Maria Cantwell

29 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1993

• Senator WA 2001–present
• Representative WA-1 1993–1995

• background Born October 13, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana; graduated from Miami University
• role A Democrat who served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993
• background U.S. Representative from Washington from 1993 to 1995, losing her seat in 1994; later worked as a marketing VP at RealNetworks
• role Junior U.S. Senator from Washington since 2001, first elected in 2000 by defeating incumbent Slade Gorton; reelected in 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024
• achievement The second female senator from Washington, after Patty Murray

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $5,330 · 80 receipts

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 30 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 26
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 241 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 26 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 100%
  Party-unity voting →

  votes with the party majority · median 100% · on 11 party-line votes

  Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

• 0%
  Cross-party voting →

  votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

  The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 13
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Maria Cantwell. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member · oversees Technology, Telecom
• Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Subcommittee Ranking Member · oversees Energy
• Aviation, Space, and Innovation Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Energy and Natural Resources Committee · oversees Energy
• Finance Committee
• Indian Affairs Committee
• Joint Committee on Taxation
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
• Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Technology
• Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Technology
• Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee Ex Officio

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• DefenseOppose from votes
• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes
• Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Cantwell most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Cantwell connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov