Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Edward J. Markey

Official portrait of Edward J. Markey
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Massachusetts (class 2)
Party
Democrat
Born
1946
In Congress
House since 1975 · Senate since 2013 · 51 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
MARKEY, EDWARD J. SEN.
Next election
Primary September 1, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Massachusetts with the whole state highlighted

Massachusetts

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

DemocraticU.S. Senate · MassachusettsIncumbentWon the general election (66.15%)

FEC candidate ID S4MA00028 · Principal campaign committee: THE MARKEY COMMITTEE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Massachusetts$5,985,385.37General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. Senate · Massachusetts$11,823,465.97Won the general election (66.15%)
Total raised$11,823,465.97
Total spent$12,971,097.07
Cash on hand$1,642,211.38
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $9,805,523.36PACs and other committees: $980,288.23Party committees: $49,600.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $5,600.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $843,668.45Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $138,785.93
  • Individual contributions$9,805,523.3683%
  • PACs and other committees$980,288.238%
  • Party committees$49,600.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5,600.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$843,668.457%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$138,785.931%

Self-funding: $5,600.00 (0% of money raised): $5,600.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

225 committees reported giving $946,223.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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 Edward J. Sen. Markey$3,963,611.67
  • Independent expenditures opposing Edward J. Sen. Markey$1,148,980.21

FEC totals for the 2020 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

Massachusetts U.S. Senate, 2020 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Edward J. Sen. Markey (D)$11,823,465.97$1,642,211.382020-12-31
Joseph P Kennedy III (D)$11,400,834.45$12,992.342020-12-31
Joseph P Kennedy III (D)$11,400,834.45$12,992.342020-12-31
Shannon Liss-Riordan (D)$3,242,867.09−$167.962020-08-28
Shiva Ayyadurai (R)$1,811,516.85$58,122.822020-12-31
Kevin J O'Connor (R)$947,013.91$62,963.082020-12-31
Steve Pemberton (D)$475,360.25$11,805.922020-12-31
Edward James Mazzuchelli (I)$5,625.00$659.332020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
MassIncOctober 23–30, 2020929 (LV)–Ed Markey 60% · Kevin O'Connor 29%
YouGov/UMass AmherstOctober 14–21, 2020713 (LV)–Ed Markey 65% · Kevin O'Connor 26%
Remington Research (R)September 16–17, 2020907 (LV)± 3.3%Ed Markey 50% · Kevin O'Connor 40%
Change ResearchAugust 23–25, 20191,008 (RV)± 3.1%Ed Markey 44% · Charlie Baker 45%
Change ResearchAugust 23–25, 20191,008 (RV)± 3.1%Shannon Liss-Riordan 35% · Charlie Baker 54%
Change ResearchAugust 23–25, 20191,008 (RV)± 3.1%Joe Kennedy III 49% · Charlie Baker 41%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election in Massachusetts (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: THE MARKEY COMMITTEE.
  • 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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