Maria Cantwell
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Maria Ellen Cantwell is 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.
Official portrait, 2018
Cantwell (seated in the middle of the couch) with other female Senators of the 110th Congress, which served from 2007 until 2009.
Cantwell responding to a question at a press conference in 2019.
Cantwell speaks during the second day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
Washington's 1st congressional district
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Washington's 1st congressional district encompasses parts of King and Snohomish counties. The district covers several cities in the north of the Seattle metropolitan area, east of Interstate 5, including parts of Bellevue, Marysville, and up north toward Arlington.
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