Tim Murray

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Tim Murray
70th Lieutenant Governor-elect, Massachusetts
In office January 4th, 2007 – ?
Preceded by	Kerry Healey

Born	Worcester, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Tammy Sullivan
Profession	Teacher, Lawyer
Religion	Catholic

Timothy P. Murray (born 1968), better known as Tim Murray, is the Mayor of Worcester, and the Lieutenant Governor-elect of Massachusetts.

1 Early Life and Education
2 Political Career
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Early Life and Education

Tim Murray was born and raised in Worcester. His father taught high school and his mother worked as a nurse. Tim attended Worcester public elementary schools, and later went to St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury.

Tim earned his bachelor’s degree at Fordham University. He put himself through law school attending classes at night while working days as a substitute school teacher, earning his law degree from the Western New England College School of Law.

[edit] Political Career

In 1997 Murray was elected to serve on the Worcester City Council, a position he held up until 2001 when he was successfully elected Mayor. In 2006 Murray ran for the Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor, defeating his two opponents, Deborah Goldberg and Andrea Silbert on September 19th, 2006, with 43% of the vote. He ran with the Democratic nominee for Governor, Deval Patrick, as a ticket in the 2006 elections, beating out the Republican ticket of Kerry Healey and Reed Hillman.

Murray has also served on the boards of the Worcester Public Library, Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester Community Action Council, the Worcester Working Coalition for Latino Students and Preservation Worcester.