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Brian Murray to replace West in [WA] Senate
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| Last Edited | RP Dec 29, 2003 08:53pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Spokane Spokesman-Review |
| News Date | Sunday, December 28, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Legislative aide Brian Murray will take over for his boss, Jim West, in the state Senate next month, but will have to win two elections next year to keep the job.
Spokane County commissioners appointed Murray Wednesday to the vacancy created when West was elected mayor of Spokane.
But the No. 2 name on the list, state Rep. Brad Benson, said immediately after the appointment that he will challenge Murray for the Senate seat in 2004.
The third person on the list, Mark Richard, the legislative director for the Spokane Home Builders and the Spokane Realtors, said he'll run for Benson's House seat.
Murray is a member of the county's Conservation District Board and is working on a graduate degree from Gonzaga University in organizational leadership.
Along with running West's legislative office, he managed winning legislative races in 2000 and 2002, and West's recent mayoral campaign.
The winner of the GOP primary could face Laurie Dolan, the Democrat who challenged West in 2002 for what became the most expensive legislative race in state history.
Dolan has said she plans to run and has filed papers with the state Public Disclosure Commission. No other Democrats have announced plans to run in the district, which stretches west around the city core, from the Moran Prairie and South Hill to Indian Trails and the Whitworth area. |
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