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U.S. Senator · Washington
Maria Cantwell
DemocratState D+10119th Congress
Typical swing score41#52 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Maria Cantwell’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office511 Hart 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 9 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 9 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 356, S. 645, S. 761, S. 921, S. 1441 and 4 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with Senate DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.308 (party median -0.356; rank 15 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 0); LCV 97 (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- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2031
- Senate class
- Class 1
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 5, 2030
- Years in office
- 33.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and InnovationEx Officio
- Subcommittee on Telecommunications and MediaEx Officio
- Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data PrivacyEx Officio
- Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Cantwell← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.308 is 0.05 to the right 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 1–50 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4624Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 67
| Middle |
| H.R. 452Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act |