New Mexico U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election: All Funding
Larry Marker (R) vs. Ben Ray Luján (D) · general election November 3, 2026
Last updated October 8, 2026, 5:19 PM ET
Data current through: independent expenditures October 5, 2026 (filings processed through October 8, 2026) · campaign finances June 30, 2026 · super PAC donors August 31, 2026*
Scope: money deployed in the general election — independent expenditures disseminated after the June 2, 2026 primaries, once both nominees were set. $319 of independent expenditures disseminated on or before primary day is primary-period spending: kept out of the general-election totals and two-way tables, listed by committee in the appendix at the bottom of this page (§7.15) — see scope note. Campaign finances are cycle-to-date as reported to the FEC.
7.1 — Race summary
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | Outside $ supporting | Outside $ opposing | Total outside benefiting | Grand total benefiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Marker (R) | $33,525 | $21,675 | $11,850 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $21,675 |
| Ben Ray Luján (D) | $5,626,629 | $2,443,668 | $4,396,754 | $217,386 | $0 | $217,386 | $2,661,053 |
| Total | $5,660,154 | $2,465,343 | $4,408,604 | $217,386 | $0 | $217,386 | $2,682,728 |
Every cell to the dollar. Raised / Spent / Cash on hand are each campaign's cycle-to-date FEC totals (they include primary-period activity — note); the three outside-money columns count only independent expenditures disseminated after primary day. "Grand total benefiting" = a candidate's own campaign disbursements + total outside spending benefiting that candidate. Receipts and expenditures are never added into a single figure. Attribution rule.
7.2 — Charts
(a) All money, by side
| Component | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Benefiting Larry Marker | $21,675 | 0.8% |
| Benefiting Ben Ray Luján | $2,661,053 | 99.2% |
(b) Outside money by committee — benefiting Larry Marker
| Component | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| None reported | ||
(b) Outside money by committee — benefiting Ben Ray Luján
| Component | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ab PAC | $217,386 | 100.0% |
(c) Outside spending by purpose — benefiting Larry Marker
| Component | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| None reported | ||
(c) Outside spending by purpose — benefiting Ben Ray Luján
| Component | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TV/Radio | $217,006 | 99.8% |
| Production/Creative | $380 | 0.2% |
(d) Campaign receipts — Larry Marker
| Component | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual contributions | $28,525 | 100.0% |
(d) Campaign receipts — Ben Ray Luján
| Component | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual contributions | $2,908,105 | 51.9% |
| PAC contributions | $1,738,346 | 31.0% |
| Transfers from authorized cmtes | $958,220 | 17.1% |
Donuts are computed server-side from the same snapshot figures shown in each accompanying table; chart and table cannot disagree.
7.3 — Outside spending by committee
| Committee | Type | For Larry Marker | Against Larry Marker | For Ben Ray Luján | Against Ben Ray Luján | Total | Latest filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ab PAC | hybrid PAC | $0 | $0 | $217,386 | $0 | $217,386 | 10/05/2026 |
| Total (1 filers) | $0 | $0 | $217,386 | $0 | $217,386 |
Every filer found by the candidate-level Schedule E pull is listed, not only the verified super PACs. Committee names link to their FEC pages. Spending that opposes one candidate is counted as benefiting the other. Attribution rule. General-election rows only (disseminated after primary day); spending disseminated on or before primary day is listed in the appendix, §7.15.
7.4 — Outside spending by purpose category
| Category | Benefiting Larry Marker | Benefiting Ben Ray Luján | Total | % of outside spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV/Radio | $0 | $217,006 | $217,006 | 99.8% |
| Production/Creative | $0 | $380 | $380 | 0.2% |
| Total | $0 | $217,386 | $217,386 | 100.0% |
Purpose categories are assigned from each expenditure's FEC description using a fixed keyword map. Unclassified share: 0.0%.
