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'''Elizabeth Baker Murrill,''' known as '''Liz Murrill''' (born December 6, 1963), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state attorney general in her native [[Louisiana]]. She succeeds [[Jeff Landry]] on January 8, 2024, as Landry takes the oath of office as [[governor]]. Since the [[Reconstruction]] era, she is the first woman and the third Republican to have served as attorney general.
'''Elizabeth Baker Murrill,''' known as '''Liz Murrill''' (born December 6, 1963), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state attorney general in her native [[Louisiana]]. She succeeds [[Jeff Landry]] on January 8, 2024, as Landry takes the oath of office as [[governor]]. Since the [[Reconstruction]] era, she is the first woman and the third Republican to have served as attorney general.
==Background==
Murrill was born in [[New Orleans]] and resided in [[Lafayette]], where she graduated from high school. She obtained a bachelor's degree in [[journalism]] from [[Louisiana State University]] and a Juris Doctorate from the LSU Paul M. Hebert School of Law. In 2010, she received a master of laws degree from [[Pepperdine University]] in Malibu, [[California]]. She now resides in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>Liz Murrill - Ballotpedia, accessed November 21, 2023.</ref>
==Political life==
When Landry announced for governor in 2023, a plethora of candidates ran to succeed him as attorney general, including Landry's Republican choice, Liz Murrill; two other Republicans, Marty Maley and state Representative [[John Stefanski]], a Moderate Republican, and the two Democrat choices, Lindsey Cheek and Perry Walker Terrebonne. Murrill led the primary with 463,108 votes (45 percent) and faced Cheek, who drew 239,653 primary votes (23 percent)<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref> In the general election runoff contest on November 18, Murrill was an easy winner over Lindsey Cheek, 444,081 (66 percent) to 225,011 (34 percent). She will become attorney general when Landry is inaugurated as governor on January 8, 2024.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 2023.</ref>
When Landry announced for governor in 2023, a plethora of candidates ran to succeed him as attorney general, including Landry's Republican choice, Liz Murrill; two other Republicans, Marty Maley and state Representative [[John Stefanski]], a Moderate Republican, and the two Democrat choices, Lindsey Cheek and Perry Walker Terrebonne. Murrill led the primary with 463,108 votes (45 percent) and faced Cheek, who drew 239,653 primary votes (23 percent)<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref> In the general election runoff contest on November 18, Murrill was an easy winner over Lindsey Cheek, 444,081 (66 percent) to 225,011 (34 percent). She will become attorney general when Landry is inaugurated as governor on January 8, 2024.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 2023.</ref>
She is a [[conservative]] and is widely expected to operate the office much as Landry had done for the preceding two terms.
She is a [[conservative]] and is widely expected to operate the office much as Landry had done for the preceding two terms.
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