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Patty Murray

DemocratIn office

Washington · Senate 1993–present

  • Assistant Senate Minority Leader (2019–2021)
  • Assistant Senate Minority Leader (2021–2021)
  • President Pro Tempore of the Senate (2021–2025)
  • Assistant Senate Majority Leader (2021–2023)
19936 Senate terms — lighter bands are House, solid are Senatepresent

Voting record by issue

Where this member landed on each issue across their entire career, and how consistent that position stayed over time. Open an issue to see every vote behind the score.

Health Care 427 votes · 78/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage
Immigration 169 votes · 50.3/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive
Guns 35 votes · 64.3/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights
Abortion & Contraception 69 votes · 76.1/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Climate & Energy 107 votes · 63.8/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority
Taxes 432 votes · 69.7/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes
Labor & Wages 142 votes · 79.5/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
Defense & War Powers 537 votes · 68.3/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
Civil Rights 47 votes · 57/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
LGBTQ Policy 11 votes · 28/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
Voting & Elections 5 votes · 100/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Criminal Justice 152 votes · 56.8/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive
Financial Regulation 178 votes · 64.7/100 consistent
RegulateDeregulate
Trade 88 votes · 45/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.

Education 164 votes · 65.7/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role
Spending & Budget 1,981 votes · 85/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

Money & lobbying ties

Political committees that gave to this member’s principal campaign committee.

85 committees, $248,500 total (cycle 2024). Source: FEC Schedule A, line 11C. A contribution is a documented financial relationship — it is not evidence that any vote was influenced by it. Conduit committees such as ActBlue and WinRed appear here as the FEC records them, but they forward earmarked donations from individuals rather than giving money of their own.

CommitteeCycleAmount
PSYCHOLOGY PAC OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICE2024$10,000
WINE INSTITUTE PAC2024$10,000
PARSONS CORPORATION PAC2024$7,500
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. PAC (BOOZ ALLEN PAC)2024$6,500
CONSUMER BRANDS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION PAC')2024$5,000
TELEVISAUNIVISION INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC2024$5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS2024$5,000
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB2024$5,000
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC2024$5,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS PAC2024$5,000
ORGANON & CO. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING PAC2024$5,000
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. PAC (ORACLE PAC)2024$5,000
150PAC.ORG2024$5,000
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
WESTROCK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
C3.AI INC. PAC2024$5,000
SENATE FUTURE FUND2024$4,000
BALL CORPORATION PAC2024$4,000
GENERAL AVIATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION2024$3,500
PCG (PERFORMANCE CONTACTING GROUP) EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC2024$3,000

Industry rollups are not shown

This would be powered by OpenSecrets, which this project does not use. It moved behind a paid subscription, and no free source codes contributors by industry. Rather than guess an industry from a committee name, the filings are shown exactly as the FEC records them. It would otherwise show these committees grouped into industries and sectors.

Committee assignments

  • Senate Committee on AppropriationsRanking Member
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Senate Committee on the Budget
  • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesEx Officio
  • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesEx Officio
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesEx Officio
  • Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
  • Education and the American Family
  • Energy and Water DevelopmentRanking Member
  • Financial Services and General GovernmentEx Officio
  • Legislative BranchEx Officio
  • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
  • Primary Health and Retirement Security
  • State, Foreign Operations, and Related ProgramsEx Officio
  • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Full term history

YearsChamberStatePartyCongress
1993–1999SenateWADemocrat103–106
1999–2005SenateWADemocrat106–109
2005–2011SenateWADemocrat109–112
2011–2017SenateWADemocrat112–115
2017–2023SenateWADemocrat115–118
2023–presentSenateWADemocrat118–121