Carole Murray

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
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 45th district
In office
January 7, 2009[1] – January 7, 2015
Preceded byVictor Mitchell
Succeeded byPatrick Neville
Personal details
Political partyRepublican

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]

2010 legislative session

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]

References
  1. "House Journal - January 7, 2009" (PDF). Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  2. "State House District 45". COMaps. Archived from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  3. "Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 Primary Election". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  4. Editorial Board (17 October 2008). "Post's picks in Colorado's House of Representatives". Denver Post. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  5. "Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 General Election". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  6. "House Republican Committee Assignments Announced" (Press release). Colorado House Republicans. 18 November 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. Haythorn, Russell (16 January 2009). "Lawmakers Try To Curtail 'Sexting'". TheDenverChannel.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  8. Bartels, Lynn (22 January 2009). "Bill to require photo ID when voting fails". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  9. "CO - Election Results - Colorado Secretary of State". Archived from the original on 2017-03-14.
  10. "State House 2012 Election Results - Denver Post". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
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