# Ed Murray

Ed Murray is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 97.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 97
- Serving since: 2026-02-07
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/807a71ac-5657-4933-add4-024d35529e38

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/807a71ac-5657-4933-add4-024d35529e38 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

30% of the 10 bills Murray sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Louisiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.05), from 98 donors and 171 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

1,624 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 95.3% (89%). 58 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1848) · SB 237 CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB237/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1650) · SB 132 SCHOOLS: Provides that each public school board is to install exterior master key boxes to allow for rapid entry, response, and rescue by law… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB132/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1647) · SB 228 LOCAL FINANCE: Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB228/
- 2026-05-29 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1634) · SB 202 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB202/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1644) · SB 513 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for public works project delivery methods. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB513/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1651) · SB 25 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB25/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1762) · SB 80 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1645) · SB 268 LOCAL FINANCE: Provides for lead service line replacement. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB268/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1638) · SB 406 TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN +$590,000 LF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB406/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1641) · SB 433 MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (EN +$3,000,000 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB433/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 7 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 93. 30.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 85 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 370: LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to study the economic impact that the city of New Orleans has on state revenues (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR370/
- HR 363: CONDOLENCES: Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Reverend James C. Carter, S.J., Ph.D., Jesuit priest, physicist,… (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR363/
- HCR 119: HIGHER EDUCATION: Establishes the Louisiana College without Debt Commission (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR119/
- HR 303: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Spotlight Dance NOLA on the occasion of its tenth anniversary (introduced, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR303/
- HB 1173: MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides with respect to installment agreements entered into through the Reinstatement Relief Program operated by the office of motor… (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1173/
- HB 1024: MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Louisiana Democratic Party" special prestige license plate (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1024/
- HR 112: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Father Anthony M. Bozeman, SSJ, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination as a priest in the Society of St.… (introduced, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR112/
- HB 1190: CORONERS: Provides with respect to the length of time coroners may retain a body (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1190/
- HB 1048: VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to the early voting period (OR +$680,715 GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1048/
- HB 874: TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides with respect to electronic credentials (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB874/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $89.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/807a71ac-5657-4933-add4-024d35529e38