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Patty Murray

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 11, 1950 in Seattle, WA

Education:

  • Washington State University, B.A., 1972

Career:

  • Education volunteer, 1977-1984
  • Citizen lobbyist for environmental and educational issues, 1983-1988
  • Instructor at Shoreline Community College, 1984-1987

Elected Office:

  • Shoreline school board, 1985-1989
  • WA Senate, 1988-1992


Election Results for Patty Murray


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 41 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 318,455 28.3%
1992 41 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,197,973 54.0%
1998 47 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 479,009 45.9%
1998 47 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,103,184 58.4%
2004 53 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 709,407 92.2%
2004 53 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,549,708 55.0%
2010 59 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 670,284 46.2%
2010 59 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,314,930 52.4%
2016 65 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 745,421 53.8%
2016 65 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,913,979 59.0%
2022 71 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 1,002,811 52.2%
2022 71 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,741,827 57.1%


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



Ideology Data for Patty Murray


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 42 Senate 22 71 85 6 D 90 3 92 95 0
1994 43 Senate 13 88 97 2 D 94 6 98 95 0
1995 44 Senate 19 81 92 7 D 89 9 99 100 0
1996 45 Senate 18 82 94 5 D 85 10 98 90 0
1997 46 Senate 12 88 93 7 D 87 13 99 90 0
1998 47 Senate 50 50 91 9 D 82 18 99 85 4
1999 48 Senate 93 7 89 6 D 88 12 95 100 4
2000 49 Senate 94 6 92 6 D 87 13 97 90 8
2001 50 Senate 95 4 R 61 35 98 89 4
2002 51 Senate 87 13 R 74 24 99 90 10
2003 52 Senate 96 3 R 47 50 98 90 10
2004 53 Senate 89 9 R 71 27 99 95 8
2005 54 Senate 94 5 R 36 64 99 95 0
2006 55 Senate 91 8 R 57 40 99 100 4
2007 56 Senate 95 3 R 35 61 99 95 0
2008 57 Senate 97 1 R 31 67 96 100 0
2009 58 Senate 95 3 D 90 5 98 95 0
2010 59 Senate 94 3 D 97 2 98 95 0
2011 60 Senate 95 4 D 96 3 99 95 5
2012 61 Senate 96 2 D 95 4 98 100 0
2013 62 Senate 93 0 D 97 0 95 100 5
2014 63 Senate 100 0 D 99 1 99 90 0
2015 64 Senate 91 7 D 93 5 99 95 0
2016 65 Senate 99 1 D 87 13 99 95 4
2017 66 Senate 98 0 R 36 62 99 95 0
2018 67 Senate 95 1 R 34 64 95 100 5
2019 68 Senate 97 0 R 29 70 98 95 0
2020 69 Senate 86 1 R 22 65 89 100 0
2021 70 Senate 97 0 D 93 7 97 100 3
2022 71 Senate 97 0 D 97 0 98 0
2023 72 Senate 92 2 D 98 0
2024 73 Senate 90 8 D 98
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.