Melissa Murray

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Melissa Murray
Image of Melissa Murray
Rhode Island State Senate District 24
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$19,037/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

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Melissa Murray (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 24. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on January 7, 2025.

Murray (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 24. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Murray was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Murray was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Murray was assigned to the following committees:

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The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Incumbent Melissa Murray defeated Craig Lacouture in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Murray
Melissa Murray (D)
 
57.6
 
4,410
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Craig Lacouture (R)
 
42.1
 
3,225
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
24

Total votes: 7,659
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Incumbent Melissa Murray advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Murray
Melissa Murray
 
100.0
 
745

Total votes: 745
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Craig Lacouture advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Craig Lacouture
 
100.0
 
359

Total votes: 359
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Incumbent Melissa Murray defeated Craig Lacouture in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Murray
Melissa Murray (D)
 
56.2
 
2,763
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Craig Lacouture (R)
 
43.5
 
2,136
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
14

Total votes: 4,913
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Incumbent Melissa Murray advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Murray
Melissa Murray
 
100.0
 
1,032

Total votes: 1,032
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Craig Lacouture advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Craig Lacouture
 
100.0
 
325

Total votes: 325
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Incumbent Melissa Murray won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Murray
Melissa Murray (D)
 
95.4
 
6,772
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.6
 
323

Total votes: 7,095
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Incumbent Melissa Murray advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Murray
Melissa Murray
 
100.0
 
259

Total votes: 259
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2018

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Melissa Murray defeated Glenn Dusablon, Richard Garrepy, and Michael Disney in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Murray
Melissa Murray (D)
 
58.9
 
3,832
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Glenn Dusablon (Independent)
 
21.8
 
1,418
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Richard Garrepy (Independent)
 
13.9
 
905
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Michael Disney (Independent)
 
5.0
 
327
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
25

Total votes: 6,507
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24

Melissa Murray defeated Carol Frisk in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 24 on September 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Murray
Melissa Murray
 
68.9
 
1,183
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Carol Frisk
 
31.1
 
535

Total votes: 1,718
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Melissa Murray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Melissa Murray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Melissa Murray campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Rhode Island State Senate District 24Won general$24,095 $0
2022Rhode Island State Senate District 24Won general$49,048 $0
2020Rhode Island State Senate District 24Won general$19,755 N/A**
2018Rhode Island State Senate District 24Won general$24,905 N/A**
Grand total$117,803 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Marc Cote (D)
Rhode Island State Senate District 24
2019-Present
Succeeded by
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