SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján — the No. 4 ranked Democrat in Congress — announced his campaign Monday for the state's open U.S. Senate seat in 2020.
Democrats hope to keep their hold on the seat held by Sen. Tom Udall, who announced last week that he won't seek a third term.
In a conversation with The Associated Press on Monday, Luján emphasized the importance of Democratic efforts to defend access to health insurance"no matter how much money you make or what area code you live in." Luján readily won reelection in recent years while campaigning to advance immigration reform, combat climate change and address the state's crisis of opioid addiction and drug overdose deaths.
Luján hails from a prominent New Mexico political family that includes Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a distant cousin by marriage, as well as his father, Ben Luján, who was the state's House speaker for over a decade. The elder Luján served in New Mexico's unsalaried Legislature from 1974 until shortly before his death in 2012.
Luján said Monday that the inquiry showed no infraction from the emails that emerged from a group event.
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