Cantwell, Maria
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Maria Ellen Cantwell is an American politician serving since 2001 as the junior U.S. senator from Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1987 to 1993 in the Washington House of Representatives and from 1993 to 1995 in the United States House of Representatives.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Cantwell, Maria
- First name
- Maria
- Last name
- Cantwell
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Washington U.S. Senate — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Washington U.S. Senate — 2030 General Election 2030-11-05 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $11,147,595.82
- Total disbursements
- $10,726,015.97
- Cash on hand
- $611,211.19
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $2,173,182.85
Receipt components disclose $11,147,595.82 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $10,134,572.64;Share: 90.9%;Denominator: $11,147,595.82 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $76,800.00;Share: 0.7%;Denominator: $11,147,595.82 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $11,147,595.82 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $11,147,595.82 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $753,191.33;Share: 6.8%;Denominator: $11,147,595.82 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $183,031.85;Share: 1.6%;Denominator: $11,147,595.82 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $8,772,760.00
- Itemized
- $8,772,760.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 19658 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $8,772,760.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $35,012.00;Transactions: 215;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $261,332.00;Transactions: 416;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $1,200,202.00;Transactions: 1,231;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $229,065.00;Transactions: 408;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $402,305.00;Transactions: 729;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $1,001,083.00;Transactions: 1,195;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $365,256.00;Transactions: 630;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $247,568.00;Transactions: 583;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $492,314.00;Transactions: 981;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $192,563.00;Transactions: 484;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $582,739.00;Transactions: 1,131;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $669,403.00;Transactions: 1,149;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $98,963.00;Transactions: 445;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $288,929.00;Transactions: 1,115;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $812,218.00;Transactions: 1,486;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $166,418.00;Transactions: 760;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $300,291.00;Transactions: 1,083;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $411,991.00;Transactions: 1,166;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $227,040.00;Transactions: 944;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $315,360.00;Transactions: 1,119;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $326,529.00;Transactions: 1,257;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $130,168.00;Transactions: 1,052;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $14,761.00;Transactions: 76;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $1,250.00;Transactions: 3;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $8,772,760.00 across 19,658 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $632,453.00;Transactions: 12,931 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $424,339.00;Transactions: 1,604 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $858,506.00;Transactions: 1,655 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $1,994,301.00;Transactions: 1,828 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $4,863,161.00;Transactions: 1,640 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 38% in district
- District share basis
- $3,355,320.00 in district and $5,417,440.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $8,772,760.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| WA | Dollars: $3,355,320.00;Transactions: 12,950;Denominator: $8,772,760.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $1,204,534.00;Transactions: 1,448;Denominator: $8,772,760.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $662,001.00;Transactions: 648;Denominator: $8,772,760.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $478,843.00;Transactions: 347;Denominator: $8,772,760.00 |
| DC | Dollars: $429,884.00;Transactions: 378;Denominator: $8,772,760.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $2,642,178.00;Transactions: 3,887;Denominator: $8,772,760.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $8,772,760.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| HARR, STEVE | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| BARRON, THOMAS | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| PERLMAN, LEE H | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| WILLIAMS, JOHN | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| SCHMID, JAMES | $9,300.00 | 5 transactions |
| LARSEN, DINAH | $9,000.00 | 7 transactions |
| WEBER, WALTER | $8,100.00 | 3 transactions |
| KIRTLEY, DAVID | $8,049.00 | 2 transactions |
| FOND, MIRIAM | $8,000.00 | 16 transactions |
| MULLEN, BETH | $7,600.00 | 5 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $3,141,215.00 | 13355 transactions |
| T-MOBILE | $99,262.00 | 42 transactions |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | $75,256.00 | 65 transactions |
| AMAZON | $52,648.00 | 38 transactions |
| ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP | $52,000.00 | 26 transactions |
| UNITED AIRLINES INC | $44,000.00 | 35 transactions |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | $43,718.00 | 84 transactions |
| AT&T INC | $42,625.00 | 40 transactions |
| DELTA AIR LINES INC | $37,150.00 | 17 transactions |
| WNC & ASSOCIATES INC | $31,700.00 | 15 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $344,561.00 | 272 transactions |
| Transportation | $81,150.00 | 52 transactions |
| Retail | $52,648.00 | 38 transactions |
Classified: $133,798.00 and 90 transactions out of $478,359.00 and 362 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S8WA00194
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S8WA00194
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S8WA00194
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:C000127
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S8WA00194:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S8WA00194:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S8WA00194:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S8WA00194:2030
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C000127
- fec_candidate_id
- S8WA00194
- fec_candidate_ids
- S8WA00194,H2WA01054
- govtrack_id
- 300018
- wikidata_id
- Q22250