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Patty Murray. Patricia Lynn Murray (née Johns; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and 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.
The current president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate is Patty Murray of Washington. The most senior senator (after Dianne Feinstein 's death in September 2023) in the majority Senate Democratic Caucus and the first woman to hold the position, she was sworn in on January 3, 2023, at the start of the 118th Congress.
t. e. The 2022 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Washington. Murray had won re-election to a fifth term in 2016 with 59% of the vote. [1]
January 3, 2023 at 11:29 AM. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.,was elected Senate president pro tempore Tuesday, becoming the first woman to hold the job since its inception and putting her third in the ...
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Tuesday became the first female Senate president pro tempore, the second-highest-ranking position in the chamber.
The veteran Democratic senator is now third in line to the presidency. "Well, today I’m second because Kevin McCarthy’s not speaker.” After 234 Years Of Men, Patty Murray Is The Senate’s ...
During most of the 62nd Congress, following William Frye's resignation on April 27, 1911, five senators—Augustus Bacon, Charles Curtis, Jacob Gallinger, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Frank Brandegee—alternated as president pro tempore. Since the office was created in 1789, 92 individuals, from 39 of the 50 states, have served as president pro ...
The Washington senator with three decades of service is behind only Vice President Kamala Harris in the chain of succession. McCarthy fallout: Sen. Patty Murray is now 2nd in line for the ...