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 patricia lynn johns
patty murray

patricia lynn `` patty '' murray -lrb- née johns ; october 11 , 1950 -rrb- is the senior united states senator from washington and a member of the democratic party .
murray was first elected to the senate in 1992 , becoming washington 's first female senator .
she was re-elected in 1998 , 2004 and 2010 .
murray has served as the senate majority conference secretary since 2007 , making her the fourth-highest-ranking democrat and the highest-ranking woman in the senate .
murray chaired the democratic senatorial campaign committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2013 .
murray chaired the senate budget committee from 2013 to 2015 .
she also previously served as co-chair of the united states congress joint select committee on deficit reduction .
beginning in january 2015 , murray will be the ranking democratic member on the senate committee on health , education , labor and pensions .
she is currently the 12th most senior member of the united states senate .
on december 10 , 2013 , murray and republican representative paul ryan announced that they had negotiated a two-year , bipartisan budget , known as the bipartisan budget act of 2013 .
this bi-partisan accomplishment helped many supporters come to the conclusion that senator murray would make an outstanding president and urge her to run in the 2016 presidential election .