7.5 — Super PAC donors
Ab PAC
| Donor | Employer / Occupation | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AB Foundation | — | $13,004,202 |
| Democracy Matters | — | $5,560,000 |
| Deborah Simon | N/A · Retired | $5,000,000 |
| Democracy PAC | — | $4,000,000 |
| Lynn S. Stern | Self Employed · Photographer | $1,000,000 |
| David Randolph Peeler | Berkshire Partners · Senior Advisor | $1,000,000 |
| DM Impact Summer Fund | — | $745,000 |
| Government That Works PAC | — | $725,000 |
| Gregory Jensen | Bridgewater Associates · Co-Chief Investment Officer | $500,000 |
| Anne G. Earhart | Self Employed · Investor | $500,000 |
| Amy Goldman Fowler | Self Employed · Author | $500,000 |
| Project 218 | — | $463,984 |
| Edward Rice | Self Employed · Consultant | $400,000 |
| Amos Hostetter | N/A · Retired | $325,000 |
| American Association For Justice PAC | — | $300,000 |
| Joseph Kaempfer | McArthur Glen Group · Executive | $300,000 |
| Garden State Integrity | — | $300,000 |
| Cynthia Miscikowski | The Ring Group · Real Estate Asset Management | $250,000 |
| John Thompson | Microsoft · Board Member | $237,500 |
| Matthew Bernstein | Emory University · Professor | $200,000 |
| R. Ken Coit | Coit Financial Group · President | $200,000 |
| Amy Fikes | N/A · Homemaker | $200,000 |
| Edward Snowdon | Self Employed · Theatrical Producer | $200,000 |
| C. David Swindell | N/A · Not Employed | $200,000 |
| Henry S. Wallace | Self Employed · Non-Profit Director | $200,000 |
Showing top 25 of 413 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.
Ab PAC raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to New Mexico specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through August 31, 2026.
One table per verified super PAC active in the general-election window (§7.3), largest spender first. Committees are added here once their spending appears in the two-way ledger.
7.6 — Campaign fundraising composition
Larry Marker (R)
| Source | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions (itemized + small-dollar) | $28,525 |
| PAC contributions | $0 |
| Candidate self-funding / loans | $0 |
| Total receipts | $33,525 |
Ben Ray Luján (D)
| Source | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions (itemized + small-dollar) | $2,908,105 |
| PAC contributions | $1,738,346 |
| Candidate self-funding / loans | $0 |
| Transfers from authorized committees (joint fundraising / nominee fund) | $958,220 |
| Total receipts | $5,626,629 |
Individual contributions combine itemized and small-dollar (unitemized) receipts as reported in each committee's FEC totals. Figures are cycle-to-date for each principal campaign committee (the FEC summary file does not separate primary-period from general-election receipts). Transfers from authorized committees are shown as their own labeled row and are not buried in totals.
7.7 — Campaign spending by category
Larry Marker (R)
| Category | Amount | % of spending |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | $16,591 | 87.6% |
| Payroll/Operations | $2,015 | 10.6% |
| Direct mail | $342 | 1.8% |
| Total | $18,948 | 100.0% |
Ben Ray Luján (D)
| Category | Amount | % of spending |
|---|---|---|
| Fundraising costs | $694,711 | 30.3% |
| Payroll/Operations | $505,579 | 22.0% |
| Unclassified | $493,181 | 21.5% |
| Text/Phones | $229,356 | 10.0% |
| Digital ads | $161,438 | 7.0% |
| TV/Radio | $156,253 | 6.8% |
| Polling/Research | $53,565 | 2.3% |
| Production/Creative | $1,950 | 0.1% |
| Direct mail | −$323 | -0.0% |
| Total | $2,295,709 | 100.0% |
Buckets are assigned from each disbursement's FEC purpose description using the same keyword map applied to outside spending. Cycle-to-date for each principal campaign committee.
7.8 — PACs giving directly to each campaign
Larry Marker (R)
| PAC | Amount | Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Campaign Committee Of New Mexico | $5,000 | 06/17/2026 |
| Total (1) | $5,000 |
Ben Ray Luján (D)
Cash and in-kind contributions from PACs and other political committees to each campaign, cycle-to-date (FEC transaction types 24K and 24Z in the committee-to-candidate bulk file, memo entries excluded). The candidate's own authorized committees are left out — their transfers are the "transfers from authorized committees" line in §7.6. Independent expenditures (types 24A/24E) are never counted here; they appear only in the §7.3 ledger.
