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File · Money Read
What the money shows
Edward J. Markey has an estimated net worth of $5.9M. The 2026 campaign raised $2.8M. Outside groups had $1.5M spent against Edward J. Markey. Edward J. Markey sits on Primary Health and Retirement Security and Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Est. net worth
$5.9M
$2.5M+
Raised (last cycle)
$2.8M
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
13
Senator since 2013 · 51y in office
Net-worth filings
1
from disclosures
File — Balance
Bills weighed against funded sectors
Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.
Other
$259K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Law & Lobbying
$40K in corporate money from law · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against law
0 bills
with law
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Ideological / Leadership
$39K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Tech & Telecom
$29K in corporate money from tech · 8 roll calls · 2 bills
Labor / Unions
$28K in union money · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Agriculture
$5K in corporate money from agriculture · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against agriculture
0 bills
with agriculture
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Real Estate & Construction
$5K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
File A — Net Worth
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.
File C — Service
Term history
- SenatorMAD2021 – 2027 · 6 yrs
- SenatorMAD2015 – 2021 · 6 yrs
- SenatorMADHouse → Senate2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-5D2013 – 2013 · 0 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D2007 – 2009 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D2005 – 2007 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D2003 – 2005 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1999 – 2001 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1997 – 1999 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1995 – 1997 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1993 – 1995 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1991 – 1993 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1989 – 1991 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1987 – 1989 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1985 – 1987 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1983 – 1985 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1979 – 1981 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeMA-7D1975 – 1977 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
File — Background
Senator Edward J. Markey, MA
Born July 11, 1946.
Studied at
Boston College Law School · Boston College [wikidata]
Family money
spouse · sourced role
Susan Blumenthal [source]
Susan Jane Blumenthal is an American physician, global health expert, psychiatrist and public health advocate. With more than two decades of service as a senior government health leader in the administrations of four U.S. presidents, Blumenthal served as the first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health and director of the Office on Women's Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as Assistant Surgeon General of the United States and senior global health advisor within the HHS. She also was a research branch chief at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the chair of the NIH Health and Behavior Coordinating Committee. Blumenthal served as the Public Health Editor of the Huffington Post and as a health columnist for magazines including US News and World Report and Elle.
File — The 2026 race
Massachusetts · Senate
General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.
The read · Massachusetts · Senate
Seth Moulton has raised more than 2 times the next candidate.
Democrat Seth Moulton has raised about $5.6M, more than 2 times any rival.
Seth Moulton reports 94% of campaign money from individuals.
The incumbent, Edward J. Markey, ranks No. 2 in the money.
Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
Seth Moulton D · challenger  | vs | Edward J. Markey D · incumbent |
|---|---|---|
| $5.6M | Raised | $2.8M |
| $2.6M | Cash on hand | $2.2M |
| 4% | From PACs | 20% |
| 94% | From individuals | 75% |
| Too few to rank | Top donor sector | Law & Lobbying |
| No | Incumbent | Yes |
Contractor money
Federal contractors who funded this member
This is a documented association, not a claim that campaign money caused an award.
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Bills
Recorded votes
31 recorded votes · 6 Yea · 24 Nay. Most recent first; each links to the bill.
1–15 of 31
File — The Massachusetts delegation
Who else Massachusetts sends to Congress
2 senators and 9 of 9 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
- Elizabeth WarrenSenatorD
- Richard E. NealDistrict 1D
- James P. McGovernDistrict 2D
- Lori TrahanDistrict 3D
- Jake AuchinclossDistrict 4D
- Katherine M. ClarkDistrict 5D
- Seth MoultonDistrict 6D
- Ayanna PressleyDistrict 7D
- Stephen F. LynchDistrict 8D
- William R. KeatingDistrict 9D
Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
File — Where this page comes from
Edward J. Markey · sources
Only sources that fed this profile are listed here.
| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org | Quoted descriptors for family rows | 2026-07-30 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |