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.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 494 National Plan for Epilepsy Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 761 Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 1547 America the Beautiful Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 2503 ROTOR Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 3971 Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026

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 201–250 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Edward J. Markey on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role		Swing score ·
H.R. 6703Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	No recorded vote	66 Broke with party on 7% of 8 similar votes	Middle
H.R. 6808To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the "Pharmacist’s Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building".