Carole Murray | |
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Member of the ColoradoHouseofRepresentatives from the 45th district | |
In office January 7, 2009 [1] –January 7, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Victor Mitchell |
Succeeded by | Patrick Neville |
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Political party | Republican |
Carole Murray is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008,Murray represented House District 45,which encompassed Teller County and southern Douglas County,Colorado. [2]
Carole Murray defeated Mark Sievers in the contested Republican primary in August,taking 63 percent of votes cast. [3]
Murray faced Democrat Holly Gorman,whose candidacy was endorsed by the Denver Post ,in the November 2008 general election. [4] Murray,however,won the election with 67 percent of the popular vote. [5]
For the 2009 legislative session,Murray was named to seats on the House Education Committee and the House State,Veterans,and Military Affairs Committee,where she was the ranking Republican member. [6]
Murray sponsored legislation to curtail sexting by extending child pornography and luring laws to apply to activity over cell phones. [7] Murray also introduced a bill to allow counties to conduct primary elections via mail ballots. [8]
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In the 2012 General Election, Representative Murray faced Democratic challenger Tony Stoughton. Murray was reelected by a wide margin of 67% to 29%. [9] [10]
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