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| United States Senator fromWashington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office January 3, 2001 Serving with Patty Murray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Slade Gorton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWashington's1st district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | John Miller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Rick White | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of theWashington House of Representatives from the44th district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 12, 1987 – January 3, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jeanine Long | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jeanine Long | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Maria Ellen Cantwell (1958-10-13)October 13, 1958 (age 67) Indianapolis,Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Paul Cantwell (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Miami University (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Senate website Campaign website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maria Ellen Cantwell (/ˈkæntˌwɛl/; born October 13, 1958)[1] is an American politician serving as the juniorU.S. senator fromWashington since 2001. A member of theDemocratic Party, she previously served in theWashington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995.
Born and raised inIndianapolis,Indiana, Cantwell graduated fromMiami University before moving toSeattle to work onAlan Cranston's1984 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 toRepublicanRick White in the 1994 election. She then briefly worked in the private sector as vice president of marketing forRealNetworks.
Despite having vowed to remain out of politics, Cantwell ran for the United States Senate in2000. She defeated Republican incumbentSlade Gorton in one of the closest elections in the state's history. Cantwell was reelected in2006,2012,2018, and2024. AfterJeff Sessions resigned from the Senate in February 2017 to becomeUnited States Attorney General, Cantwell became the mostsenior junior senator. She is the second female senator from Washington, afterPatty Murray.
Cantwell was born inIndianapolis,Indiana. She was raised in a predominantlyIrish American neighborhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father,Paul Cantwell,[2] served as county commissioner, city councilor, state legislator, and chief of staff for U.S. RepresentativeAndrew Jacobs Jr.;[2] and was the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Indianapolisin 1979.[3] Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant. Her ancestry includes Irish and German.[2]
Cantwell attendedEmmerich Manual High School, and was inducted into theIndianapolis Public Schools Hall of Fame in 2006.[4] After high school, Cantwell attendedMiami University inOxford, Ohio, where she earned herBachelor of Arts degree in public administration.[5]
A year after graduating, Cantwell worked onJerry Springer's unsuccessful1982 Ohio gubernatorial campaign.[6] Cantwell moved toSeattle,Washington, in 1983, to campaign for U.S. SenatorAlan Cranston (D-CA) in his unsuccessful bid for the1984 Democratic presidential nomination.[6][5] She then moved to the Seattle suburb ofMountlake Terrace, because it reminded her of Indianapolis,[7] and led a successful campaign in 1986 to build a new library there.[8] As of 2000, Cantwell lived inEdmonds, Washington with her mother.[9]
In 1986, Cantwell was elected to theWashington State House of Representatives at the age of 28.[10] She defeated George Dahlquist 54%–46%.[11] In 1988, she was reelected with 66% of the vote.[12] In 1990, she was reelected to a third term with 61% of the vote.[13]
As a state representative, Cantwell helped write Washington's Growth Management Act of 1990, which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiated its passage.[14][15] She also worked on legislation regulating nursing homes. Cantwell resigned on January 3, 1993, in preparation to be sworn in as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives.
In the November election, Cantwell defeated Republican State SenatorGary A. Nelson 55%–42%.[16] She became the first Democrat elected to theUnited States House of Representatives from Washington's first congressional district in 40 years.
RepublicanRick White defeated Cantwell 52%–48% in the1994 United States House of Representatives elections.[17] Before that year's "Republican Revolution", eight of the nine representatives from the Washington state delegation were from theDemocratic Party. After the election, five Democratic representatives from Washington state lost their positions, despite running for re-election, including Cantwell, future governorJay Inslee, and Speaker of the HouseTom Foley.