Also in this FEC file, shown elsewhere on this page
- $319 of independent expenditures (types 24E for, 24A against) — outside spending: rows disseminated after primary day are in the §7.3 ledger and the totals above, primary-period rows are in the §7.15 appendix. $319 of it, from 2 committee(s) that report IEs only on their regular reports and never appear in the FEC independent-expenditure file, was added from this file so it is not lost ($319 in the §7.15 appendix (primary period)).
7.9 — Earmarked contributions via conduits
Larry Marker (R)
No AIPAC PAC earmarks to this campaign in the filings processed for this snapshot.
Ben Ray Luján (D)
No AIPAC PAC earmarks to this campaign in the filings processed for this snapshot.
Both campaigns are checked the same way against AIPAC PAC's own itemized receipts (each earmark names the recipient committee). AIPAC PAC reports disclosed through August 31, 2026. This is an overlay statistic showing the conduit path of money already counted in §7.6 receipts; it is not added to any other total. AIPAC PAC contributions earmarked to a candidate pass through the traditional PAC as a conduit. ActBlue is a payment processor, mechanically different from an ideological bundler; no ActBlue conduit activity was observed in the current filings.
7.9b — AIPAC PAC-network donors among itemized contributors
Larry Marker (R)
- Match tier: name + ZIP 0 donors ($0); name + state only 0 donors ($0). 0 matched donors list the identical employer string on both sides.
- Residence: NM 0 donors ($0); out of state 0 donors ($0).
- No negative Schedule A adjustment lines in these reports. The FEC candidate summary shows no refunds to individuals for the cycle.
- No transfers in from joint fundraising or other authorized committees in these reports.
- Itemized receipts through June 26, 2026 (C00943738: 19 itemized lines).
By quarter
| Quarter | Matched donors | All itemized | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $0 | $24,960 | 0.0% |
Ben Ray Luján (D)
- Match tier: name + ZIP 7 donors ($9,240); name + state only 2 donors ($297). 5 matched donors list the identical employer string on both sides.
- Residence: NM 0 donors ($0); out of state 9 donors ($9,537).
- No negative Schedule A adjustment lines in these reports. Refunds to individuals ($87,128 cycle-to-date, per the FEC candidate summary) are not netted.
- Not compared: $958,220 that reached the campaign as transfers from joint fundraising or other authorized committees (Schedule A line 12, per the FEC candidate summary). The individuals behind those transfers are reported as memo entries and are outside this comparison.
- Itemized receipts through June 30, 2026 (C00443689: 24,147 itemized lines).
By quarter
| Quarter | Matched donors | All itemized | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $0 | $103,208 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2025 | $2,740 | $281,258 | 1.0% |
| Q3 2025 | $1,087 | $248,331 | 0.4% |
| Q4 2025 | $3,527 | $323,026 | 1.1% |
| Q1 2026 | $1,009 | $287,500 | 0.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $1,174 | $390,860 | 0.3% |
Dates with the most matched-donor money
| Date | Gifts | Matched | Day total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/22/2025 | 2 | $3,500 | $6,506 | 53.8% |
| 06/18/2025 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,959 | 84.5% |
| 03/09/2026 | 1 | $1,000 | $9,543 | 10.5% |
| 09/24/2025 | 2 | $1,000 | $19,200 | 5.2% |
| 05/28/2026 | 1 | $1,000 | $5,521 | 18.1% |
| 05/05/2025 | 1 | $100 | $720 | 13.9% |
| 06/14/2025 | 2 | $70 | $1,363 | 5.1% |
| 04/04/2025 | 1 | $50 | $5,424 | 0.9% |
Larry Marker (R) — matched donors
No itemized donor to this campaign appears in AIPAC PAC's receipts for the reports examined.
