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Patty Murray

WA-S3 scores 50.2 on the Democratic incumbent route with 100% of the component weight available: a D+18.2 statewide baseline, tracker alignment, and reported cash on hand. Senate primary feasibility is not measured.

Priority score50.2#2,214 of 5,726Tie of 8

THE MEMBER

Record

Patty Murray is the Democratic senator in WA Class 3. The retained roster records 33.6 cumulative years of Senate service through the source cutoff; the seat is next contested in 2028.

First Senate service
Jan 5, 1993
Next election
2028
Alignment gap
61.9
Bioguide record
M001111

THE STATE

WA-S3

WA recorded a D+18.2 presidential margin statewide in 2024. The senator reported $1,718,051 cash on hand through 2026-06-30.

2024 presidential margin
D+18.2
Cash on hand
$1,718,051
Receipts / disbursements
$2,800,144 / $1,965,553
Finance through
Jun 30, 2026
Route
Democratic incumbent route
Baseline score
52.9

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

Blue baseline

52.9

The statewide 2024 presidential result was D+18.2. The baseline is 0 at a 5-point Democratic margin and 100 at 30 points; only 2024 is retained statewide, so no multi-cycle floor applies.

Primary feasibility

Not in this score

No retained Senate primary evidence exists, so the structural baseline is the blue baseline alone. Nothing is imputed.

Incumbent alignment gap

61.9

The 119th Senate sheets of the retained Left and Palestine trackers score this member 0.4946236559 and 0.2679738562. The gap is the mean distance from full alignment, scaled by tracker coverage.

Cash vulnerability

23.2

The FEC candidate summary reports $1,718,051 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.

SENATE TERM

Recorded service

2023–nowWA-Class 3Current at source cutoff

Formula renormalized(0.65 × structural + 0.20 × alignment gap + 0.15 × cash vulnerability) × (0.6 + 0.4 × 1)

Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record