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U.S. Senator · Washington
Maria Cantwell
DemocratState D+10119th Congress
Typical swing score40#54 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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 47 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 47 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 28, S. 339, S. 356, S. 410, S. 479 and 42 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 28 Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 339 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 356 Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 410 Love Lives On Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 479 New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2025
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 401–450 of 2038 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 129No Tax on Tips ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 47
| Middle |
| S. 154Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act |