Ben Ray Luján (D) — matched donors (9)
| Donor | City | Employer | Occupation | To campaign | Gifts | Latest gift | To/through AIPAC PAC | Candidates earmarked | Cycles | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Gural | New York, NY | Gfp Real Estate | Real Estate | $3,500 | 2 | 12/22/2025 | $16,600 | 6 | 2024/2026 | name + ZIP, same employer |
| Lindsay Gross | Franklin, MI | Rocket Companies | Strategic Advisor | $2,500 | 1 | 06/18/2025 | $36,000 | 13 | 2024/2026 | name + ZIP, same employer |
| Alice Baker | Tucson, AZ | Not Employed | Not Employed | $1,000 | 2 | 09/24/2025 | $34,500 | 6 | 2024/2026 | name + ZIP, same employer |
| Bradford Cheney | Fairfax Station, VA | The Majority Group | Government Relations | $1,000 | 1 | 03/09/2026 | $500 | 1 | 2024 | name + ZIP, same employer |
| Mark Tavlarides | Washington, DC | Bgr Group | Government Relations | $1,000 | 1 | 05/28/2026 | $2,000 | 0 | 2024 | name + ZIP, same employer |
| Richard Goldstein | Sagaponack, NY | Not Employed | Not Employed | $162 | 15 | 04/20/2026 | $108 | 2 | 2024 | name + state |
| Sandra Turnauer | Plantation, FL | Not Employed | Retired | $150 | 2 | 05/05/2025 | $10,000 | 2 | 2026 | name + ZIP |
| Elizabeth Zimmer | Rochester, NY | Not Employed | Not Employed | $135 | 9 | 06/19/2026 | $2,000 | 2 | 2026 | name + state |
| Carolyn Goldstein | Bayside, NY | Not Employed | Not Employed | $90 | 3 | 06/16/2025 | $50 | 1 | 2024 | name + ZIP |
| Total | $9,537 | 36 | ||||||||
What this measures: donor overlap, not direction. Each nominee's itemized individual receipts (Schedule A, individuals only, memo entries excluded, net of the negative adjustment lines campaigns file to reverse excessive contributions) are compared with the people named in AIPAC PAC's own regular reports from January 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026 (44 reports, 94,231 individual receipt lines, 18,211 distinct donors — direct PAC contributions and earmarks to any candidate alike). Donors are grouped, and chargebacks netted, at the level of surname + first given name + ZIP code on both sides; a donor matches when that ZIP-level identity appears in both ("name + ZIP"). Only when it does not is a weaker fallback tried: the same surname and first name anywhere in the same state, compared against the combined receipts of everyone with that name in the state ("name + state" — several people can share a name, so this tier is reported separately). Both nominees are run through the identical procedure, so the opponent's block shows what the same method yields on the other donor list; it is a comparison, not a measured error rate. A match shows that a person who gave to this campaign also gave to or through AIPAC PAC; it does not show that AIPAC PAC raised, hosted or directed the contribution, which FEC data cannot establish (see the §7.9 earmark blocks for money that verifiably passed through the PAC). Only contributions itemized by the campaign ($200+ aggregate) can be matched; unitemized receipts are invisible to this method, and so are donors whose money arrived as a joint-fundraising-committee transfer (each block states that amount). Every matched donor is in the matched-donor CSV. Method note.
7.10 — Final-stretch tracker
(a) 24-hour independent-expenditure reports since October 15 (newest first)
None reported since October 15.
(b) 48-hour contribution notices (Form 6), per campaign
Larry Marker (R)
None reported since October 15.
Ben Ray Luján (D)
None reported since October 15.
Figures reported via 24/48-hour notices; not yet in a periodic report. The closing window opens October 15, the day after pre-general report coverage ends; this is the live feed through election day (November 3, 2026). Before then, every notice-sourced expenditure is already in the §7.3 tables and the §7.11 ledger.
