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Patty Murray

Democrat. Washington’s Senate seat, on the ballot November 7, 2028.

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Age on Election Day 2028
78
On November 7, 2028. Born October 11, 1950.
Lean
D+10
Statewide, 2025 Cook PVI.
In the Senate since
1993
Took office January 3, 1993.7
Approval
52%
33% disapprove. Morning Consult.3

Overview

Cash on hand
$2,170,413
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report12

Last election
57.1%
Share of the vote.11

The state in 2024
Harris won Washington in 2024.
Earlier offices
  • Washington State Senate, 1989 to 1993
  • Board of directors, Shoreline School District, 1985 to 1989
  • President pro tempore of the Senate, 2023 to 2025
  • Senate Assistant Democratic Leader, 2017 to 2023
  • Chair, Appropriations Committee, 2023 to 2025
2028 plans
Said she intends to run for another six-year term in 2028. Source: The Spokesman-Review (opens in a new tab), August 3, 2025.

Lean is the state’s 2025 Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI): R+5 to R+9 is lean Republican, R+10 and up solidly Republican, and D+ leans Democratic. Approval is the latest published Morning Consult rating, from its quarterly survey of registered voters in each state. Last election is the share of the vote the senator won. Cash on hand is the campaign’s money at the end of the reporting period named.

Sources (7)
  1. 1Patty Murray, official page Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4The Spokesman-Review, August 3, 2025 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)

In the Senate

In the Senate since
January 3, 1993
Leadership posts
  • Ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, 119th Congress
Committees
  • Appropriations
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Budget
  • Veterans’ Affairs

A gold mark names a leadership post. The posts and committees are the 119th Congress’s, as senate.gov lists them: a chair led a full committee for the majority, a ranking member was the senior member of the minority on it. The 120th Congress, which Democrats control, names its own in January 2027.

The filibuster

The senator’s own public position, from a recorded vote or a dated statement. A talking filibuster requires senators to hold the floor to block a vote.

Ending the legislative filibuster

No public position found

No vote or dated statement on this found.

A talking filibuster

Supports

Voted for the January 19, 2022 rules change that would have required a talking filibuster on the voting-rights bill.

Senate roll call vote (opens in a new tab), January 19, 2022.

Sources (1)
  1. 8Senate roll call vote, January 19, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

Washington’s other Senate seat is not on the 2028 ballot.

Senator
Maria Cantwell (opens in a new tab)
Party
Democrat
Next on the ballot
2030The current term ends January 3, 2031.

The two seats are on different ballots: this one in 2028, the other in 2030. From the 120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py (opens in a new tab) dataset, retrieved November 5, 2026.

Sources (2)
  1. 9Maria Cantwell’s official site Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 10120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset Retrieved November 5, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Election history

2022 election
Won with 57.1% of the voteOfficial results (opens in a new tab)
2028
Six-year term. The seat is on the ballot November 7, 2028.
Sources (1)
  1. 11Official results, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

Cash on hand
$2,170,413

Reported to
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report (opens in a new tab)

Cash on hand from the latest Federal Election Commission filing of the senator’s campaign committee.

Sources (1)
  1. 12Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

Heritage Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
4
Club for Growth (opens in a new tab) lifetime
5
Turning Point Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
8
GOP Platform (opens in a new tab) 2025
5
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.

Progressive scorecards, out of 100

League of Conservation Voters (opens in a new tab) lifetime
93
Progressive Punch (opens in a new tab) lifetime, all votes
93
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.
Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) (opens in a new tab) 119th Congress, 10 measures
100

Mirrored for every senator of either party: the League of Conservation Voters’ lifetime score, read from the senator’s page; Progressive Punch’s lifetime score on all votes, read from its Senate table; and Democracy Defenders Action’s Stop Corruption Now score for the 119th Congress (September 16, 2026), its total on 10 anti-corruption and pro-democracy votes and cosponsorships, shown out of 100. No score means none was published.

Each out of 100, as the group publishes it: Heritage Action and Turning Point Action (the senator’s lifetime scores), Club for Growth (the senator’s lifetime rating) and GOP Platform (2025), which measures agreement with the national Republican Party platform and is published by the Institute for Legislative Analysis.

“No score published” means the group published none, not zero.

How to read this

Each group’s name links to the senator’s own page on its scorecard, or to the scorecard’s list for the state where the line under it says so, opened on the date shown.

Sources (7)
  1. 13Heritage Action scorecard, Patty Murray’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 14Club for Growth scorecard, Patty Murray’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 15Turning Point Action scorecard, Patty Murray’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 16GOP Platform scorecard, list for Washington (Patty Murray’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 17League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Patty Murray’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 18Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Washington (Patty Murray’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 19Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Patty Murray’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Endorsements

Mirrored for Democrats: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC and the Democratic Socialists of America, as Republicans are checked against Donald Trump, Club for Growth, Turning Point Action and MAHA PAC.

2028 race so far

None on record: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Democratic Socialists of America.

Sources: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 (opens in a new tab); FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 (opens in a new tab); FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab); Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab); Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ (opens in a new tab); Working Families Party, Washington (opens in a new tab); FEC independent expenditures, 2026 (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements (opens in a new tab); Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab).

2022 race

Endorsed: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

None on record: Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Democratic Socialists of America.

Sources: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) (opens in a new tab); FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab); ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ (opens in a new tab); Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab); Working Families Party, Washington (opens in a new tab); Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) (opens in a new tab); FEC independent expenditures, 2022 (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release (opens in a new tab); Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab).

Endorsed: the group endorsed the officeholder in that race. None on record: no endorsement found in the sources listed.

Sources (15)
  1. 20Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Justice Democrats, candidates Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Working Families Party, Washington Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 26Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC independent expenditures, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  8. 27Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  9. 28Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  10. 29Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  11. 30Endorsements, 2022 race: ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  12. 31Endorsements, 2022 race: Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  13. 32Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC independent expenditures, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  14. 33Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  15. 34Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Each section lists its own sources, numbered through the page. Here they are together.

All sources for this record (34)

Overview

  1. 1Patty Murray, official page (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4The Spokesman-Review, August 3, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The filibuster

  1. 8Senate roll call vote, January 19, 2022 (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

  1. 9Maria Cantwell’s official site (opens in a new tab)
  2. 10120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset (opens in a new tab) Retrieved November 5, 2026.

Election history

  1. 11Official results, 2022 (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

  1. 12Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

  1. 13Heritage Action scorecard, Patty Murray’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  2. 14Club for Growth scorecard, Patty Murray’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  3. 15Turning Point Action scorecard, Patty Murray’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  4. 16GOP Platform scorecard, list for Washington (Patty Murray’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  5. 17League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Patty Murray’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.
  6. 18Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Washington (Patty Murray’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.
  7. 19Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Patty Murray’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.

Endorsements

  1. 20Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 (opens in a new tab)
  2. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 (opens in a new tab)
  3. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab)
  4. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab)
  5. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ (opens in a new tab)
  6. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Working Families Party, Washington (opens in a new tab)
  7. 26Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC independent expenditures, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  8. 27Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements (opens in a new tab)
  9. 28Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab)
  10. 29Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) (opens in a new tab)
  11. 30Endorsements, 2022 race: ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ (opens in a new tab)
  12. 31Endorsements, 2022 race: Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) (opens in a new tab)
  13. 32Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC independent expenditures, 2022 (opens in a new tab)
  14. 33Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive (opens in a new tab)
  15. 34Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release (opens in a new tab)

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