Carole Murray Explained

Carole Murray
Image Name:Carole Murray.jpg
State House:Colorado
State:Colorado
District:45th
Term Start:January 7, 2009[1]
Term End:January 7, 2015
Preceded:Victor Mitchell
Succeeded:Patrick Neville
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]

Legislative career

2008 election

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]

2009 legislative session

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]

2012 election

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: House Journal - January 7, 2009 . 2009-01-09 . Colorado General Assembly .
  2. Web site: State House District 45 . 2008-11-08 . COMaps . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080304221422/http://www.comaps.org/district45h.html . 2008-03-04 .
  3. Web site: Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 Primary Election . 2008-04-13 . Colorado Secretary of State .
  4. News: Editorial Board . Post's picks in Colorado's House of Representatives . Denver Post . 17 October 2008 . 2008-11-01 .
  5. Web site: Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 General Election . 2008-12-04 . Colorado Secretary of State .
  6. House Republican Committee Assignments Announced . 18 November 2008 . Colorado House Republicans . 4 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141231125753/http://www.coloradohousegop.com/?q=node%2F92 . 31 December 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  7. News: Russell . Haythorn . Lawmakers Try To Curtail 'Sexting' . TheDenverChannel.com . 16 January 2009 . 2009-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090120002527/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18498850/detail.html . 20 January 2009 . dead .
  8. News: Lynn . Bartels . Bill to require photo ID when voting fails . Rocky Mountain News . 22 January 2009 . 2009-02-19 .
  9. Web site: CO - Election Results - Colorado Secretary of State . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314203900/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html . 2017-03-14 .
  10. Web site: State House 2012 Election Results - Denver Post . 2012-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708040426/http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-senate/2012/ . 2014-07-08 . dead .

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