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U.S. Senator · Massachusetts
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 datasetWashington, D.C. office255 Dirksen 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. 494, S. 761, S. 1547, S. 2503, S. 3971 and 1 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes 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 datasetOn 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 MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationMinority · 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 VoteviewD median
R median
Markey← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
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- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7744Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 70
| Middle |
| H.R. 8029Pay Our Homeland Defenders ActSummary on Congress.gov |