Maria Cantwell

U.S. Senator (Class 1), WA

Democratic Washington since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Environment & Energy 2 Other 2 Government Operations & Budget 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WA current Washington	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2031	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2013	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 3, 2001	Jan 3, 2007	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2001	Jan 3, 2007	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, WA-1 Washington	Democratic	Jan 5, 1993	Jan 3, 1995	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District WA-1 United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 1993	Jan 3, 1995	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Joint Committee on Taxation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and Innovation — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.309, social dim. -0.401. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Confirmation: Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joseph Edlow to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anthony Tata, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anthony Tata to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Pettit to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Jul 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit	Nay	Jul 14, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jonathan Gould, of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency	Nay	Jul 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit	Nay	Jul 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jonathan Gould to be Comptroller of the Currency	Nay	Jul 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Briggs to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bryan Bedford, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Kupor to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bryan Bedford to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration	Nay	Jul 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Preston Griffith to be Under Secretary of Energy	Nay	Jul 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.	Nay	Jul 1, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Amdt. No. 2360, as Amended	Nay	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Graham Amdt. No. 2848	Nay	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Klobuchar Amdt. No. 2849	Yea	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 2585	Yea	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Warner Amdt. No. 2847	Yea	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 2564	Yea	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,018 recorded contributions totalling $4,152,172. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 643 of 1018 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	587	$1,950,401	47%
Corporate PAC	24	$493,302	12%
Party	14	$449,771	11%
Super PAC	18	$13,694	0%
Unclassified	375	$1,245,003	30%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$142,000	CANTWELL VICTORY 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Party	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$91,468	JUSTICE 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Corporate PAC	Mar 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$65,500	CANTWELL VICTORY 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Party	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$57,000	CANTWELL VICTORY 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Corporate PAC	Apr 19, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$49,200	GREEN SENATE 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$46,000	CANTWELL VICTORY 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Party	Mar 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$34,500	NV WA 2024 VICTORY FUND	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Party	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$34,000	CANTWELL VICTORY 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Party	Dec 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$32,500	CANTWELL TESTER VICTORY FUND	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Corporate PAC	Dec 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$31,000	CANTWELL KLOBUCHAR ROSEN 2024 STATE VICTORY FUND	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Party	Aug 8, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$28,508	BLUE SENATE 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Corporate PAC	Dec 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$27,535	WOMEN SENATORS MAKING HISTORY	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$27,075	WOMEN SENATORS MAKING HISTORY	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Corporate PAC	Mar 28, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,066	JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Corporate PAC	Mar 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$18,000	CANTWELL VICTORY 2024	FRIENDS OF MARIA	Party	Dec 18, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.