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Patty Murray
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA
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Issue areas
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health | Nay | Mar 25, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Nay | Mar 25, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Kratsios to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Nay | Mar 25, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State | Not voting | Mar 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy | Not voting | Mar 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Landau to be Deputy Secretary of State | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Phelan to be Secretary of the Navy | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Paul Amdt. No. 1266 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Van Hollen Amdt. No. 1272 | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Duckworth Amdt. No. 1274 | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Merkley Amdt. No. 1273 | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Feinberg to be Deputy Secretary of Defense | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act | Yea | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security | Nay | Mar 13, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security | Nay | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency | Nay | Mar 13, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Pulte to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency | Nay | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor | Nay | Mar 12, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor | Nay | Mar 12, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Nay | Mar 12, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Nay | Mar 12, 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.
Social media
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