Cantwell was called a "savvy, pro-business Democrat". She supportedPresident Clinton's 1993 budget, which raised taxes and passed without the votes of many Democrats.[18] During her only term, she helped persuade the Clinton administration to terminate its support of theClipper chip. She wrote a letter to Vice PresidentAl Gore and staunchly opposed it becauseMicrosoft Inc. was in her district.[19][20] She voted for theNorth American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).[21]
In 1993, Cantwell became one of the first three women to play in the annualCongressional Baseball Game, alongsideBlanche Lincoln (then under her maiden name Lambert) andIleana Ros-Lehtinen.[22]
After her defeat, Cantwell vowed to leave politics. Political allyRob Glaser offered her a job as vice president of marketing forRealNetworks.[23] Among her accomplishments was the live internet streaming broadcast of aMariners-Yankees baseball game in 1995, which marked the start of internet broadcasts ofMajor League Baseball games.[24]
In 1998, the company was criticized by privacy groups, which alleged that the RealJukebox software program incorporatedspyware to track unsuspecting users' listening patterns and download history. In response, RealNetworks amended itsprivacy policy to fully disclose its privacy practices regarding user listening patterns. Subsequently, RealNetworks submitted to independent outside audits of its privacy practices. Several lawsuits regarding alleged privacy violations were settled out of court. This incident has shaped her views on privacy and her opposition to the Bush administration's post-9/11 policies.[25]
At the urging of party activists and officials, Cantwell formed an exploratory committee in October 1999 to consider a run for U.S. Senate against Democrat Insurance CommissionerDeborah Senn and incumbent Republican SenatorSlade Gorton. She committed to the race on January 19, 2000.[26] Cantwell entered the campaign a year after Senn, who was endorsed by the Washington State Labor Council and NARAL, and used her personal wealth to fund television advertisements.[27][28] Early on, privacy became an issue; Senn cited her record protectingmedical privacy as insurance commissioner, while Cantwell promotedinternet privacy and cited her opposition to theClipper chip.[29] Senn later used television advertisements to accuse Cantwell of avoiding debates, as she had agreed to two debates while Senn preferred more.[30] They participated in three debates, during which they attacked each other. Senn attacked RealNetworks and Cantwell's role in the company; Cantwell accused Senn of wanting to run against RealNetworks, and said that Senn was uninformed on internet issues.[31][32] Cantwell was endorsed byThe Seattle Times, theSeattle Post-Intelligencer,[33]The Spokesman-Review, andThe News Tribune.[citation needed] She easily won her party's nomination, defeating Senn by a 3–1 margin in the primary.[34] Although he won re-nomination, Gorton got fewer votes than Cantwell and Senn's combined total.[35]
Social security,prescription drugs,dams,gun control, andcampaign finance reform were among the most important issues in Cantwell's race against Gorton, which drew national attention.[36] Cantwell also adopted the slogan "Your voice for a change", a veiled reference to Gorton's campaign theme in 1980, challenging incumbentWarren Magnuson's age.[37] She said Gorton supported "19th-century solutions to 21st-century problems".[38] Cantwell was endorsed byThe Seattle Times and theSeattle Post-Intelligencer, the state's two biggest newspapers.[citation needed] Gorton was endorsed by the smallerThe News Tribune and two of the largest Eastern Washington newspapers,The Spokesman-Review andTri-City Herald.[39] At times, the campaign was accused of pettiness as national PACs and groups funded television attack advertisements.[40] After a Cantwell campaign workerdeep-linked to a humorous photo on Gorton's website, he accused Cantwell's campaign of hacking, and Senn accused Cantwell of hypocrisy. "Fiddling with people's websites and calling it good fun ... adds a very childish and unworthy character to the race", Senn's campaign spokeswoman Barbara Stenson said.[41] Cantwell spent over $10 million of her own money on her campaign, pledging not to accept money fromPACs. When RealNetworks stock declined at the end of 2000, she spent time raising funds for debt retirement, but kept her pledge not to accept PAC money.[42] In the waning weeks of the campaign, theFederal Election Commission ruled that Cantwell violated federal campaign finance law by securing $3.8 million in bank loans for her campaign and failing to properly disclose the loans until January 30, 2001.[43] The complaint alleged that she had received a $600,000 line of credit without sufficient collateral, and another $1,000,000, all at a preferential interest rate. After review, the Federal Election Commission sent a letter of admonishment, saying that the loans were "made on a basis that assures repayment, and that each loan bore the usual and customary interest rate".[44]
