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Patty Murray

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U.S. Senator

The Resume

    (October 11, 1950- )
    Born in Bothell, Washington
    Birth name was Patricia Lynn Johns
    US Senator from Washington (1993- )
    Democrat

Why she might be annoying:

    A staffer claimed ‘The most interesting thing about Murray is how uninteresting she is.’
    The Washington Post called her ‘one of the most prodigious earmarkers in the Senate.’
    She was accused of supporting Osama bin Laden when she explained his support in the Middle East by saying that he had ‘been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building daycare facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. He's made their lives better. We have not done that.’

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a former preschool and community college teacher.
    When she travelled to the state capitol to protest cuts in education funding and a legislator told her she could not make a difference because she was ‘just a mom in tennis shoes,’ she adopted the phrase as a rallying cry in her successful election campaign for the state senate (1988).
    Strom Thurmond reportedly tried to grope her in the Senate elevator (1994).
    In an increasingly rare act of bipartisanship, she and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan negotiated a budget deal after years of Congressional gridlock (2013).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 92 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 53 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 121 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 38 Votes: 44.74% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 33 Votes: 42.42% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 243 Votes: 62.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 188 Votes: 76.60% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 533 Votes: 43.15% Annoying