{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Carole Murray | image = Carole Murray.jpg | state_house = Colorado | state = Colorado | district = 45th | term_start = January 7, 2009<ref name="house09">{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2009A/csljournals.nsf/(jouhse)/0475167CD03000CB8725752E0056A5B3/$FILE/Jn07.pdf |title=House Journal - January 7, 2009 |accessdate=2009-01-09 |work=Colorado General Assembly }}</ref> | term_end = January 7, 2015 | preceded = Victor Mitchell | succeeded = Patrick Neville | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | profession = | 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.<ref name="map">{{cite web |url=http://comaps.org/district45h.html |title=State House District 45 |accessdate=2008-11-08 |work=COMaps |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304221422/http://www.comaps.org/district45h.html |archivedate=2008-03-04 }}</ref>
==Legislative career==
===2008 election===
Carole Murray defeated Mark Sievers in the contested Republican primary in August, taking 63 percent of votes cast.<ref name="prim08">{{cite web |url=http://rs.ezvotetally.com/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=syj1hm55hso5ty55pcuhyprg&ControlID=a61fb386-685c-4a0c-a691-71334ad539d8&Culture=1033&UICulture=1033&ReportStack=1&OpType=ReportArea&Controller=ClientControllerdnn_ctr370_ViewRS2005_ReportViewer1&PageNumber=1&ZoomMode=Percent&ZoomPct=100&ReloadDocMap=true&EnableFindNext=False&LinkTarget=_top |title=Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 Primary Election |accessdate=2008-04-13 |work=Colorado Secretary of State }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Murray faced Democrat Holly Gorman, whose candidacy was endorsed by the ''Denver Post'', in the November 2008 general election.<ref name="dphouse">{{cite news |author=Editorial Board |title=Post's picks in Colorado's House of Representatives |url=http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_10741559 |work=Denver Post |date=17 October 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-01 }} </ref> Murray, however, won the election with 67 percent of the popular vote.<ref name="gen08">{{cite web|url=http://coreports.ezvotetally.com/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=jexpso55dlbays450fyzrmb4&ControlID=3a1b317069f040849b2b689d78addfc9&Culture=1033&UICulture=1033&ReportStack=1&OpType=ReportArea&Controller=dnn_ctr376_ViewRS2005_ReportViewer1&PageNumber=1&ZoomMode=Percent&ZoomPct=100&ReloadDocMap=true&SearchStartPage=0&LinkTarget=_top |title=Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 General Election |accessdate=2008-12-04 |work=Colorado Secretary of State }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===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.<ref name="cmte09"> {{cite press release |title=House Republican Committee Assignments Announced |date=18 November 2008 |publisher=Colorado House Republicans |url=http://www.coloradohousegop.com/?q=node/92 |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231125753/http://www.coloradohousegop.com/?q=node%2F92 |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} </ref>
Murray sponsored legislation to curtail sexting by extending child pornography and luring laws to apply to activity over cell phones.<ref name="sexting">{{cite news |first=Russell |last=Haythorn |title=Lawmakers Try To Curtail 'Sexting' |url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18498850/detail.html |work=TheDenverChannel.com |date=16 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120002527/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18498850/detail.html |archive-date=20 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Murray also introduced a bill to allow counties to conduct primary elections via mail ballots.<ref name="photoid">{{cite news |first=Lynn |last=Bartels |title=Bill to require photo ID when voting fails |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/23/bill-to-require-photo-id-when-voting-fails/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=22 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-02-19 }}</ref>
===2010 legislative session=== {{Expand section|date=November 2012}}
===2010 election=== {{Expand section|date=November 2012}}
===2011 legislative session=== {{Expand section|date=November 2012}}
===2012 legislative session=== {{Expand section|date=November 2012}}
===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%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html# |title=CO - Election Results - Colorado Secretary of State |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314203900/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html |archivedate=2017-03-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2012/ |title=State House 2012 Election Results - Denver Post |access-date=2012-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708040426/http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-senate/2012/ |archive-date=2014-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== References == {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090322060607/http://www.carolermurray.com/ Campaign website]
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