Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
In office February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Lamar Alexander
Succeeded by
Bernie Sanders
Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by
Kent Conrad
Succeeded by
Mike Enzi
Chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by
Daniel Akaka
Succeeded by
Bernie Sanders
Party positions 2001–2023
Senate Assistant Democratic Leader
In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023
Leader
Chuck Schumer
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2017
Leader
Harry Reid
Preceded by
Debbie Stabenow
Succeeded by
Tammy Baldwin
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Leader
Harry Reid
Preceded by
Bob Menendez
Succeeded by
Michael Bennet
In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Leader
Tom Daschle
Preceded by
Robert Torricelli
Succeeded by
Jon Corzine
United States Senator from Washington
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1993
Serving with Maria Cantwell
Preceded by
Brock Adams
Member of the Washington Senate from the 1st district
In office January 9, 1989 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by
Bill Kiskaddon
Succeeded by
Rosemary McAuliffe
Personal details
Born
Patricia Lynn Johns
(1950-10-11) October 11, 1950 (age 73) Bothell, Washington, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Rob Murray
(m. 1972)
Children
2
Education
Washington State University (BA)
Occupation
Politician
environmentalist
educator
Website
Senate website
Patty Murray's voice
Patty Murray speaks in opposition to legislation that would enact nationwide abortion restrictions Recorded September 14, 2022
Patricia Lynn Murray (née Johns; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician who has served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2023 and the senior United States Senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray served in the Washington State Senate from 1989 to 1993. She was Washington's first female U.S. senator and is the first woman in American history to hold the position of president pro tempore. Murray is also the youngest senator to occupy the office of president pro tempore in more than five decades.[1] As president pro tempore, Murray is third in the line of succession to the U.S. presidency.[a]
Born and raised in Bothell, Washington, Murray graduated from Washington State University with a degree in physical education. She worked as a pre-school teacher and, later, as a parenting teacher at Shoreline Community College. A long-time advocate for environmental and education issues, Murray was elected to serve on her local school board in King County. She ran for the Washington State Senate in 1988, and defeated two-term incumbent Bill Kiskaddon. She served one term before launching a campaign for the United States Senate in 1992. She has been re-elected five times, most recently in 2022.
As a senator, Murray has been a part of party leadership since 2001, having served as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Conference secretary, and assistant Democratic leader. She currently chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee. Before assuming her current roles, Murray has previously chaired at various times, the Veterans' Affairs Committee, the Budget Committee, and the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Murray garnered national attention in 2013, when she and Republican representative Paul Ryan announced that they had negotiated a two-year, bipartisan budget, known as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. Murray is currently the third-most senior senator,[2] the most senior Senate Democrat, the longest serving woman to ever serve in the Senate, and the dean of Washington's congressional delegation.
^"Sen. Patty Murray expected to become third in line for presidency". KING-5. November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
^"Senate Seniority". United States Senate Periodical Press Gallery. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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