Patty Murray

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

• Senator WA 1993–present

• 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

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $20,018 · 78 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.

• 45
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 310 cosponsored

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

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 45 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.

• 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.

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Appropriations Committee Ranking Member
• Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Ranking Member · oversees Energy
• Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Budget Committee
• Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Technology, Telecom
• Department of Defense Subcommittee
• Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee
• Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · oversees Health
• Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Finance
• Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · oversees Health
• Legislative Branch Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Veterans' Affairs Committee
• Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Energy
• Education and the American Family Subcommittee
• Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee · oversees Health

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

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

Data from Congress.gov