Therese Murray

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Therese Murray
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Massachusetts State Senate Plymouth and Barnstable District
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Therese Murray is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts State Senate, representing the Plymouth and Barnstable district from 1992 to 2015. She served as President of the Senate from 2007 to 2015.

On February 8, 2014, Murray announced that she would not seek re-election in the 2014 election.[1]

Murray has served on the Plymouth Democratic Town Committee and Democratic State Committee.[2]

Biography

Murray attended Northeastern University, El Camino College, and Midwest Academy before earning her Management Program Certificate from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Her professional experience includes working as a consultant.[2]

Issues

Common Cause award

Common Cause of Massachusetts awarded Murray a Legislative Achievement Award in June 2010 for her work on a 2009 law governing ethics, lobbying and campaign finance. The law Murray sponsored bans all gifts to public officials, imposed a civil violation for gifts up to $1,000 and made it a felony, both for the gift-giver and the gift-receiving state politicians, to receive a gift of anything with a value greater than $1,000. The felony charge comes with a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.[3]

Murray said of the award, "I am honored to receive this award for the work we did reforming our ethics laws. This legislation sent the message that we are serious about ethics reform, and that violations of ethics and campaign finance laws come with steep consequences. It was a significant bill that made our ethics laws among the strongest in the nation."[3]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Murray served on the following committees:

Elections

2012

Murray won re-election in the 2012 election for Massachusetts State Senate Plymouth and Barnstable District. Murray defeated Stephen Michael Palmer in the September 6 Democratic primary and defeated Thomas Francis Keyes (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4]

Massachusetts State Senate, Plymouth and Barnstable District, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTherese Murray Incumbent 58.2% 49,723
     Republican Thomas Francis Keyes 41.8% 35,776
Total Votes 85,499
Massachusetts State Senate, Plymouth and Barnstable District Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngTherese Murray Incumbent 86.8% 9,176
Stephen Palmer 13.2% 1,400
Total Votes 10,576

2010

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2010

Murray won re-election to the Plymouth and Barnstable District seat in 2010. She had no primary opposition. Thomas Francis Keyes ran for the seat on the Republican ticket. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[5]

Massachusetts State Senate - Plymouth and Barnstable District
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Therese Murray (D) 38,852
Thomas Francis Keyes (R) 35,242
All Others 35
Blanks 2,335

2008

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Murray won re-election for the Senate election for the Plymouth and Barnstable district.[6] In this election she raised $745,874; of that total $698,278 (93.6%) was from in state contributions and $47,268 (6.3%) was from out of state contributions.[7]

Massachusetts State Senate - Plymouth and Barnstable district
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Therese Murray (D) 68,908
All Others 801
Blanks 26,255

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2014

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2013


2012


2011

Personal

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Therese Murray was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Murray has been involved with a number of organizations, including the Cape and Islands Democratic Council, Cranberry Station, Board of Directors, CURA, Democratic Leadership Council, Massachusetts Democratic Leadership Council, Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce, Plymouth County Democratic League, Plymouth Democratic County League, Plymouth League of Women Voters, VNA Plymouth, Women's Business Network, and the Women's Transportation Seminars, Boston.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Associated Press, "Mass. Senate President Therese Murray Won’t Seek Re-Election," February 8, 2014 accessed February 11, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Project Vote Smart, "Therese Murray's Biography," accessed November 18, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pembroke Express, "Murray recognized for championing ‘good government’ legislation," June 14, 2010
  4. ↑ AP "Massachusetts - Summary Vote Results," accessed September 6, 2012
  5. ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Return of Votes For Massachusetts State Election - November 2, 2010," accessed November 18, 2014
  6. ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Return of Votes For Massachusetts State Election - November 4, 2008," accessed March 18, 2014
  7. ↑ Follow the Money, "Murray, Therese," accessed November 18, 2014
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