Current Position: US Senator since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: US Representative for NM-03 from 2009 – 2020
Other Positions:   Chair, Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband – Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Ben Ray Luján served as a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission from 2005 to 2008, where he also served as chairman.

Luján was selected as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in 2014 and led the Democrats to win a House majority in the 2018 elections. He was the first Hispanic to serve in this role. In his role as assistant House Democratic leader, Luján was the highest-ranking Latino in Congress.

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A strong educator workforce will help students prepare for the future. I’m proud to join @TimKaine
and my colleagues in urging Senate Leadership to invest $9 billion in the educator workforce to ensure that we have a well-prepared educator workforce.

Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico speaks at the Democratic National Convention

Current Position: US Senator since 2009
Affiliation: Democrat

Tom Udall has earned a reputation as a principled leader who has the integrity to do what is right for New Mexico and our nation. Tom began serving as United States Senator in 2009, after two decades of public service as U.S. Representative and New Mexico’s State Attorney General. He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014, and is now New Mexico’s senior senator.

Tom Udall has earned a reputation as a principled leader who has the integrity to do what is right for New Mexico and our nation. Tom began serving as United States Senator in 2009, after two decades of public service as U.S. Representative and New Mexico’s State Attorney General. He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014, and is now New Mexico’s senior senator.

Source: Government page