Patty Murray

U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA

Democratic Washington since Jan 3, 2023

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

Abortion & Reproductive Rights 1 Healthcare 1 Labor & Employment 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA current Washington	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 1993	Dec 31, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2011	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 1999	Jan 3, 2005	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 6, 1999	Jan 3, 2005	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 1993	Jan 3, 1999	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 5, 1993	Jan 3, 1999	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Defense unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Financial Services and General Government — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Legislative Branch — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American Family unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.357, social dim. -0.312. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SRES 412 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hung Cao to be Under Secretary of the Navy	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2806 — Eliminate Shutdowns Act	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the General Assembly of the United…	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of…	Nay	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	Yea	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157…	Nay	Sep 18, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shall the Decision of the Chair stand as the Judgment of the Senate?	Yea	Sep 17, 2025	Decision of Chair Not Sustained	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Reconsider the Vote by which the Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar Nos. en bloc (Roll Call Vote No. 522) was not…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Motion to Reconsider Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154…	Nay	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 22 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the…	Nay	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 60 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Sep 15, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Sep 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,002 recorded contributions totalling $1,205,253. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 91 of 1002 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	68	$187,550	16%
Corporate PAC	20	$117,924	10%
Party	1	$10,901	1%
Super PAC	2	$4,520	0%
Unclassified	911	$884,359	73%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$20,000	SENATE VICTORY 2023	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,508	NAMES IN THE NEWS	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Jul 8, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$11,729	NAMES IN THE NEWS	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Apr 8, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$10,901	SENATE VICTORY 2023 - UNITEMIZED	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Party	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,924	MVAR MEDIA LLC	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Jul 20, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,803	NAMES IN THE NEWS	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Jan 4, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$7,754	SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Jun 15, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,900	NAMES IN THE NEWS	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Oct 3, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	ORGANON & CO. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Oct 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Nov 13, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Dec 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARAPAC)	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Oct 24, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC)	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Oct 11, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ORACLE AMERICA INC PAC	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Oct 24, 2024	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.