The election was among the closest in Washington history.[45] Cantwell held a tiny lead in the initial returns on election night, but the race remained too close to call.[46] Gorton overtook her the next day, amassing a lead of 12,500 votes by the second week of absentee ballot counting.[47][48] The election result was certified on November 22 with a lead of 1,953 votes for Cantwell out of 2.5 million cast, credited to support from thePuget Sound region.[49][50] The 0.08% margin triggered an automatic recount, which increased her lead to 2,229 votes, or 0.09%. It was the last Senate race to be called in the 2000 election, which resulted in a 50–50 tie ahead of a contentiouspresidential election recount.[51] Cantwell andDebbie Stabenow of Michigan became the third and fourth women to defeat incumbent senators, followingKay Bailey Hutchison's 1993 andDianne Feinstein's 1992 special-election victories.[citation needed]
The close 2004 gubernatorial race between DemocratChristine Gregoire and RepublicanDino Rossi suggested to many that the 2006 contest might go either way.[52] Both Cantwell and her opponent RepublicanMike McGavick dominated their primaries; initial speculation favored a Republican victory.[53] "At one point", wrote analystLarry Sabato, "all the talk in this race concerned Cantwell's cool relations with anti-war Democratic elements and McGavick's relatively united base. But Democrats appear to have closed ranks behind their junior senator."[54] Cantwell was reelected by a 17-point margin, even winning several traditionally Republican counties in Eastern Washington, includingSpokane County.[55][56]
During the 2006 campaign, Cantwell received heavy criticism for declining most of the invitations she received to debate McGavick in public fora. Media outlets across the state, includingThe Olympian and theYakima Herald-Republic, rebuked her, claiming she was afraid to confront McGavick, calling it "unacceptable"[57] and "simply not fair". Cantwell agreed to two debates with McGavick in Seattle and Spokane, lasting 60 and 30 minutes, respectively. When she ran for Senate in 2000 against Gorton, Gorton also agreed to only two debates of a similar format. Similarly, when Washington's senior senator,Patty Murray, ran for reelection in 2004, she agreed to only two debates with George Nethercutt, although each debate lasted an hour.[58]
Cantwell was reelected to a third term, defeating Republican State SenatorMichael Baumgartner.[59]
Cantwell was reelected to a fourth term, defeating RepublicanSusan Hutchison.[60]
Cantwell was reelected to a fifth term, defeating Republican Raul Garcia.[61]
Cantwell was a proponent of theMcCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill of 2002, and co-sponsored the Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2001.[62][63] In 2005, she wrote a letter in support of thePerkins Loan program,[64] and told theSeattle Times in July 2006 that she opposedSocial Security privatization.[65] Cantwell co-sponsored the "Pension Fairness and Full Disclosure Act of 2005".[66]
Also in 2005, Cantwell voted for theCentral America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which angered many who opposed free trade agreements. Others argued that due to the state's unique economy, any senator from Washington almost had to vote for free trade pacts.
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Cantwell was one of 22 senators to vote not to confirmUnited States Supreme Court nomineeJohn Roberts, citing his potential views on abortion and the environment.[67] In January 2006, after publicly announcing her opposition to Supreme Court nomineeSamuel Alito, Cantwell, 18 other Democrats and all 53 present Republicans, voted for thecloture motion.[68] The success of this motion ended an unlikely attempt tofilibuster Alito's confirmation led by SenatorsJohn Kerry andTed Kennedy.[69] Alito was confirmed the next day by a vote of 58–42, with most Democrats, including Cantwell, voting against confirmation.
In 2010, Cantwell voted to invoke cloture to begin debate on theDon't ask, don't tell policy in the military.
