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Maria Ellen Cantwell is an American politician serving since 2001 as the junior U.S. senator from Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1987 to 1993 in the Washington House of
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.
The 2000 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Slade Gorton was seeking reelection to a third consecutive term, and a fourth overa
Maria Cantwell
…the private sector as vice president of marketing for RealNetworks. Despite having vowed to remain out of politics, Cantwell ran for the U.S. 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, 2018, and…
Maria Cantwell, official portrait, 110th Congress
Slade Gorton, official Senate photo portrait