Senator · Massachusetts

Edward J. Markey

Edward J. Markey is a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, in Congress since 1975. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 7, and cast 833 of 835 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 14, 1975
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9150.8%7 of 915 · rank 87 of 101100%833 of 835 · rank 22 of 1011640 became law11%53 of 498
118th CongressSenate6913.3%23 of 691 · rank 53 of 10199%516 of 520 · rank 31 of 1011430 became law10%52 of 501
117th CongressSenate9491.3%12 of 949 · rank 73 of 10099%753 of 759 · rank 34 of 1001292 became law9%58 of 622

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.52+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 53–43· Against party
  2. H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Nay
    Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 63–36· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22· Against party
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23· Against party
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Nay
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6· Against party
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11· Against party
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
    Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

436 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced40994%
  2. Reported by committee122.8%
  3. Passed one chamber133.0%
  4. Became law20.5%

Policy areas

  1. Health66
  2. Transportation and Public Works48
  3. International Affairs43
  4. Environmental Protection26
  5. Science, Technology, Communications26
  6. Crime and Law Enforcement25
  7. Commerce21
  8. Education21

Latest activity

  1. S. 5567 Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  2. S. 5544 Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2026
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  3. S. 5541 A bill to establish the Cybersecurity and AI Board of Investigations, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  4. S. 5524 Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery Act
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  5. S. 5447 FAIR Fees Act of 2026
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Sep 22, 2026
  6. S. 5446 Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Sep 22, 2026
  7. S.Res. 865 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the prospects for scientific collaboration and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 17, 2026
  8. S.J.Res. 216 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Saudi Arabia of certain defense articles and services.
    Introduced· Sep 16, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$5.4M
through Aug 12, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.3M
From committees
$659.5K
114 committees
From contractor PACs
$30K
5 PACs · 5% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$10KINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
office of the commissioner of major league baseballoffice of the commissioner of major league baseball political action committee$7,500OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL, THEAI match · 96% · the same organization$1.3M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$5,450NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$4,500AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee$2,500INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization—

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$5.4M$659.5K$30K5 PACs · 5% of committee money
2024$1.5M$102K$5,0004 PACs · 5% of committee money
2022$1.1M$38.4K$2,0003 PACs · 5% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · MassachusettsJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. Senate · MassachusettsJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. Senate · MassachusettsJul 16, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  4. House · Massachusetts's 5th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jul 15, 2013
  5. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  6. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  7. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  8. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  9. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  10. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  11. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  12. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  13. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  14. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995
  15. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993
  16. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 1991
  17. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 6, 1987 – Jan 3, 1989
  18. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 1985 – Jan 3, 1987
  19. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 1985
  20. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 5, 1981 – Jan 3, 1983
  21. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 15, 1979 – Jan 3, 1981
  22. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 4, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979
  23. House · Massachusetts's 7th districtJan 14, 1975 – Jan 3, 1977

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.markey.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-2742
Office
255 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.