In the2016 United States presidential election, Cantwell received one electoral vote for vice president from afaithless elector in Washington.[70]
Cantwell has led efforts to improve internet privacy laws.[71]
In 2024, Cantwell crafted legislation to require airline passengers to request a refund for a canceled flight rather than automatically receiving one.[72]
Cantwell has expressed support for makingPlan B contraceptives available to girls 16 and under. In 2007, she co-sponsored the Prevention First Act, a bill that sought to increase national access tofamily planning and preventative methods as a means to reduce unwanted pregnancies.[73] It included giving women access to Plan B, as well as expandingMedicaid to cover family planning.[73] As an advocate of increasing access to family planning and sexual health education, Cantwell argues that these venues for increased education are necessary to reduce unwanted pregnancies.[74] She was criticized by her Republican challenger, State Senator Michael Baumgartner, who suggested that she was too extreme and too far to the left of Washington voters on this issue, and expressed concern about 11-year-olds getting these drugs without a prescription.[75]
Cantwell calls herself "100%pro-choice", and consistently supports thepro-choice movement's positions. She was one of 34 senators to vote against thePartial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, which PresidentGeorge W. Bush signed into law. She also voted against theUnborn Victims of Violence Act, which made it an additional crime to kill or harm a fetus during a criminal assault upon the mother. That bill passed the Senate by a vote of 61–38, and was signed into law by Bush in 2004.
Cantwell opposed drilling in theArctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and was one of the most vocal critics of the increase of oil and gasoline prices during 2008.[76] Advocating increased regulation of futures markets andwindfall profits taxes on oil profits, she has drawn scathing criticism from theWall Street Journal.[77] In 2005, Cantwell scored what many perceived as one of the biggest victories of her first term when she blocked SenatorTed Stevens's efforts to allow drilling in ANWR. Stevens attached the measure to a bill that provided money for defense spending andHurricane Katrina recovery efforts. Cantwell rounded up the votes of 41 Democrats[a] and three Republicans, enough to block a final vote.[78] Stevens removed theANWR drilling measure from the larger bill, promising to bring the matter up at a later date.
In 2004, Cantwell received the highest rating possible from theLeague of Conservation Voters for her environmental voting record.[79] As of 2020, she has a lifetime score of 93% on the League's National Environmental Scorecard.[80] She is known for supporting alternative energy research and for protecting Washington's forests from logging and the construction of paved roads and has been endorsed by various prominent environmental advocacy groups.[79][81][82] She has opposed drilling in ANWR on multiple occasions, has voted to reduce oil usage by 40% by 2025, and has opposed legislation to relax or terminate CAFE standards.[83]The Seattle Times has called Cantwell's environmental record "pristine",[84] and theWilderness Society has called her an "environmental champion".[85]
In 2009, Cantwell introduced the Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act (S. 2877), also called the Cantwell-Collins bill, a "cap and dividend"emissions trading proposal.[86][87][88][89] SenatorSusan Collins co-sponsored it.[90] The bill died in theSenate Finance Committee without debate or votes.[88][90]
Cantwell chaired theSenate Democrats 20/20 Energy Independence campaign and co-chaired the Apollo Alliance in 2006.[91] One of her main accomplishments was the passage of an amendment "To prevent energymarket manipulation", which passed 57–40 in the Senate in November 2006; a previous effort was defeated by a vote of 50–48.[92]
In 2011,The Humane Society of the United States praised Cantwell's no-tolerance policy and effective removal of the practice of shark finning, which kills an estimated 73 million sharks per year.[93]
In February 2019, in response to reports that the EPA intended to decide against setting limits forperfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) andperfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in drinking water as part of an upcoming national strategy to manage the chemicals, Cantwell was one of 20 senators to sign a letter to Acting EPA AdministratorAndrew R. Wheeler calling on the EPA "to develop enforceable federal drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, as well as institute immediate actions to protect the public from contamination from additional per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)."[94]
In September 2019, Cantwell was one of eight senators to sign a bipartisan letter to congressional leadership, requesting full and lasting funding of the Land and Water Conservation Act, in order to aid national parks and public lands, benefit the $887 billion American outdoor recreation economy, and "ensure much-needed investment in our public lands and continuity for the state, tribal, and non-federal partners who depend on them".[95]
