Edward J. Markey
Democrat · MA · U.S. Senate
Bio
Edward John Markey is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from the state of Massachusetts, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served 20 terms as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district from 1976 to 2013. Before that, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976. He has been the dean of the Massachusetts's congressional delegation since 2009.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 51.5 years
- Chambers
- House 38.4y, Senate 13.1y
- First took office
- 1975 (23 terms)
- Seniority
- 2 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 80
- Senate class
- 2 · junior senator
- Springfield, MA · 413-785-4610
- Boston, MA · 617-565-8519
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $3.1M – $9.6M
- Liabilities
- $300k – $600k
- Net worth
- $2.5M – $9.3M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Edward J. Markey's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Edward J. Markey (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Markeysits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportationcenter · 28 members
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Workscenter · 19 members
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensionscenter · 23 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Markey's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Top 5 most heated moments as progressives spar over who is further to the left in final Dem Senate debateEd Markey and opponent Seth Moulton clashed over transgender athletes and abolishing ICE in their final Senate debate in Massachusetts.
Fox News · August 21, 2026
AOC endorses Sen Ed Markey as incumbent faces Dem US Senate primary challenge from Rep Seth MoultonRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses incumbent Sen. Ed Markey as he faces off against Rep. Seth Moulton in the Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
Fox News · August 21, 2026
Democrats’ Push for Generational Change Could Hit a Wall in MassachusettsSenator Ed Markey led Representative Seth Moulton in two new polls of the Democratic Senate primary in Massachusetts, as the longtime incumbent seeks to hold off another generational challenge. An anti-incumbent wave has swept through the Democratic primaries…
Biztoc.com · August 18, 2026
80-Year-Old Ed Markey May Trounce Another Young ChallengerRecent polls show Massachusetts senator Ed Markey with a sizable lead over Representative Seth Moulton with only weeks to go before the primary election.
New York Magazine · August 18, 2026
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