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Patty Murray

Patty Murray

Democratic · WA U.S. Senator

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

  • background Born October 11, 1950, in Bothell, Washington
  • background Washington State University graduate (physical education); preschool teacher
  • achievement Washington State Senate (1989–1993); defeated incumbent Bill Kiskaddon in 1988
  • role U.S. Senator from Washington since 1993; re-elected five times, most recently 2022
  • achievement Most senior Senate Democrat; third-most senior senator; president pro tempore (2023–2025)
  • achievement Chaired Appropriations, Veterans' Affairs, Budget, HELP committees; negotiated Bipartisan Budget Act

Track record

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

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 46 recorded roll calls

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

  • 49
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 331 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 49 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 · on 26 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.

  • 18
    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 Patty Murray. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of Senate roll calls voted

Full voting record (46 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 46 of 915 recorded roll calls

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Issue positions (3)

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

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $20,018 ·

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • SRES 946A resolution designating September 30, 2026, as "National Veterans Suicide Prevention Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5665A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish grants for tuition-free community colleges, student success grants, and grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 935A resolution designating October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 931A resolution recognizing the month of October 2026 as Filipino American History Month and celebrating the history and culture of Filipino Americans and their immense contributions to the United States.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SJRES 220Original Slavery Remembrance Day ResolutioncosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 913A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • S 5565A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the use of Federal foreign assistance funds for comprehensive reproductive health care services, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5560A bill to improve fairness and accountability with respect to the arrest and detention of noncitizens.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5546Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2026sponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • SRES 903A resolution designating October 30, 2026, as a national day of remembrance for the workers of the nuclear weapons program of the United States.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5532Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration ActcosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5494Zeus 95 Memorial ActsponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5539Affordability is Access Act of 2026sponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • SRES 897A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5476A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have facilitated Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 870A resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United States.cosponsoredSep 21, 2026
  • S 5428Stop the Wait Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • SRES 868A resolution recognizing September 20, 2026, as "National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day".cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • SRES 864A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of September 19 through September 26, 2026, as "National Estuaries Week".cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • SRES 852A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.cosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • S 5390End Trump’s Tariff Tax ActcosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • SRES 837A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • SRES 841A resolution celebrating the 35th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine from the former Soviet Union.cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5331Protect American Values Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5321HCBS Access ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
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Committee assignments (18)

Frequent co-sponsors

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

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Murray, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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