On December 4, 2009, the day that an Italian court wrongly convicted 22-year-old WashingtonianAmanda Knox of themurder of Meredith Kercher, Cantwell released a statement expressing her dismay, saying she had "serious questions about the Italian justice system and whether anti-Americanism tainted [the] trial." She called the evidence against Knox insufficient, said Knox had been subjected to "harsh treatment" after her arrest, and said there had been "negligence" in the handling of evidence. She also complained that jurors had not beensequestered, allowing them to view "negative news coverage" about Knox, and that one of the prosecutors had a misconduct case pending in relation to another trial.[96] Cantwell said she would seek assistance fromSecretary of StateHillary Clinton. A State Department spokesman said in December 2009 that the department had followed the case closely and would continue to do so. He added: "It is still in the early days but ... we haven't received any indications necessarily that Italian law was not followed."[97] Knox was later exonerated.[98]
On October 11, 2002, Cantwell voted in favor of theJoint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq. Her October 10, 2002, press release, quotes her as stating on the floor of the U.S. Senate, "Mr. President, my vote for this resolution does not mean that I am convinced of the Administration has answered all the questions. I believe the following issues must be addressed before the U.N. or the U.S. move forward with military action." Cantwell detailed six specific areas in which her questions and concerns had yet to be satisfactorily addressed at the time of her vote to authorize war: "First: Continued Multilateral Approach ... Second: Successful Military Strategy ... Third: A Post-War Commitment Strategy ... Fourth: Fighting the Broader War on Terrorism ... Fifth: Maintaining Middle East Stability ... Sixth: Protecting Iraqi Civilians."
In 2006, Cantwell voted against theKerry-Feingold Amendment to S. 2766, which would have set a timetable forwithdrawal,[99] but for the Levin-Reed Amendment,[100] which would encourage beginning a phased withdrawal by the end of the year, with no timetable for completion.
In April 2017, Cantwell co-sponsored theIsrael Anti-Boycott Act (S.270), which would have made it a federal crime, punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment,[101] for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel andIsraeli settlements in the occupiedPalestinian territories if protesting actions by the Israeli government.[102]
Cantwell supportshealth care reform in the United States, and was a co-sponsor of SenatorRon Wyden'sHealthy Americans Act. In her role as a member of theFinance Committee, she had an influential role in crafting health care reform legislation. On September 29, 2009, when the Finance Committee considered health care reform legislation, Cantwell supported amendments to establish a public health care option that would compete with private insurers.[103]
In 2009,The Stranger ran an article on Cantwell's opposition to the inclusion of a public option in the health-care reform plan. They reported: "Seattle congressman Jim McDermott supports it. Washington senator Patty Murray wants it. So does President Barack Obama. So does the often conservativeSeattle Times editorial page. So do 72 percent of Americans, according to a recent poll. So what's going on with Washington's junior senator, Maria Cantwell? Why doesn't she want Congress to include a public option — a new government-run health-care plan that will be available to everyone, and will compete with private insurance companies to bring down costs — in its health-care-reform package?"[104] Cantwell cited her concerns with getting the bill through the Senate as the reason for her opposition.[104]
In 2022, Cantwell voted for theRespect for Marriage Act, legislation intended to codifysame-sex marriage rights into federal law.[105]
In 2006, Cantwell, along with 38 of 44 Senate Democrats, voted for theComprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611).[106] This legislation included provisions to improve border security, increased fines and other punishments for employers of illegal immigrants, created a guest worker program (which included a near doubling of the number of H1-Bvisas),[107] and created a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country.[108] The bill, with support from Republican leadership, passed 62–36. Debate would have also commenced on theDREAM Act, but was halted by a Republican filibuster.[109]
In March 2021, Cantwell was among the 42 Democrats to vote unsuccessfully to include a$15 hourly minimum wage inthe American Rescue Plan.[110]
Cantwell chairs the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which has jurisdiction over theUnited States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), theUnited States Center for SafeSport (SafeSport), and the issue of sexual abuse in Olympic sports.[111][112] She has praised theProtecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017, crafted to protect athletes from emotional and physical abuse and harassment, which created SafeSport to prevent and respond to misconduct.[113]
Cantwell is a major supporter of fellow Democratic candidates for public office. In 2006, facing her own challenging race, she usedActBlue to raise $100,000 forDarcy Burner,Peter J. Goldmark, and Richard Wright, all of whom were facing difficult House races in Washington. In the 2008 cycle, Cantwell was particularly committed to supporting SenatorMary Landrieu's reelection.
