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Ben Ray Luján

NM-S2 scores 13.8 on the Democratic incumbent route with 100% of the component weight available: a D+6.0 statewide baseline, tracker alignment, and reported cash on hand. Senate primary feasibility is not measured.

Priority score13.8#3,356 of 5,726Tie of 5

THE MEMBER

Record

Ben Ray Luján is the Democratic senator in NM Class 2. The retained roster records 5.6 cumulative years of Senate service through the source cutoff; the seat is next contested in 2026.

First Senate service
Jan 3, 2021
Next election
2026
Alignment gap
53.7
Bioguide record
L000570

THE STATE

NM-S2

NM recorded a D+6.0 presidential margin statewide in 2024. The senator reported $4,396,754 cash on hand through 2026-06-30.

2024 presidential margin
D+6.0
Cash on hand
$4,396,754
Receipts / disbursements
$5,626,629 / $2,443,668
Finance through
Jun 30, 2026
Route
Democratic incumbent route
Baseline score
4.0

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

Blue baseline

4.0

The statewide 2024 presidential result was D+6.0. The baseline is 0 at a 5-point Democratic margin and 100 at 30 points; only 2024 is retained statewide, so no multi-cycle floor applies.

Primary feasibility

Not in this score

No retained Senate primary evidence exists, so the structural baseline is the blue baseline alone. Nothing is imputed.

Incumbent alignment gap

53.7

The 119th Senate sheets of the retained Left and Palestine trackers score this member 0.4642857143 and 0.4619883041. The gap is the mean distance from full alignment, scaled by tracker coverage.

Cash vulnerability

2.8

The FEC candidate summary reports $4,396,754 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.

SENATE TERM

Recorded service

2021–nowNM-Class 2Current at source cutoff

Formula renormalized(0.65 × structural + 0.20 × alignment gap + 0.15 × cash vulnerability) × (0.6 + 0.4 × 1)

Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record