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Patty Murray

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Patty Murray
Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2025
Preceded bySusan Collins
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025
Preceded byPatrick Leahy
Succeeded byChuck Grassley
President pro tempore emerita of the United States Senate
Assumed office
January 3, 2025
Preceded byChuck Grassley
Committee positions
2011–⁠2025
Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee
In office
January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025
Preceded byPatrick Leahy
Succeeded bySusan Collins
Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
In office
February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byLamar Alexander
Succeeded byBernie Sanders
Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byKent Conrad
Succeeded byMike Enzi
Chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byDaniel Akaka
Succeeded byBernie Sanders
Party positions
2001–⁠2023
Senate Assistant Democratic Leader
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023
LeaderChuck Schumer
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus
In office
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2017
LeaderHarry Reid
Preceded byDebbie Stabenow
Succeeded byTammy Baldwin
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
LeaderHarry Reid
Preceded byBob Menendez
Succeeded byMichael Bennet
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
LeaderTom Daschle
Preceded byRobert Torricelli
Succeeded byJon Corzine
United States Senator
from Washington
Assumed office
January 3, 1993
Serving with Maria Cantwell
Preceded byBrock Adams
Member of the Washington Senate
from the 1st district
In office
January 9, 1989 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byBill Kiskaddon
Succeeded byRosemary McAuliffe
Personal details
Born
Patricia Lynn Johns

(1950-10-11) October 11, 1950 (age 74)
Bothell, Washington, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Rob Murray
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(m. 1972)​
Children2
EducationWashington State University (BA)
WebsiteSenate website
Murray's voice
Murray opposing legislation that would enact nationwide abortion restrictions
Recorded September 14, 2022

Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray (née Johns; October 11, 1950) is an American politician who has been the senior United States Senator from Washington since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before, she was a member of the Washington State Senate from 1989 to 1993. Murray was the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2023 until 2025, being the first female to hold this role.[1]

Murray is currently the third-most senior senator,[2] the most senior Senate Democrat, the longest-serving female senator ever, and the dean of Washington's congressional delegation.

Early life

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Murray and raised in Bothell, Washington. She graduated from Washington State University with a degree in physical education. She worked as a pre-school teacher and, later, as a parenting teacher at Shoreline Community College.

Political career

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Murray began her political career by focusing on environmental and education issues. She was elected to serve on her local school board in King County. She ran for the Washington State Senate in 1988, and beat two-term incumbent Bill Kiskaddon. She served one term before launching a campaign for the United States Senate in 1992. She has been re-elected five times.

With Patrick Leahy's retirement, Murray became the Senate President pro tempore in the 118th Congress, becoming the first female to hold the position in history.[1] She is also the youngest senator to hold the office of president pro tempore in more than fifty years.[1]

Personal life

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Murray is married to Rob Murray and has two children: Sara and Randy. She lives on Whidbey Island.[3]

In August 2006, The New York Times wrote that in 1994, Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina tried to grope Murray. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Murray asked for, and received, an apology and she has not spoken more about the incident since.[4][5]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Staff. "Sen. Patty Murray expected to become third in line for presidency". KING-5. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Senate Seniority". United States Senate Periodical Press Gallery. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  3. ↑ Brunner, Jim (February 9, 2014). "Patty Murray to seek fifth Senate term in 2016". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Connelly, Joel (February 4, 2013). "Sen. Thurmond's mixed race daughter dies at 87". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Book Says Thurmond Groped Murray Washington Senator Won't Talk About Elevator Incident".

Other websites

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