On December 31, 2007, Cantwell became the 10th senator to endorseHillary Clinton forPresident of the United States.[114] She supported Clinton throughout the primaries,[115] but vowed to vote for the winner of the pledged delegates.[116] After Clinton conceded on June 7, Cantwell endorsed Obama.[117] At the Washington State Democratic Convention on June 15, she said: "I do want to see a strong Democratic woman in the White House ... That's why I'm so glad Michelle Obama will be the next first lady."[118]
On October 20, 2013, Cantwell was one of 16 female Democratic senators to sign a letter endorsingHillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee in the2016 presidential election.[119]
Cantwell's committee assignments for the 118th Congress are as follows:[120]
In 2006, it emerged that court files concerning a loan Cantwell made in 2001 to her former boyfriend, boss, and campaign manager, lobbyist Ron Dotzauer, to help him through his divorce litigation, had been sealed. A Sound Politics reporter had the file unsealed and discovered that Cantwell was identified in the divorce records "as the 'other woman'".[125]
Cantwell was also formerly in a relationship with Seattle-based track and cross country star Scott Daggatt, then serving as a stockbroker of a Seattle-based National Securities Corporation.[126]
Owing to a sharp decrease in the value of herRealNetworks stock, Cantwell's personal fortune had declined significantly by 2011.[127]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell | 14,936 | 54.24% | |
| Republican | George Dahlquist | 12,600 | 45.76% | |
| Total votes | 27,536 | 100% | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 28,381 | 65.56% | |
| Republican | Robert Grupe | 14,908 | 34.44% | |
| Total votes | 43,289 | 100% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 18,745 | 61.13% | |
| Republican | Joyce Meyerson | 11,917 | 38.87% | |
| Total votes | 30,662 | 100% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell | 148,844 | 54.87% | |
| Republican | Gary Nelson | 113,897 | 41.99% | |
| Independent | Patrick Ruckert | 4,322 | 1.59% | |
| Natural Law | Anne Fleming | 4,211 | 1.55% | |
| Total votes | 271,274 | 100% | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Rick White | 100,554 | 51.66% | |
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 94,110 | 48.34% | |
| Total votes | 194,664 | 100% | ||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell | 1,199,437 | 48.73% | +4.48% | |
| Republican | Slade Gorton (incumbent) | 1,197,208 | 48.64% | −7.11% | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Jared | 64,734 | 2.63% | +2.6% | |
| Plurality | 2,229 | 0.09% | |||
| Turnout | 2,461,379 | 100% | +761,206 | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (Incumbent) | 570,677 | 90.76% | |
| Democratic | Hong Tran | 33,124 | 5.27% | |
| Democratic | Mike The Mover | 11,274 | 1.79% | |
| Democratic | Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson | 9,454 | 1.50% | |
| Democratic | Mohammad H. Said | 4,222 | 0.67% | |
| Total votes | 628,751 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (Incumbent) | 1,184,659 | 56.81% | +8.08 | |
| Republican | Mike McGavick | 832,106 | 39.91% | −8.73 | |
| Libertarian | Bruce Guthrie | 29,331 | 1.41% | −1.22 | |
| Green | Aaron Dixon | 21,254 | 1.02% | n/a | |
| Independent | Robin Adair | 16,384 | 0.79% | n/a | |
| Write-in | 1,445 | 0.07% | n/a | ||
| Majority | 343,084 | 16.90% | |||
| Turnout | 2,085,179 | 63.81% | |||
