Senator · Washington

Maria Cantwell

Maria Cantwell is a Democratic senator from Washington, in Congress since 1993. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 2, and cast 820 of 839 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 5, 1993
Term ends
Jan 3, 2031
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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 CongressSenate9150.2%2 of 915 · rank 95 of 10198%820 of 839 · rank 66 of 101250 became law40%100 of 253
118th CongressSenate6911.0%7 of 691 · rank 81 of 101100%535 of 535 · rank 1 of 101371 became law25%57 of 225
117th CongressSenate9491.1%10 of 949 · rank 78 of 100100%761 of 762 · rank 6 of 100312 became law19%44 of 232

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 −1−0.31+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. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52· Against party
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54· Against party
  3. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Yea
    Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 71–29· Against party
  4. S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 53–43· Against party
  5. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 75–24· Against party
  6. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 15, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 70–25· 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 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52· Against party
  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 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54· Against party
  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 2026Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  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.

93 sponsored · 3 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced5963%
  2. Reported by committee1819%
  3. Passed one chamber1314%
  4. Became law33.2%

Policy areas

  1. Transportation and Public Works20
  2. Science, Technology, Communications15
  3. Native Americans10
  4. Public Lands and Natural Resources10
  5. Commerce9
  6. Taxation9
  7. Health5
  8. Sports and Recreation3

Latest activity

  1. S. 1514 Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
    Passed one chamber· Native Americans· Oct 5, 2026
  2. S. 3700 FAA SMS Compliance Review Act of 2026
    Reported by committee· Transportation and Public Works· Sep 14, 2026
  3. S. 1513 Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act
    Reported by committee· Native Americans· Sep 14, 2026
  4. S. 5332 Cooperative Institute Act of 2026
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Aug 6, 2026
  5. S. 4802 Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Recapitalization Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jul 22, 2026
  6. S. 4471 Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act
    Introduced· Commerce· Apr 30, 2026
  7. S. 4311 Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2026
    Introduced· Commerce· Apr 15, 2026
  8. S. 257 Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025
    Passed one chamber· Commerce· Mar 26, 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
$789.8K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$136.8K
From committees
-$9,000
5 committees
From contractor PACs
$4,500
2 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac)$2,500DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$17.5M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$2,000NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$789.8K-$9,000$4,5002 PACs · — of committee money
2024$11.1M$149.4K$7,0004 PACs · 5% of committee money
2022$921.9K$15K-$2,5000 PACs · -17% 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 · WashingtonJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
  2. Senate · WashingtonJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. Senate · WashingtonJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
  4. Senate · WashingtonJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2013
  5. Senate · WashingtonJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2007
  6. House · Washington's 1st districtJan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.cantwell.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-3441
Office
511 Hart 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.