Maria Cantwell
Details
- Party Affiliation
- Democratic
- In Office Since
- Jan 1, 2001
- Organization
- United States Federal Government
Federal Roster & Campaign Finance
- Bioguide ID
- C000127
- Chamber
- US Senate
- State
- WA
- Total Receipts (2026)
- $789,841
- Total Disbursements
- $1,264,252
- Cash on Hand
- $136,800
- Debts Owed
- $2,071,351
- Coverage End Date
- Jun 30, 2026
Meetings
No relevant meetings found.
Election History
No election history found.
Recent Votes
| Bill | Chamber | Roll call | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Nay |
| Ratepayer Protection Act | house | — | Nay |
| Protect College Sports Act of 2026 HBCU Sports Media and Connectivity Program | senate | — | Yea |
| Protect College Sports Act of 2026 HBCU Sports Media and Connectivity Program | senate | — | Nay |
| Protect College Sports Act of 2026 HBCU Sports Media and Connectivity Program | senate | — | Yea |
Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held for these votes; see Bills for the fuller record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date no vote date is recorded in this dataset.
Biography
Maria Ellen Cantwell (; born October 13, 1958) is an American politician serving since 2001 as the junior U.S. senator from Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1987 to 1993 in the Washington House of Representatives and from 1993 to 1995 in the United States House of Representatives. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Cantwell graduated from Miami University before moving to Seattle to work on Alan Cranston's 1984 presidential campaign. In 1986, she was elected to the state house of representatives, where she served until her election to Congress in 1992. Cantwell served one term in Congress before losing her seat to Republican Rick White in the 1994 election. She then briefly worked in the private sector as vice president of marketing for RealNetworks. Despite having vowed to remain out of politics, Cantwell ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000. She defeated Republican incumbent Slade Gorton in one of the closest elections in the state's history. Cantwell was reelected in 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024. After Jeff Sessions resigned from the Senate in February 2017 to become United States Attorney General, Cantwell became the most senior junior senator. She is the second female senator from Washington, after Patty Murray.
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