lujan
• SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC$10 for Ben Ray Lujan

Each campaign.

• Ben Ray LujanFEC filing: Ben Ray Lujan · S0NM00058 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Ben Ray Luján

  In the U.S. Senate (NM) since 2021 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 16 of the 16 key Senate floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 6 committees: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Budget, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Finance, Indian Affairs, United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control · 9 subcommittees
  • 404 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 2 committees reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (S0NM00058) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $5.5M

  Spent

  $4.8M

  Cash on hand

  $2.8M

  • Individuals 62% $3.4M
  • PACs & other committees 38% $2.1M
  • Other receipts 0.4% $22K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $990K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $319 supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC $309
  2. SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC $10

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  2. BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Home Builders $10K
  3. NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PACTrade association PAC · National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (nreca) $10K

  Where the money went $2.3M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $2.3M of the $4.8M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 23% $524K
  • Consultants & strategy 0.8% $20K
  • Staff & payroll 13% $292K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 40% $917K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $105K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.9% $21K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $122K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $78K
  • Other or unclassified 10% $218K

  Largest payees

  1. MOTHERSHIP STRATEGIES $720K
  2. PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING $281K
  3. AMERICAN EXPRESS $218K
  4. NGP VAN, INC. $146K
  5. MOORE CAMPAIGNS $124K

  Paid to individuals: $16K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (570 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Larry E MarkerFEC filing: Larry E Marker · S6NM01186 ↗

  Raised

  $99K

  Spent

  $90K

  Cash on hand

  $88

  • Individuals 95% $94K
  • Party committees 5% $5,350

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF NEW MEXICORepublican party committee $5,000

  Where the money went $74K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $74K of the $90K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 56% $41K
  • Consultants & strategy 7% $4,887
  • Fundraising & processing fees 1% $740
  • Travel, meals & events 14% $10K
  • Office, technology & overhead 23% $17K
  • Other or unclassified 0.3% $237

  Largest payees

  1. CAMPAIGN MARKETING STRATEGIES INC $13K
  2. SQUIRREL MARKETING $8,076
  3. PENFOLD LIVE $7,800
  4. OTCHEAP.COM $5,719
  5. PAN AMERICAN BROADCAST $5,005

  Paid to individuals: $5,885, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Apr 13, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (253 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Matt DodsonFEC filing: Matt Dodson · S6NM01145 ↗

  Raised

  $33K

  Spent

  $33K

  Cash on hand

  $183

  Debts

  $4,000

  • Individuals 66% $22K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 34% $11K

  Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Where the money went $30K in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 40% $12K
  • Consultants & strategy 42% $13K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 0.6% $172
  • Polling, research & data 2% $615
  • Travel, meals & events 7% $2,200
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $1,309
  • Other or unclassified 3% $1,000

  Largest payees

  1. GARRISON GRAPHICS $6,026
  2. DAYS INN $1,727
  3. NM SECRETARY OF STATE $615
  4. BEST BUY $487
  5. ACTBLUE, INC $244

  Paid to individuals: $20K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Oct 21, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (61 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Ben R L Jr.FEC filing: Ben R L Jr. · S6NM01129 ↗

  Raised

  $0

  Spent

  $0

  Cash on hand

  $0

  Campaign totals through Dec 31, 2025.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  No itemized operating expenditures from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC bulk file yet.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Toby Smith, Cameron Alton Chick Sr., Melissa Mira Oconnell, Matt Channon, Joseph John Carraro, Gavin Solomon.