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Maria Cantwell

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 13, 1958 in Indianapolis, IN

Education:

  • Miami (Ohio) University, B.A., 1981

Career:

  • Owner of public relations firm, 1985-1991
  • Senior VP of technology company, 1995-2000

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1987-1993


Election Results for Maria Cantwell


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 33 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 67,727 52.5%
1992 33 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 148,844 54.9%
1994 35 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 45,308 44.1%
1994 35 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 2 94,110 48.3%
2000 41 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 2 472,609 36.7%
2000 41 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,199,437 48.7%
2006 47 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 570,677 90.8%
2006 47 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,184,659 56.9%
2012 53 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 772,058 55.7%
2012 53 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,855,493 60.5%
2018 59 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 929,961 54.7%
2018 59 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,803,364 58.4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Maria Cantwell


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1993 34 House 32 68 90 8 D 79 20 98 80 17
1994 35 House 56 44 92 8 D 86 14 99 68 14
2001 42 Senate 98 2 R 62 38 99 100 12
2002 43 Senate 82 18 R 81 19 100 80 25
2003 44 Senate 96 4 R 50 47 99 90 15
2004 45 Senate 90 10 R 73 27 100 95 8
2005 46 Senate 91 8 R 38 62 98 95 8
2006 47 Senate 92 8 R 53 46 99 95 12
2007 48 Senate 93 6 R 36 61 99 95 4
2008 49 Senate 97 3 R 31 69 99 100 12
2009 50 Senate 94 6 D 95 5 99 95 8
2010 51 Senate 92 8 D 94 5 99 90 12
2011 52 Senate 92 8 D 96 3 99 95 10
2012 53 Senate 97 3 D 98 2 100 100 4
2013 54 Senate 100 0 D 99 0 99 100 4
2014 55 Senate 100 0 D 98 2 99 90 4
2015 56 Senate 93 7 D 95 5 100 95 0
2016 57 Senate 100 0 D 87 13 100 95 4
2017 58 Senate 99 0 R 37 62 99 95 0
2018 59 Senate 98 2 R 33 67 100 100 5
2019 60 Senate 97 3 R 31 69 99 95 0
2020 61 Senate 96 1 R 25 72 98 100 4
2021 62 Senate 99 0 D 86 5 98 100 3
2022 63 Senate 99 0 D 100 0 99 0
2023 64 Senate 95 1 D 100 0
2024 65 Senate 87 8 D 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.