Is Maria Cantwell pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Maria Cantwell stand on Israel?

Maria Cantwell (Democrat, Washington) has the 50th most pro-Israel record in the US Senate, with a net score of +35: 18 cosponsorships and 11 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, against 4 cosponsorships and 4 votes on the pro-Palestine side.

Net score breakdown

Weights: sponsoring a scored bill 3 points, authoring a scored amendment 3 points, cosponsoring a scored bill 2 points, an aligned floor vote 1 point.

• Pro-Israel activity (additions): 18 cosponsored bills × 2 = 36 points; 11 aligned floor votes × 1 = 11 points. Subtotal: 47 points pro-Israel.
• Pro-Palestine activity (deduction): 4 cosponsored bills × 2 = 8 points; 4 aligned floor votes × 1 = 4 points. Subtotal: 12 points pro-Palestine.
• Net score: +35 pro-Israel (47 pro-Israel points minus 12 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $985,139. Total spent: $1,364,396. Cash on hand: $231,955.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Cantwell: $457,200 (2024–2026, 0 PACs, 26 donors, 279 bundled).

Pro-Israel money spent AGAINST Cantwell: $0. No tracked pro-Israel money spent against this member.

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $0 (0%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $133,900 (24%, 26 named individuals), of which $24,700 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $348,000 (76%, 279 conduit donors).

How the buckets add up to $457,200: PAC money $0, plus named individual donors $133,900, minus $24,700 routed through conduits by 14 of those donors (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $348,000, equals $457,200 hardline pro-Israel money supporting Cantwell.

Liberal pro-Israel (J Street) money: $14,820, tracked in its own tier and not included in the hardline total.

Full committee and donor lists: Israel/Palestine campaign finance.

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.