Editing Patty Murray (section)

==U.S. Senate (1993–present)==
Murray has served in the United States Senate since her election in 1992. For the 118th Congress in 2023, she was elected Senate [[president pro tempore]] after [[Patrick Leahy]] retired from the Senate; the office is usually held by the longest served [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior senator]] of the majority party, but Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]] (who was also elected in 1992, but took her seat a few months prior to Murray because she won a special election, rather than a regularly scheduled one) declined the post due to ailing health, leaving Murray the next in line for the position. Murray would ultimately become the most senior serving Democrat upon Feinstein's death later that year. Murray is the first woman to hold the position.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jalonik |first=Mary Clare |date=January 4, 2023 |title=Murray becomes first female president pro tempore in Senate |language=en |pages=2023–01–04 |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-patty-murray-senate-5ffe1b8e2c049a8f37ac0afbcc2af665 |access-date=January 4, 2023}}</ref> 

Murray is the first woman, and 33rd senator overall, to have cast 10,000 votes in the Senate, having reached the threshold on April 20, 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.axios.com/2023/04/20/sen-murray-first-woman-cast-10000-votes-senate|title = Sen. Murray becomes first woman to cast 10,000 votes in the Senate|last = Knutson|first = Jake|date = April 20, 2023|accessdate = April 20, 2023|work = [[Axios (website)|Axios]]}}</ref>

=== Elections ===

==== 1992 ====
{{see also|1992 United States Senate election in Washington}}
In 1992, Murray announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate after ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' published a series of articles alleging that incumbent Democratic Senator [[Brock Adams]] had [[sexually assaulted]] a number of women.<ref>{{cite news | author=Mark Matassa and David Schaefer | title=Who'll Run for Adams' Seat? -- Scramble on After Senator Withdraws | newspaper=[[Seattle Times]] | date=March 2, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=September 10, 2004 |title=Adams, Brock (1927–2004) |url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5739 |access-date=February 24, 2007 |website=[[HistoryLink]]}}</ref> Adams denied the allegations, but his popularity weakened considerably and he chose to retire rather than risk losing the seat for his party. Murray defeated Congressman [[Don Bonker]] for the Democratic nomination. In the general election she defeated Republican Congressman [[Rod Chandler]], 54% to 46%, despite being outspent by a wide margin. Chandler seemed to have the upper hand in one of the debates until he responded to Murray's criticism for spending $120,000 on congressional mailings during rising unemployment and declining family income as part of [[Early 1990s recession in the United States|an economic recession]] by quoting the [[Roger Miller]] song "[[Dang Me]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Connelly |first=Joel |date=September 19, 2006 |title=Cantwell snubs McGavick on debates |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/285755_joel20.html |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref> Chandler was further damaged by the unpopularity in the [[Pacific Northwest]] of President [[George H. W. Bush]], who was largely blamed for the recession.

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 | title = 1992 U.S. Senate primary in Washington<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=240685|title=Our Campaigns - WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Race - Sep 15, 1992|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Patty Murray
 | votes      = 318,455
 | percentage = 28.32%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Rod Chandler]]
 | votes      = 228,083
 | percentage = 20.28%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Don Bonker]]
 | votes      = 208,321
 | percentage = 18.52%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Leo K. Thorsness]]
 | votes      = 185,498
 | percentage = 16.49%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Tim Hill (politician)|Tim Hill]]
 | votes      = 128,232
 | percentage = 11.40%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Gene D. Hart
 | votes      = 15,894
 | percentage = 1.41%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Marshall
 | votes      = 11,659
 | percentage = 1.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
 | party      = Washington Taxpayers
 | candidate  = [[William Cassius Goodloe]]
 | votes      = 10,877
 | percentage = 0.97%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Jeffery Brian Venezia
 | votes      = 7,259
 | percentage = 0.65%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = LaPriel C. Barnes
 | votes      = 7,044
 | percentage = 0.63%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Socialist Workers Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Mark Severs
 | votes      = 3,309
 | percentage = 0.29%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 1,124,631
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
 | title = 1992 United States Senate election in Washington<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx|title=Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State|website=www.sos.wa.gov}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Patty Murray
 | votes      = 1,197,973
 | percentage = 53.99%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Rod Chandler]]
 | votes      = 1,020,829
 | percentage = 46.01%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 2,218,802
 | percentage = 100.0%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==== 1998 ====
{{see also|1998 United States Senate election in Washington}}
In 1998, Murray faced Congresswoman [[Linda Smith (American politician)|Linda Smith]], a staunch conservative and maverick who was one of nine House Republicans to vote against confirming [[U.S. House Speaker]] [[Newt Gingrich]] in early 1997, opposed gay rights and viewed homosexuality as a "morally unfit inclination".<ref>{{cite web |title=SMITH, Linda |url=https://history.house.gov/people/detail/21861 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |website=history.house.gov}}</ref> Murray heavily outspent her and was reelected, 58% to 42%.

