U.S. Senator · WA
Patty Murray
DemocratSenate Class 3Term through January 2029
Funding profile · 2017–2022 term
25% of the money Murray raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 63% of the Senate.
Murray raised $20.4M across the full six-year Senate term (2017–2022), and ended the period with $558K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 25%$5.2M
- Large donors
- 48%$9.8M
- Bundled
- 1%$0.2M
- PACs
- 17%$3.5M
- Other
- 9%$1.8M
Against the senate
How Murray compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 25%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 17%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Murray
The organizations behind the money.
Murray's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
Money organized for Murray
AIPAC›
$100K
AIPAC›
$100K
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.
Who it funds, across Congress
59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.
Emily'S List›$44K
EMILY's List's PAC, which backs Democratic women who support abortion rights.
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $2.4M to 47 members
NORPAC›$22K
A pro-Israel political action committee that bundles individual donations to candidates it judges supportive of the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Who it funds, across Congress
40% Democrats · 59% Republicans · $2.2M to 82 members
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. PAC›$20K
Who it funds, across Congress
48% Democrats · 52% Republicans · $372K to 139 members
Make It Work›$20K
Who it funds, across Congress
93% Democrats · 7% Republicans · $158K to 21 members
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing. Murrayreceived so many small earmarked donations that these figures count only the largest ones. Read every total as “at least.”
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Murray's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $1.5M from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Murray
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Murray, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Murray.
Evergreen Principles PAC$4.4M
To help Murray—To hurt Murray$4.4MWomen Vote!$2.1M
To help Murray$2.1MTo hurt Murray—Esafund$1.0M
To help Murray—To hurt Murray$1.0MOur American Century$866K
To help Murray—To hurt Murray$866KFamily Friendly Action PAC$300K
To help Murray$300KTo hurt Murray—
Evergreen Principles PAC›—$4.4M$4.4M
Evergreen Principles PAC
Women Vote!$2.1M—$2.1M
Esafund—$1.0M$1.0M
Our American Century—$866K$866K
Family Friendly Action PAC›$300K—$300K
Family Friendly Action PAC
FEC filings, 2017–2022 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 586 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2017–2022 term. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
PAC figures are contributions to Murray's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Murray stands