Sen. Patty Murray

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 10/11/1950 Birthplace: Bothell, WA District: represents WA Political Party: Democratic Religion: Roman Catholic Education: BA, Washington State University, 1972. Last elected in 2004 receiving 1,549,708 (55.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Project Vote Smart.

Money

Raised	$1,596,484		^(#86)
Spent	52%		^(#417)
From self	0%		^(#34)
From individuals	59%		^(#190)
From PACs	28%		^(#427)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested	239		^(#6)
Total cost	$1,408,626,980		^(#3)
Received	219		^(#7)
Total cost	$579,997,717		^(#5)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology	45% left-wing		^(#351)
Predictable	97%		^(#136)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke	19 times		^(#50)
Avg. length	1,505 words		^(#76)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,759		^(#101)
Introduced	155		^(#77)
Debated	34		^(#57)
Enacted	9		^(#72)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	20% (1/5 votes)
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Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.

Top Contributors

Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data.
1 Margaret A Anderson	$20,000	on November 11, 1997
2 Anne Gleacher	$5,500	on October 9, 1998
3 Steven Marin	$5,000	from January 19, 2008 to February 26, 2008
4 Adalberto Solero	$5,000	on February 12, 2008
5 Roselin Sotero	$5,000	on February 12, 2008
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

Top Contributor Employers

Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data
1 Self	$137,329
2 Best Effort	$24,706
3 Anderson	$20,000
4 Boeing	$9,700
5 Northwest Marine Technology	$8,000
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

Top Lobby Contributors

New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings
1 Ronald Willis - Mr. Ronald Willis	$10,000
2 Philip E. Ruter - Boeing Company	$5,000
3 Ms. Amy C. Hawkins - Bnsf Railway Company (Fka Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway)	$5,000
4 Ms. Karin Gess - Microsoft Corporation	$5,000
5 Rodger Currie - Amgen, Inc	$5,000
More lobby contributors →
Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.

Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300076 (GovTrack), N00007876 (OpenSecrets), M001111 (Congressional Bio), 49308 (ICPSR), 53358 (Vote Smart), S2WA00189 (FEC)

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