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: David Perdue, of Georgia, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China	Nay	Apr 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Perdue to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the People's Republic of China	Nay	Apr 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	Nay	Apr 11, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	Nay	Apr 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be Major General in the Regular Air Force	Nay	Apr 11, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be Major General in the Regular Air Force	Nay	Apr 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner	Nay	Apr 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mark Meador to be a Federal Trade Commissioner	Nay	Apr 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…	Nay	Apr 10, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…	Nay	Apr 9, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission	Nay	Apr 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kevin Cabrera, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extrodinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic…	Nay	Apr 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ronald Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United…	Nay	Apr 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada	Nay	Apr 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Mike Huckabee, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel	Nay	Apr 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paul Atkins to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission	Nay	Apr 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kevin Cabrera to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Panama	Nay	Apr 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ronald Johnson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United…	Nay	Apr 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hoekstra to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada	Nay	Apr 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel	Nay	Apr 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: George Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan	Nay	Apr 8, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: George Glass to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan	Nay	Apr 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Elbridge Colby, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy	Nay	Apr 8, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy	Nay	Apr 7, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary…	Nay	Apr 5, 2025	Concurrent Resolution Agreed to	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.