2026 election · U.S. Senate
2026 New Mexico Senate race
Incumbent: Ben Ray Luján (Democrat) — see their approval score, record, and voting history on their page.
Declared candidates
Source: FEC candidate filingsStated positions (8) ▾
- Abortion: Supports keeping abortion safe and legal, opposes overturning Roe v. Wade, and holds a 100% pro-choice voting record per NARAL. [1]
- Agriculture: Supports policies backing farmers, dairy producers, and ranchers as key to New Mexico's economy. [1]
- Environment: Supports climate action and environmental justice, including legislation to plug abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. [1]
- Foreign Policy/War Powers: Supports reasserting Congressional authority over war decisions, backed retiring the 2001 AUMF, and opposed U.S. involvement in the Trump administration's Iran war. [1][2]
- Government Spending/Border Enforcement: Opposes large, unaccountable budget increases for ICE and CBP, arguing funds should instead go toward lowering costs for families. [1][2]
- Healthcare: Supports the Affordable Care Act, protections for preexisting conditions, and expanding children's health coverage such as CHIP outreach funding. [1]
- Immigration: Supports protections for DACA recipients, TPS holders, farm workers, and asylees, and favors reforming rather than punitively funding immigration enforcement. [1][2][3]
- Trade/Tariffs: Supports targeted tariffs to ensure fair trade but opposes broad Trump-era tariffs, saying they raise consumer prices and fuel inflation. [1]
Public polling
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