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U.S. Senator · Washington
Patty Murray
DemocratState D+10119th Congress
Typical swing score25#90 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Patty Murray’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 356, S. 645, S. 761, S. 1318, S. 1547 and 1 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 356 Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 645 North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 761 Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 1318 Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 1547 America the Beautiful Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 33.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on AppropriationsRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesEx Officio
- Subcommittee on Department of Defense
- Subcommittee on Legislative BranchEx Officio
- Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Murray← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.357 is 0.00 to the left of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1082Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 27
| Entrenched |