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 | title = 1998 U.S. Senate primary in Washington<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=9&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y=|title=September 1998 Primary|website=Washington Secretary of State|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Patty Murray (incumbent)
 | votes      = 479,009
 | percentage = 45.86%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Linda Smith (American politician)|Linda Smith]]
 | votes      = 337,407
 | percentage = 32.31%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Chris Bayley]]
 | votes      = 155,864
 | percentage = 14.92%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Warren E. Hanson
 | votes      = 22,411
 | percentage = 2.15%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Amundson Amundseon
 | votes      = 10,905
 | percentage = 1.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = John Marshall
 | votes      = 9,662
 | percentage = 0.93%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Reform Party of the United States of America
 | candidate  = Mike The Mover
 | votes      = 6,596
 | percentage = 0.63%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = James Sherwood Stokes
 | votes      = 5,989
 | percentage = 0.57%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Harvey Vernier
 | votes      = 3,882
 | percentage = 0.37%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Socialist Workers Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Nan Bailey
 | votes      = 3,709
 | percentage = 0.36%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Reform Party of the United States of America
 | candidate  = Steve Thompson
 | votes      = 3,371
 | percentage = 0.32%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Robert Tilden Medley
 | votes      = 3,350
 | percentage = 0.32%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Charlie R. Jackson
 | votes      = 2,234
 | percentage = 0.21%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 1,044,389
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}