| Democratichold | Swing | +8.37 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 626,360 | 55.42 | |
| Republican | Michael Baumgartner | 344,729 | 30.50 | |
| Republican | Art Coday | 59,255 | 5.24 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Wilson | 26,850 | 2.38 | |
| Republican | Chuck Jackson | 21,870 | 1.94 | |
| Republican | Glenn R. Stockwell | 21,731 | 1.92 | |
| Republican | Mike The Mover | 16,459 | 1.46 | |
| Reform | Will Baker | 12,865 | 1.14 | |
| Total votes | 1,130,119 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 1,855,493 | 60.45% | +3.64% | |
| Republican | Michael Baumgartner | 1,213,924 | 39.55% | −0.36% | |
| Total votes | 3,069,417 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 929,961 | 54.68% | |
| Republican | Susan Hutchison | 413,317 | 24.30% | |
| Republican | Keith Swank | 39,818 | 2.34% | |
| Republican | Joey Gibson | 38,676 | 2.27% | |
| Democratic | Clint Tannehill | 35,770 | 2.10% | |
| Republican | Dave Bryant | 33,962 | 2.00% | |
| Republican | Art Coday | 30,654 | 1.80% | |
| Independent | Jennifer Gigi Ferguson | 25,224 | 1.48% | |
| Republican | Tim Owen | 23,167 | 1.36% | |
| Republican | Matt Hawkins | 13,324 | 0.78% | |
| Democratic | Don L. Rivers | 12,634 | 0.74% | |
| Libertarian | Mike Luke | 12,302 | 0.72% | |
| Republican | Glen R. Stockwell | 11,611 | 0.68% | |
| Independent | Thor Amundson | 9,393 | 0.55% | |
| Democratic | Mohammad Said | 8,649 | 0.51% | |
| Republican | Matthew D. Heines | 7,737 | 0.45% | |
| Freedom Socialist | Steve Hoffman | 7,390 | 0.43% | |
| Republican | Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson | 7,057 | 0.41% | |
| Republican | John Orlinski | 6,905 | 0.41% | |
| Independent | Dave Strider | 6,821 | 0.40% | |
| Republican | Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente | 5,724 | 0.34% | |
| Green | James Robert "Jimmie" Deal | 3,849 | 0.23% | |
| The Human Rights Party | Sam Wright | 3,761 | 0.22% | |
| FDFR Party | Brad Chase | 2,655 | 0.16% | |
| Democratic | George H. Kalberer | 2,448 | 0.14% | |
| Independent | Charlie R. Jackson | 2,411 | 0.14% | |
| Republican | R. C. Smith | 2,238 | 0.13% | |
| Independent | Jon Butler | 2,016 | 0.12% | |
| StandUpAmerica | Alex Tsimerman | 1,366 | 0.08% | |
| Total votes | 1,700,840 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 1,803,364 | 58.43% | −2.02% | |
| Republican | Susan Hutchison | 1,282,804 | 41.57% | +2.02% | |
| Total votes | 3,086,168 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 1,114,327 | 57.18% | |
| Republican | Raul Garcia | 431,182 | 22.13% | |
| Republican | Scott Nazarino | 111,386 | 5.72% | |
| Republican | Isaak Holyk | 110,701 | 5.68% | |
| Republican | Mel Ram | 86,956 | 4.46% | |
| Independent | Chuck Jackson | 21,055 | 1.08% | |
| Independent | David Tilton | 17,561 | 0.90% | |
| Democratic | Paul Giesick | 17,433 | 0.89% | |
| Republican | Goodspaceguy | 16,826 | 0.86% | |
| Independent | Thor Amundson | 10,587 | 0.54% | |
| Socialist Workers | Henry Dennison | 7,840 | 0.40% | |
| Write-in | 2,862 | 0.15% | ||
| Total votes | 1,948,716 | 100% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Cantwell (incumbent) | 2,252,577 | 59.09% | +0.66% | |
| Republican | Raul Garcia | 1,549,187 | 40.64% | −0.93% | |
| Write-in | 10,627 | 0.28% | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 3,812,391 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratichold | |||||
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