7.11 — Full expenditure ledger
Every deduped Schedule E transaction in the general-election window (4 rows). Full ledger with cents precision in the CSV download; primary-period rows are in the §7.15 appendix.
| Date | Committee | Candidate | Support / Oppose | Amount | Purpose | Payee | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/05/2026 | Ab PAC | Ben Ray Luján | Support | $191,913 | TV/Radio | AdQuick | view |
| 10/05/2026 | Ab PAC | Ben Ray Luján | Support | $19,593 | TV/Radio | Lamar Companies | view |
| 10/05/2026 | Ab PAC | Ben Ray Luján | Support | $5,500 | TV/Radio | Target Platform | view |
| 10/05/2026 | Ab PAC | Ben Ray Luján | Support | $380 | Production/Creative | Berni Consulting LLC | view |
| Total (4 transactions) | $217,386 | ||||||
7.12 — Electioneering communications & communication costs
Electioneering communications
None reported.
Communication costs
None reported.
Every cycle-to-date row naming either nominee, dated so primary-period and general-election items can be told apart; these are not independent expenditures and are not added into any total above.
7.13 — Downloads
- Full deduped expenditure ledger — general-election window (CSV, cents precision) — /data/nm-senate-general/expenditure-ledger.csv
- Primary-period ledger — §7.15 appendix rows (CSV, cents precision) — /data/nm-senate-general/pre-primary-ledger.csv
- Super PAC donor tables (CSV) — /data/nm-senate-general/superpac-donors.csv
- §7.9b matched donors — both nominees, one row per matched donor (CSV, cents precision) — /data/nm-senate-general/aipac-network-donors.csv
- Summary JSON (headline figures + outside spending by committee) — /data/nm-senate-general/summary.json
- Full snapshot JSON (every section, incl. prePrimary rows and reconciliation) — /data/nm-senate-general/snapshot.json
CSV downloads keep full cents precision. Table totals on this page are exactly reproducible by summing the published CSV.
7.14 — Sources & methodology
Sources
All figures derive from filings with the Federal Election Commission. Committee filings: Sierra Club Independent Action · Ab PAC · Senate Leadership Fund (SLF PAC) · Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) · Defend The Vote · United Democracy Project (UDP) · Givegreen United Action · WinSenate.
Deduplication
The same expenditure can appear up to three times — as a raw electronic-filing row, as a 24/48-hour notice (Form 24 / Form 5), and re-itemized later in a committee's regular periodic report (Form 3X), with amendments adding further copies. To avoid overstating totals, amendment chains are collapsed; then, per committee, the authoritative ledger keeps non-notice rows disseminated on or before the coverage-end date of the committee's latest filed regular report, plus notice rows disseminated after that date. Memo entries are excluded from all sums.
Attribution rule
Spending that opposes one candidate is counted as benefiting the other. Benefiting a candidate = independent expenditures supporting that candidate + independent expenditures opposing the opponent. Electioneering communications and communication costs are listed separately in §7.12 and are not added to these totals. The rule applies only to spending disseminated after primary day, once both nominees were set; see the scope note below.
FEC-reported expenditures only — no ad-tracker reservations included.
Donor-network cross-match (§7.9b)
Identity key: surname letters (suffixes such as Jr./III dropped) plus the first given-name token (honorifics dropped), then ZIP5 (preferred) or state. Nominee side: the FEC's processed individual-contribution file for the 2026 cycle (every authorized committee's Schedule A individual lines as itemized on its regular Form 3 reports; memo entries and non-individual entities excluded; the FEC's processed data reflects the latest amendment of each report). Network side: AIPAC PAC's regular Form 3X reports covering January 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026 (44 reports, 18,211 distinct donor identities), including earmarks to every candidate and direct PAC contributions. Result: Larry Marker (R) 0 matched donors, $0 (0.0% of itemized individual receipts through June 26, 2026); Ben Ray Luján (D) 9 matched donors, $9,537 (0.6% of itemized individual receipts through June 30, 2026). Reading: an overlap of donors, reported as a descriptive statistic and kept out of every total. It is not evidence that AIPAC PAC solicited or bundled the money — the FEC record shows conduit passage only through the earmarks in §7.9 and through lobbyist-bundler reports (Form 3L; none filed by Larry Marker's committees; Ben Ray Luján's committees have filed 1 such report). Known limits: common names in the same ZIP can collide (the opponent's block is the empirical control); donors who list different name spellings or addresses on the two sides are missed; unitemized contributions cannot be matched; amounts are net of negative Schedule A adjustment lines but refunds disbursed on Schedule B, where present, are not netted.
