DemocratEdward J. Markey
U.S. Senator · Massachusetts
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
11 tracked promises, 5 rated
Massachusetts
Represents Massachusetts statewide
How they won their seat
Edward J. Markey won the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts with 64.5% of the vote (2,357,809 votes).
- Edward J. Markey · Democrat64.5%2,357,809
- Kevin J. O'Conner · Republican32.2%1,177,765
- Blank Votes · Other2.6%93,869
- 2 Other Candidates0.8%28,562
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Edward J. Markey's record shows a concentration on issues related to climate change, health care, and digital privacy. He has sponsored numerous bills addressing environmental concerns, such as the 'Climate Change Education Act' and the 'Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act', alongside health care initiatives like the 'Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act'. Additionally, he has supported legislation related to digital privacy, including the 'Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act'. Focus areas (from the record): Climate Change · Health Care · Digital Privacy · Social Justice · Voting Rights Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Markey's sponsored bills align with his declared positions, particularly in climate change and health care. His sponsorship of climate-related bills indicates engagement with environmental issues, and he has sponsored legislation related to health care. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills is unclear, as none have become law; There is no information on committee assignments, which limits understanding of his influence; The absence of statements means we cannot assess his public communication or framing of issues. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Edward J. Markey has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2016. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Edward J. Markey has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$3K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$193K99%
- PAC / committee$00%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and MediaOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data PrivacyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American FamilyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+75 · based on 5 rated promises
- Championed 5
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2015 · 5 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jan 2027 | 75 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept5
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
11 promises across 11 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- AI / children's safety1
- Artificial Intelligence / Federalism1
- Children's online privacy1
- Climate / Green New Deal1
- Data centers / energy policy1
- Environment / EPA funding1
- Health care / social insurance1
- Judiciary / Supreme Court1
- Net neutrality / broadband1
- Nuclear weapons policy1
- Voting rights / Senate rules1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)11100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
11 tracked promises
“As lead Senate sponsor of the Green New Deal resolution, committed to direct the movement toward solutions in health care, child care, schools, housing, transit, labor, and economic and racial justice.”
“As lead Senate sponsor of the Judiciary Act, committed to expanding the U.S. Supreme Court by adding four seats to create a 13-justice Court.”
“Committed, through his Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act, to reinstate net neutrality by classifying broadband as a Title II telecommunications service and restoring FCC authority over it.”
“Called for abolishing the Senate filibuster in order to pass federal voting rights legislation.”
“Committed, through his Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act, to enact into law a prohibition on any U.S. president launching a nuclear first strike without a prior declaration of war by Congress.”
“Committed to fight to expand the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security.”
“Committed to passing his Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), which would ban targeted advertising to teens and update online data-privacy rules for minors.”
“Committed to work with communities, workers, and stakeholders to develop and advance a national legislative framework addressing pollution and rising energy bills caused by data centers.”
“Committed to advancing his Youth AI Privacy Act to bar manipulative engagement tactics and impose privacy safeguards on AI chatbots used by children.”
“Pledged to use "every tool available" to challenge the Trump administration's executive order imposing a moratorium on state and local regulation of artificial intelligence.”
“Committed to keep fighting to restore frozen U.S. EPA funding for clean air, clean water, and energy programs until answers are provided and the funding is restored.”
Verified record
1,263 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,091,666, spent $1,110,492, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4982: A bill to require employers of airport service workers at small, medium, and large hub airports to ensure that airport service workers are paid the prevailing wage and provided fringe benefits, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4980: A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize emergency technical assistance, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize emergency technical assistance and grants, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4941: Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0 of 2026 ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored S 4908: Gas Money Saved Act ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 796: A resolution recognizing the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States of America and reaffirming the commitment of the Senate to the Nation's founding ideals of liberty, equality, and opportunity for all immigrant communities in the United States. ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored S 4864: PUPIL Act ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4833: No Robot Bosses Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4831: Stop Spying Bosses Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4814: A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status. ↗Jun 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4799: Slash the Pentagon Act ↗Jun 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4763: Child Safety and Well-Being Act of 2026 ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 4717: Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act ↗Jun 9, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 1,263 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 890
- Yea
- 232
- Nay
- 651
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 7
Full voting record
890 votes- S5271Nay
- PN1078Nay
- PN1078Nay
- HR6500Nay
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Nay
- PN73011Nay
- HR5334Nay
- HR5334Yea
- SJRES187Yea
- PN73011Nay
- PN932Nay
- PN932Nay
- HR6500Not voting
- SRES817Nay
- SJRES181Yea
- SJRES199Yea
- SRES817Nay
- HR5334Nay
- HR5334Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
14 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Data centers / energy policyStated position
Committed to work with communities, workers, and stakeholders to develop and advance a national legislative framework addressing pollution and rising energy bills caused by data centers.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed MarkeyView position & sources → - AI / children's safetyStated position
Committed to advancing his Youth AI Privacy Act to bar manipulative engagement tactics and impose privacy safeguards on AI chatbots used by children.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record asserting that the government ordinarily must obtain a judicial warrant to compel cell phone location data, and urging the DHS Inspector General to open a second investigation into ICE and other DHS components purchasing Americans' location data from commercial data brokers without one.
SourcesBicameral letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari requesting a second investigation of warrantless purchases of Americans' cell phone location data by ICE and other DHS componentsView position & sources → - Artificial Intelligence / FederalismStated position
Pledged to use "every tool available" to challenge the Trump administration's executive order imposing a moratorium on state and local regulation of artificial intelligence.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Health care / social insuranceStated position
Committed to fight to expand the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Children's online privacyStated position
Committed to passing his Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), which would ban targeted advertising to teens and update online data-privacy rules for minors.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Environment / EPA fundingStated position
Committed to keep fighting to restore frozen U.S. EPA funding for clean air, clean water, and energy programs until answers are provided and the funding is restored.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA on Paul Amendment No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to the bill. The amendment was rejected 31 to 61, a three-fifths majority being required.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 144, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Paul Amdt. No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 31 yeas to 61 nays with a three-fifths majority required, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA on Durbin Amendment No. 1841, as modified, to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. The amendment was rejected 42 to 50.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 148, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Durbin Amdt. No. 1841 as Modified to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 42 yeas to 50 nays, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Judiciary / Supreme CourtStated position
As lead Senate sponsor of the Judiciary Act, committed to expanding the U.S. Supreme Court by adding four seats to create a 13-justice Court.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Climate / Green New DealStated position
As lead Senate sponsor of the Green New Deal resolution, committed to direct the movement toward solutions in health care, child care, schools, housing, transit, labor, and economic and racial justice.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Net neutrality / broadbandStated position
Committed, through his Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act, to reinstate net neutrality by classifying broadband as a Title II telecommunications service and restoring FCC authority over it.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Voting rights / Senate rulesStated position
Called for abolishing the Senate filibuster in order to pass federal voting rights legislation.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources → - Nuclear weapons policyStated position
Committed, through his Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act, to enact into law a prohibition on any U.S. president launching a nuclear first strike without a prior declaration of war by Congress.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Ed Markey· archivedView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
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