Ed Murray (born March 28, 1958) is an American businessman, politician and incumbent Secretary of State of Wyoming, in office since 2015. He was elected on November 4, 2014. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Murray is considering running for governor of Wyoming in the 2018 election.
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Early life and education
Murray is a fourth-generation Wyoming native. One of eight children, he was born and raised in Laramie County in a family that was active in the Cheyenne community. He graduated from Central High School in 1976 and received an undergraduate degree in business administration with dual majors in finance and real estate from the University of Arizona. Murray graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
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Career
Prior to taking office as Secretary of State, Murray spent over thirty years in the private sector, owning and operating several businesses related primarily to real estate investment and development. He operates the umbrella company Murray Investment and Development and its 16 business entities which have provided for the development and creation of numerous neighborhoods with hundreds of housing opportunities as well as schools, parks, businesses, churches, bike paths, commercial properties and the extension of new and improved infrastructure for Wyoming residents. Murray has been a longtime advocate for economic development, in 2016 arguing against an increase in Wyoming businesses' annual filing fee.
2014 Wyoming Secretary of State election
In March 2014, Secretary of State Max Maxfield announced that he would not seek reelection. Murray declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in April. Murray defeated three opponents and won the primary election in a highly contested race. Murray largely outspent all primary opponents and won by only 1,632 votes with less than 37% of the vote. Murray then defeated Libertarian Party nominee Howard "Kit" Carson and Constitution Party nominee Jennifer Young in the general election, receiving 77% of the vote in a state widely known to support Republican candidates.
Wyoming Secretary of State
In his official capacity as Secretary of State Murray is Wyoming's Chief Business Registrar, Chief Elections Officer, Securities Commissioner, and Notaries Public Commissioner. Secretary Murray chairs the State Canvassing Board and serves with four other statewide elected officials on the State Loan and Investment Board, the Board of Land Commissioners and the State Building Commission. Because Wyoming has no lieutenant governor, Secretary Murray would serve as acting Governor if the Governor were absent from the State or if the Governor were to become incapable of serving.
Online business services program
In the summer of 2016, Secretary Murray announced the launch of the business service envisioned under the previous secretary of state which allows for the electronic filing of official documents and retrieval of records that were previously available only upon request. As a result the time to process a business filing decreased from five days to as low as thirty minutes. These changes were predicted to save businesses and organizations time and money when compared with an only paper-based system.
Personal life
Murray and his wife Catherine "Caren" Murray have been married for thirty-one years and are the parents of four adult daughters. In 2005 they endowed Laramie County Community College with the Ed and Caren Murray Art Series in honor of his parents. Murray is Catholic.
In December 2017 Murray was accused of sexually assaulting an intern at a firm where he was a lawyer in 1982. He denies the allegations.
Electoral history
References
External links
- Profile at Project Vote Smart
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