Edward J. Markey

DemocratState D+14119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score61#17 of 100 senators across tracked bills

Contact Edward J. Markey’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-224-2742 Send a message

Washington, D.C. office

255 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

markey.senate.gov

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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

Strong
Backs 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 494, S. 761, S. 1547, S. 2503, S. 3971 and 1 more.

Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal

Medium
Votes with Senate DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.518 (party median -0.356; rank 44 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 0); LCV 100 (avg 96).

Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2027
Senate class: Class 2
Seniority: Junior senator
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 51.7 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipRanking Member
Minority · 1st in seniority
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Minority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media
- Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy
- Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Markey

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Their score of -0.518 is 0.16 to the left of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average

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Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 1–50 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Edward J. Markey on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 4624Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	73 Broke with party on 27% of 10 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 144Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency ActSummary on Congress.gov