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 | title      = General election results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=10&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y=|title=November 1998 General|website=Washington Secretary of State|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Patty Murray (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 1,103,184
 | percentage = 58.41%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Linda Smith (American politician)|Linda Smith]]
 | votes      = 785,377
 | percentage = 41.59%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 1,888,561
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==== 2004 ====
{{see also|2004 United States Senate election in Washington}}
In 2004, Murray faced Republican U.S. Representative [[George Nethercutt]]. [[Term limits]] became an issue in the campaign, as Democrats seized on Nethercutt's broken term-limits pledge that he had made when he unexpectedly unseated Speaker [[Tom Foley]] in 1994. Nethercutt was also hampered by his lack of name recognition in the more densely populated western part of the state, home to two-thirds of the state's population. Washington has not elected a senator from east of the [[Cascade Mountains|Cascades]] since [[Miles Poindexter]] in 1916. Other important issues included national security and the [[Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present|war in Iraq]]. Nethercutt supported the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]], while Murray opposed it. Nethercutt was a heavy underdog from the start and his campaign never gained much traction. Murray was reelected, 55% to 43%.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Democratic primary election results
|-
|'''Party'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
|-
|Democratic
|'''Patty Murray''' (incumbent)
|'''709,477'''
|'''92.20'''
|-
|Democratic
|Warren Hanson
|46,487
|6.04
|-
|Democratic
|Mohammad Said
|13,526
|1.76
|}
{{Election box begin no change | title=General election results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wei.sos.wa.gov/agency/osos/en/press_and_research/PreviousElections/2004/Documents/2004%20General%20Election/2004Leg-CongDistAbstract.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185550/https://wei.sos.wa.gov/agency/osos/en/press_and_research/PreviousElections/2004/Documents/2004%20General%20Election/2004Leg-CongDistAbstract.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |title=Official November 2, 2004 General Election Abstract}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate  = Patty Murray (incumbent)
 |votes      = 1,549,708
 |percentage = 54.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate  = [[George Nethercutt|George R. Nethercutt, Jr.]]
 |votes      = 1,204,584
 |percentage = 42.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
 |candidate  = J. Mills
 |votes      = 34,055
 |percentage = 1.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Green Party of the United States
 |candidate  = Mark B. Wilson
 |votes      = 30,304
 |percentage = 1.08
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 2,818,651
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==== 2010 ====
{{see also|2010 United States Senate election in Washington}}
The 2010 election was the first Senate election to be held under the new [[blanket primary]] since [[Washington Initiative 872|Initiative 872]] had passed in 2004. In the August 17 primary, Murray appeared on the ballot alongside four other Democratic candidates, six Republican candidates, a [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] candidate and three independent candidates. She received a plurality, 46%, and advanced to the general election along with her main Republican challenger, former state Senator and two-time gubernatorial nominee [[Dino Rossi]], who received 33%.<ref>{{cite news |last=Balter |first=Joni |date=January 29, 2010 |title=Dino Rossi and the Scott Brown effect in Washington |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/dino-rossi-and-the-scott-brown-effect-in-washington/ |access-date=October 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Trende |first=Sean |date=April 24, 2010 |title=Bad Polling News for Murray |url=http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/04/24/surveyusa-poll-washington-senate/ |url-status=dead |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426115824/http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/04/24/surveyusa-poll-washington-senate/ |archive-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> Leading up to the election, several prominent Washington State newspapers endorsed Murray.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 8, 2010 |title=The Times endorses the re-election of Sen. Patty Murray |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-times-endorses-the-re-election-of-sen-patty-murray/ |access-date=October 17, 2020 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/10/1376438/re-elect-patty-murray-to-the-us.html Re-elect Patty Murray to the U.S. Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905080418/http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/10/1376438/re-elect-patty-murray-to-the-us.html|date=September 5, 2012}}, ''[[The News Tribune]]'', October 10, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Editorial board |date=October 11, 2010 |title=Murray has earned a fourth term |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/opinion/428233_PIUSSENATE.html |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 24, 2010 |title=On balance, Murray is better choice for Senate |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/editorial-on-balance-murray-is-better-choice-for/ |access-date=October 17, 2020 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]]}}</ref> Rossi conceded the election to Murray on November 4, 2010, two days after election day. She won 52.36% of the vote to Rossi's 47.64%, Murray's smallest reelection margin to date.

