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Patty Murray

D Democrat · Senator, Washington
30
Moderate self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#47 of 193 scored

Murray (D-WA, since 1993) has a moderate profile. Stock trades (~161, ~$1.3M) look advisor-managed, not self-directed; net worth ~$1.5-3.9M is mid-pack. Clearest findings are structural: top lobbyist/Boeing donor recipient and 17+ ex-aides turned lobbyists tied to earmarks. Missed votes 2.6% (typical); no campaign personal-use found. Money findings are correlation, not proof.

Public record

In Congress since
1993
Committees
Appropriations (Ranking Member)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Budget
Veterans' Affairs
Missed votes, 119th Congress
5.6% (51 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$2.8M raised · 9% from PACs & committees · $1.7M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
22
~161 STOCK Act trades (~$1.3M) across a uniform blue-chip basket indicating an advisor-managed account; disclosures emphasize mutual funds. No timing/sector exploitation found.
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
8
Net worth $1.53-3.89M (2023), below Senate median; growth consistent with salary/markets. No anomaly.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
48
CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. Top lobbyist recipient (~$605K since 2005), No.1 air-transport beneficiary; Boeing $53,550+. No quid pro quo documented.
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No personal-use allegations found. Not penalized.
Revolving door & family
15% weight
55
17+ ex-staffers became lobbyists; nine of her earmarks ($19.5M) went to their clients. Spousal SSA tie flagged as possible Rule 37 conflict.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
8
Missed 2.6% of votes (300/11,665), near Senate median. No heavy paid-speech displacement found.

Sources behind this score: 1 data aggregator · 3 reference database · 4 news reporting · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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