Edwin Rene Murray

Background

Murray, Edwin Rene was born on August 6, 1960.

Education

A native and lifelong New Orleans resident, Murray graduated from John F. Kennedy High School and then studied at Loyola University, where he earned in 1982 a Bachelor of Arts in political science and in 1985 a Juris Doctor degree.

Career

From 2005 to 2016, he served in the Louisiana State Senate from District 4 in Orleans Parish. From 1992 to 2004, Murray held the District 96 seat from Orleans Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Murray is a fellow of the Loyola University Institute of Politics.

He is Baptist.

Late in 2009, Murray announced his candidacy for the 2010 election for Mayor of New Orleans, but he withdrew prior to the election. Incumbent Ray Nagin is ineligible to serve a third consecutive term, and Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu is making his third bid for the position once held by his father, Moon Landrieu. Murray was term-limited in the 2015 elections and will be succeeded in the Senate by his fellow African-American Democrat Wesley T. Bishop.

Achievements

• Edwin Rene Murray has been listed as a noteworthy state legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Council State Governments (chairman business & finance committee), National Conference Black State Legislators, National Council Insurance Legislators, Faubourg/St. John Neighborhood Association, Louisiana Bar Association, Treme Improvement Political Society, New Orleans Committee Judicial Reform, Community Access Corp.