Independent expenditures that name other New Mexico U.S. Senate candidates (eliminated in or absent from the June 2, 2026 primaries, or running outside the two-way matchup) would be excluded from the two-way accounting above; none were found in the filings processed for this snapshot.
Scope: general election only
This page covers the general election, November 3, 2026, between the two nominees set by the June 2, 2026 primaries. Independent expenditures naming either nominee but disseminated on or before primary day — 9 filing row(s) totaling $319 as of October 8, 2026 — are primary-period spending: they are kept out of the general-election totals and two-way tables and are not credited to either nominee (before primary day each was running against different opponents, so "opposing one benefits the other" does not hold). Largest primary-period spenders: Givegreen United Action $309 (supporting Luján); Sierra Club Independent Action $10 (supporting Luján). They are listed by committee in the appendix at the bottom of this page (§7.15), and every row is in the primary-period ledger CSV (and under prePrimary in the full snapshot JSON, §7.13). The general-election window has no upper cutoff: everything disseminated after primary day counts, through election day and any post-election filings. Date basis: 9 row(s) totaling $319 carry no dissemination date in the FEC file and are placed by their expenditure or transaction date instead (0 row(s), $0, fall after primary day; 9 row(s), $319, on or before it). None of them falls within 7 days of primary day. Every ledger row states its date basis in the CSV (date_basis column).
Disclosure gaps
- Campaign finances (§7.1 Raised / Spent / Cash on hand, §7.6, §7.7, §7.8) are each principal committee's cycle-to-date totals through June 30, 2026: the FEC candidate summary file does not separate primary-period from general-election receipts and disbursements, so those figures include the primaries. Activity after June 30, 2026 first appears in the October 15 quarterly report, covering through September 30.
- Super PAC donor lists run through each committee's latest filed report (per-committee cutoffs below). Monthly filers (Ab PAC) disclose about 20 days after each month ends. Independent expenditures themselves are reported within 24 or 48 hours and are current well ahead of the donor lists.
- National committees (Ab PAC, Senate Leadership Fund, Americans for Prosperity Action, WinSenate, Defend The Vote, United Democracy Project) raise for many races; their donor tables are cycle-wide, all races, and cannot be attributed to New Mexico specifically.
Super PAC donor disclosure cutoffs (per committee)
- Ab PAC — donors disclosed through August 31, 2026
Labeling is strictly neutral throughout, with identical footnote treatment for both sides' funding structures. Committees that raise nationally are described identically whichever nominee they support.
How to cite: VoteLog, "New Mexico U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election: All Funding," https://votelog.org/investigations/new-mexico-senate-general-money (last updated October 8, 2026, 5:19 PM ET).
Full method: VoteLog methodology §11 — Senate race money pages.
7.15 — Appendix: primary-period spending on or before primary day
| Committee | For Larry Marker | Against Larry Marker | For Ben Ray Luján | Against Ben Ray Luján | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givegreen United Action | $0 | $0 | $309 | $0 | $309 | 12/17/2025 |
| Sierra Club Independent Action | $0 | $0 | $10 | $0 | $10 | 04/07/2026 |
| Total (2 filers) | $0 | $0 | $319 | $0 | $319 |
Independent expenditures naming Larry Marker or Ben Ray Luján and disseminated on or before the June 2, 2026 primaries, from filings processed through October 8, 2026 (9 filing rows; every row is in the primary-period ledger CSV and under prePrimary in the full snapshot JSON, §7.13). This is primary-period money: it is listed in full here but is not added to the general-election totals above and is not credited to either nominee, because "opposing one candidate benefits the other" only holds once both are on the same ballot — before primary day each nominee was running against different opponents. Scope note.