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Maria Cantwell

Maria Cantwell

Senator· WADSenate● In office
Before officePublic relations executive · RealNetworks
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Maria Cantwell has an estimated net worth of $3M. The 2026 campaign raised $789,841. Outside groups had $3,858 spent for Maria Cantwell. Maria Cantwell sits on Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$3.0M
$627K+
Raised (last cycle)
$790K
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
25
Senator since 2001 · 33y in office
Net-worth filings
13
+$383K since 2013
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

$60K 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.

Labor / Unions

$20K 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.

Ideological / Leadership

$13K 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.

Health & Pharma

$11K in corporate money from health · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against health
0 bills
with health
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Law & Lobbying

$8K 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.

Agriculture

$4K 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.

Defense & Aerospace

$3K in corporate money from defense · 1 roll calls · 1 bills

against defense
0 bills
with defense
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

1 excluded · not weighed

Sports, Media & Entertainment

$2K in corporate money from sports, media · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against sports, media
0 bills
with sports, media
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Real Estate & Construction

$2K 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.

Tech & Telecom

$2K in corporate money from tech · 8 roll calls · 2 bills

against tech
1 bill
with tech
0 bills
1 excluded · not weighed

Transportation

$1K in corporate money from transportation · 8 roll calls · 2 bills

against transportation
0 bills
with transportation
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

2 excluded · not weighed
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

  1. SenatorWAD
    20252031 · 6 yrs
  2. SenatorWAD
    20192025 · 6 yrs
  3. SenatorWAD
    20132019 · 6 yrs
  4. SenatorWAD
    20072013 · 6 yrs
  5. SenatorWADHouseSenate
    20012007 · 6 yrs
  6. RepresentativeWA-1D
    19931995 · 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.