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Maria Cantwell is a U.S. Senator from Washington, serving since 2001. She has had a varied career, including time in the Washington state legislature and U.S. House of Representatives. Cantwell was born in Indiana and worked on a presidential campaign before entering politics in Washington state.
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Maria Ellen Cantwellis an American politician and former businesswoman serving as the junior United States senator from Washington since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993, and in the United States House of Representatives from Washington’s 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995.
Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Cantwell graduated from Miami University before moving to Seattle to work on Alan Cranston’s 1984 presidential campaign. In 1986, she was elected to the state House of Representatives, where she served until her election to Congress in 1992. Cantwell served one term in Congress before losing her seat to Republican Rick White in the 1994 election. She then briefly worked in the private sector as vice president of marketing for RealNetworks.
Despite having vowed to remain out of politics, Cantwell ran for the United States Senate in 2000. She defeated Republican incumbent Slade Gorton in one of the closest elections in the state’s history. Cantwell was reelected in 2006, 2012, and 2018. Upon the February 2017 resignation of Jeff Sessions to become United States Attorney General, she became the most senior junior senator. She is the second female senator from Washington, after Patty Murray.
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Maria Cantwell was born on October 13, 1958.
Maria Cantwell has served in the Washington House of Representatives, the U.S. House of Representatives, and has been a U.S. Senator from Washington since 2001.
Maria Cantwell was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana.
After losing her seat in Congress in 1994, Maria Cantwell briefly worked as the vice president of marketing for RealNetworks.
Maria Cantwell has been re-elected as a U.S. Senator in 2006, 2012, and 2018.
Patty Murray was the first female senator from Washington before Maria Cantwell.
After graduating from Miami University, Maria Cantwell moved to Seattle to work on Alan Cranston’s 1984 presidential campaign.
4 Quotes by Maria Cantwell
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Dr. King’s leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.
Maria CantwellAmerican politician and businesswoman (born 1958)
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We’ll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power.
Maria CantwellAmerican politician and businesswoman (born 1958)
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But the fact is, it’s illegal for the Administration to spend North west taxpayers’ money to develop this rate hike proposal, just so it can turn around and raise their energy rates.
Maria CantwellAmerican politician and businesswoman (born 1958)
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We will not rest until the wooden stake is punched through the heart of the Enron lawsuit against us.
Maria CantwellAmerican politician and businesswoman (born 1958)