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| title = [[Blanket primary]] election results<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/Results.aspx?RaceTypeCode=O&JurisdictionTypeID=1&ElectionID=36&ViewMode=Results |title=August 17, 2010 Primary - Federal |publisher=Vote.wa.gov |date=August 17, 2010 |access-date=August 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821041354/http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/Results.aspx?RaceTypeCode=O&JurisdictionTypeID=1&ElectionID=36&ViewMode=Results |archive-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/2010/maps/#/Senate/2010/WA |title=The 2010 Results Maps |work=[[Politico]]|access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Patty Murray (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 670,284
| percentage = 46.22
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Dino Rossi]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 483,305
| percentage = 33.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Clint Didier]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 185,034
| percentage = 12.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Paul Akers
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 37,231
| percentage = 2.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Skip Mercer
| party = Independent
| votes = 12,122
| percentage = 0.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles Allen
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 11,525
| percentage = 0.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bob Burr
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 11,344
| percentage = 0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Norma Gruber
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 9,162
| percentage = 0.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Michael Latimer
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 6,545
| percentage = 0.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mike the Mover
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 6,019
| percentage = 0.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Goodspaceguy
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 4,718
| percentage = 0.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Baker
| party = Reform Party (United States)
| votes = 4,593
| percentage = 0.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mohammad Said
| party = Independent
| votes = 3,387
| percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Schalk Leonard
| party = Independent
| votes = 2,818
| percentage = 0.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Chovil
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,039
| percentage = 0.14
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,450,126
| percentage=100
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=General election results<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20101102/US-Senator.html|title=U.S. Senator|website=results.vote.wa.gov}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate  = Patty Murray (incumbent)
 |votes      = 1,314,930
 |percentage = 52.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate  = [[Dino Rossi]]
 |votes      = 1,196,164
 |percentage = 47.64
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 2,511.094
 | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==== 2016 ====
{{see also|2016 United States Senate election in Washington}}
Murray ran for a fifth term in 2016. She faced three Democratic challengers in the August 2, 2016, primary election.<ref>{{citation |title=Candidates |url=https://weiapplets.sos.wa.gov/MyVoteOLVR/OnlineVotersGuide?language=en&electionId=62&countyCode=xx&Group=Federal |website=eledataweb.votewa.gov |publisher=Washington Secretary of State}}</ref> In the general election, she faced [[King County Council]]man [[Chris Vance (politician)|Chris Vance]]. She defeated Vance, 59% to 41%.

{{Election box begin no change
| title = [[Blanket primary]] election results<ref>{{cite web | url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/US-Senator.html | title=August 2, 2016 Primary Results - U.S. Senator | publisher=Washington Secretary of State | access-date=August 22, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822014859/http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/US-Senator.html | archive-date=August 22, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Patty Murray (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 745,421
| percentage = 53.82%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Chris Vance (politician)|Chris Vance]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 381,004
| percentage = 27.51%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Eric John Makus
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 57,825
| percentage = 4.18%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Phil Cornell
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 46,460
| percentage = 3.35%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Scott Nazarino
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 41,542
| percentage = 3.00%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mike Luke
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 20,988
| percentage = 1.52%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mohammad Said
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 13,362
| percentage = 0.96%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Donna Rae Lands
| party = Conservative
| votes = 11,472
| percentage = 0.83%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ted Cummings
| party = Independent
| votes = 11,028
| percentage = 0.80%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sam Wright
| party = Human Rights
| votes = 10,751
| percentage = 0.78%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Uncle Mover
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 8,569
| percentage = 0.62%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jeremy Teuton
| party = System Reboot
| votes = 7,991
| percentage = 0.58%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thor Amundson
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 7,906
| percentage = 0.57%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Chuck Jackson
| party = Independent
| votes = 6,318
| percentage = 0.46%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| candidate = Pano Churchill
| party = Lincoln Caucus
| votes = 5,150
| percentage = 0.37%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Zach Haller
| party = Independent
| votes = 5,092
| percentage = 0.37%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Alex Tsimerman
| party = StandUpAmerica
| votes = 4,117
| percentage = 0.30%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,384,996
| percentage=100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title=General election results<ref name=SOSResults>{{cite web|title=November 8, 2016 General Election Results (Washington)|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/research/2016-general-data.zip|publisher=Washington Secretary of State|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref><ref>https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=53&year=2016&f=0&off=3&class=3</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate  = Patty Murray (incumbent)
 |votes      = 1,913,979
 |percentage = 58.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate  = [[Chris Vance (politician)|Chris Vance]]
 |votes      = 1,329,338
 |percentage = 40.86
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change|
 |votes      = 10,071
 |percentage = 0.31
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 3,253,388
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==== 2022 ====
{{see also|2022 United States Senate election in Washington}}
In the 2022 election, Murray won reelection to a sixth term over Republican [[Tiffany Smiley]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Patty Murray defeats Tiffany Smiley in U.S. Senate race |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/patty-murray-leads-tiffany-smiley-in-u-s-senate-race/ |work=The Seattle Times |date=November 8, 2022}}</ref>

