| | Patty Murray is the most senior Senator from Washington, having served since 1992. The self-described "mom in tennis shoes" scored an upset victory during the 1992 "Year of the Woman," and has been re-elected easily ever since, even as she has faced consistently strong opposition. During her three terms, she has compiled a [[Progressive|progressively]] [[Liberal|liberal]] voting record, policies which have led to Washington states $1.34 [[trillion]] budget deficit and 8.9 percent [[unemployment rate]].<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/wa/washington_senate_rossi_vs_murray-1183.html</ref><ref>Q13 FOX News Online. [http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-09152010-waunemploymentrate,0,4380747.story?track=rss State Unemployment Rate Holding Steady], September 15, 2010.</ref> | | Patty Murray is the most senior Senator from Washington, having served since 1992. The self-described "mom in tennis shoes" scored an upset victory during the 1992 "Year of the Woman," and has been re-elected easily ever since, even as she has faced consistently strong opposition. During her three terms, she has compiled a [[Progressive|progressively]] [[Liberal|liberal]] voting record, policies which have led to Washington states $1.34 [[trillion]] budget deficit and 8.9 percent [[unemployment rate]].<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/wa/washington_senate_rossi_vs_murray-1183.html</ref><ref>Q13 FOX News Online. [http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-09152010-waunemploymentrate,0,4380747.story?track=rss State Unemployment Rate Holding Steady], September 15, 2010.</ref> |
| | + | During a September 10, 2010, editorial interview with the ''Seattle Times'', Patty Murray debated [[Dino Rossi]] on number of important political issues.<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/editorialopinion/webcastsenate2010.html Editorial board endorsement interview: Senate 2010], ''The Seattle Times'', September 10, 2010.</ref> |