Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Patty Murray

Official portrait of Patty Murray
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Washington (class 3)
Party
Democrat
Born
1950
In Congress
Senate since 1993 · 33 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
MURRAY, PATTY
Map of Washington with the whole state highlighted

Washington

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. Senate · WashingtonIncumbentWon the general election (57.15%)

FEC candidate ID S2WA00189 · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Washington$3,591,671.12Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · Washington$16,112,355.03Won the general election (57.15%)
Total raised$16,112,355.03
Total spent$19,036,980.20
Cash on hand$558,340.18
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $11,992,151.63PACs and other committees: $2,538,643.58Party committees: $51,238.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,498,471.72Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $31,850.10
  • Individual contributions$11,992,151.6374%
  • PACs and other committees$2,538,643.5816%
  • Party committees$51,238.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,498,471.729%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$31,850.100%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

  • Senate Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member
    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ex Officio
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Ex Officio
    • Department of Defense
    • Department of Homeland Security
    • Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Ex Officio
    • Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
    • Energy and Water Development Ranking Member
    • Financial Services and General Government Ex Officio
    • Legislative Branch Ex Officio
    • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
    • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ex Officio
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
    • Education and the American Family
    • Primary Health and Retirement Security
  • Senate Committee on the Budget
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

582 committees reported giving $2,565,153.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Patty Murray$2,542,990.56
  • Independent expenditures opposing Patty Murray$6,389,835.63
  • Company and union communications to members about Patty Murray$87,036.87

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Washington U.S. Senate, 2022 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Patty Murray (D)$16,112,355.03$558,340.182022-12-31
Tiffany Smiley (R)$21,007,197.75$194,496.552022-12-31
Naz Paul (I)$31,396.98$0.002022-08-31
Nicolaus Sleister (D)$13,549.50$0.002022-06-30
Justin Greywolf (I)$5,720.38−$14.022022-08-15
Bob Hagglund (R)$2,205.50$0.002021-12-31
Robert W Kirby (D)$25.00$0.002022-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Patty Murray 49.5% · Tiffany Smiley 45.2% (Murray +4.3). Averages listed on Wikipedia from Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight, 270ToWin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Moore Information Group (R)November 3–5, 2022500 (LV)± 4.0%Patty Murray 47% · Tiffany Smiley 47%
InsiderAdvantage (R)October 31, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%Patty Murray 48% · Tiffany Smiley 46%
The Trafalgar Group (R)October 25–28, 20221,207 (LV)± 2.9%Patty Murray 49% · Tiffany Smiley 48%
Triton Polling & ResearchOctober 26–27, 2022506 (LV)± 4.4%Patty Murray 51% · Tiffany Smiley 45%
Moore Information Group (R)October 20–22, 2022500 (LV)± 4.0%Patty Murray 46% · Tiffany Smiley 46%
KAConsulting (R)October 20–22, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Patty Murray 48% · Tiffany Smiley 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election in Washington (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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