{{Election box begin no change|title=[[Blanket primary]] election results<ref>{{cite web |title=August 2, 2022 Primary - U.S. Senator |url=https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20220802/us-senator.html |publisher=[[Secretary of State of Washington]] |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220819035659/https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20220802/us-senator.html |archive-date=19 August 2022 |date=2 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Primary Results Certification |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-08/2022%20primary%20results%20certification%20final.pdf|publisher=[[Secretary of State of Washington]] |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning  candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Patty Murray (incumbent)|votes=1002811|percentage=52.22%}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Naz Paul|votes=18858|percentage=0.98%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Bill Hirt|votes=15276|percentage=0.8%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Mohammad Hassan Said|votes=13995|percentage=0.73%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Socialist Workers Party (United States)|candidate=Henry Clay Dennison|votes=13,901|percentage=0.72%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Dr Pano Churchill|votes=11859|percentage=0.62%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Bryan Solstin|votes=9627|percentage=0.5%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Charlie (Chuck) Jackson|votes=8604|percentage=0.45%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Jon Butler|votes=5413|percentage=0.28%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Thor Amundson|votes=5133|percentage=0.27%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Martin D. Hash|votes=4725|percentage=0.25%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=No party preference|candidate=Dan Phan Doan|votes=3049|percentage=0.16%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Sam Cusmir|votes=2688|percentage=0.14%}}
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===[[119th United States Congress]] Committee assignments===
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Committee Assignments of the 119th Congress |url=https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm#Cortez%20MastoNV |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>

[[File:MURRAYROBERTS.jpg|thumb|right| Senator Murray at the podium, joined by (left to right), Sen. [[Barbara Boxer]] (D-[[California|CA]]), Sen. [[Debbie Stabenow]] (D-[[Michigan|MI]]), Sen. [[Maria Cantwell]] (D-[[Washington (state)|WA]]) and Sen. [[Barbara Mikulski]] (D-[[Maryland|MD]]), launching an interactive website regarding the nomination of Judge [[John Roberts]] as the [[Chief Justice of the United States]].]]
* '''[[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Committee on Appropriations]] (ranking member)'''
* [[United States Senate Committee on the Budget|Committee on the Budget]]
* [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions|Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions]]
* [[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Committee on Veterans' Affairs]]

===Caucus memberships===
* [[Senate Oceans Caucus]]
* [[Senate Aerospace Caucus]]
*[[Afterschool Caucuses]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Members |url=http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policyCongressionalCaucuses.cfm |publisher=Afterschool Alliance |access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|publisher=Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142643/http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Coalition on Adoption]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}</ref>

===Legislation===
On February 28, 2013, Murray introduced the [[Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act]] into the Senate. The bill would prevent the [[United States Forest Service]] from removing a building from the [[Glacier Peak Wilderness|Glacier Peak Wilderness Area]] in the state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] unless the agency determines that the structure is unsafe for visitors.<ref name=404sum>{{cite web |title=S.404 - Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act |url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/404|website=congress.gov |publisher=United States Congress |access-date=April 5, 2014}}</ref> Murray argued that the bill should be passed in order to help the tourism industry in the area while protecting the lookout point in question.<ref name=SenateApprovesAp3>{{cite news |last=Cox |first=Ramsey |title=Senate approves small bill to help Oso recovery |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/202617-senate-approves-small-bill-to-aid-oso-landslide-victims/|access-date=April 8, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=April 3, 2014}}</ref> The bill would be "a very small step in what will be a very long recovery" and would "provide a glimmer of hope for the long-term recovery of this area", she said,<ref name="SenateApprovesAp3"/> referring to the area's recovery from the casualties and damage caused by the [[2014 Oso mudslide]]. The bill passed both the House and the Senate.