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U.S. Senator · Washington
Patty Murray
DemocratState D+10119th Congress
Typical swing score29#75 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
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 39 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 39 of the 2092 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 161, S. 199, S. 339, S. 356, S. 410 and 34 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 161 She DRIVES Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 199 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 339 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 356 Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: Love Lives On Act of 2025
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
R median
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-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1701–1750 of 2040 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 4538Washington’s Trail—1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 29 | Entrenched |
| S. 4570U.S. Tech PATH ActSummary on Congress.gov |