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Dick Muri

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 1

Years in office: 2013 - 2019

Successor:Mari Leavitt (D)

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 4, 2020

Education

High school

Ashland High School

Associates

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Bachelor's

Golden Gate University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Contact

Campaign Facebook

Personal website

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Dick Muri (Republican Party) was a member of theWashington House of Representatives, representingDistrict 28-Position 1. He assumed office on July 3, 2013. He left office on January 14, 2019.

Muri (Republican Party) ran for election forLieutenant Governor of Washington. He lost in the primary onAugust 4, 2020.

Muri is a former Pierce County Councilman.^[1]

Muri was a 2012Republican candidate who sought election to theU.S. House to representthe 10th Congressional District ofWashington. He lost in the general election.^[2]

Biography

Muri earned his bachelor's degree in Environmental Health from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his M.P.A. from Golden Gate University. He served in the United States Air Force for 22 years.^[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Washington

Denny Heck defeatedMarko Liias andJoshua Freed in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Washington on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denny Heck (D)	45.6	1,658,405
		Marko Liias (D)	33.5	1,218,548
		Joshua Freed (R) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	20.9	759,076

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,636,029
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of Washington

The following candidates ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Washington on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denny Heck (D)	25.0	596,289
✔		Marko Liias (D)	18.5	441,791
		Ann Davison (R)	12.0	285,597
		Marty McClendon (R)	11.4	271,995
		Dick Muri (R)	10.1	241,939
		Michelle Jasmer (D)	8.9	212,387
		Joseph Brumbles (R)	7.3	174,823
	Submit photo	James Rafferty (D)	2.4	57,405
		Bill Penor (R)	2.1	49,225
	Submit photo	Matt Seymour (L)	1.1	27,125
		Jared Frerichs (L)	0.9	20,847
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	5,205

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,384,628
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• C. Mark Greene (Citizens' Party)
• Steve Hobbs (D)
• Cyrus Habib (D)

2018

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 1

Mari Leavitt defeated incumbentDick Muri in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mari Leavitt (D)	52.8	27,735
		Dick Muri (R)	47.2	24,789

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,524
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 1

Mari Leavitt and incumbentDick Muri advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 1 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mari Leavitt (D)	53.2	15,724
✔		Dick Muri (R)	46.8	13,830

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,554
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2016

See also:Washington House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theWashington House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 20, 2016.

IncumbentDick Muri defeatedMari Leavitt in the Washington House of Representatives, District 28-Position 1 general election.^[3]

Washington House of Representatives, District 28-Position 1 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dick MuriIncumbent	52.10%	29,503
	Democratic	Mari Leavitt	47.90%	27,128
Total Votes				56,631
Source:Washington Secretary of State

Mari Leavitt and incumbentDick Muri defeatedAnne Setsuko Giroux in the Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 1 top two primary.^[4][5]

Washington House of Representatives, District 28-Position 1 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mari Leavitt	39.33%	10,260
	Republican	Dick MuriIncumbent	52.88%	13,794
	Democratic	Anne Setsuko Giroux	7.79%	2,033
Total Votes				26,087
Source:Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also:Washington House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theWashington House of Representatives took place in 2014. Ablanket primary election took place on August 5, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 17, 2014.Mary Moss (D) and incumbentDick Muri (R) were unopposed in the primary. Moss was defeated by Muri in the general election.^[6][7][8]

Washington House of Representatives, District 28-Position 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dick MuriIncumbent	57.8%	22,022
	Democratic	Mary Moss	42.2%	16,066
Total Votes				38,088

2012

See also:Washington's 10th Congressional District elections, 2012

Muri ran in the2012 election for theU.S. House to representWashington's10th District. Muri andDenny Heck advanced past theblanket primary and faced off in the general election on November 6, 2012. Heck won.^[2]

The 10th District was added in 2012 as a result of the 2010 Census findings. The new district was seen as favorable to Democrats.^[9]

U.S. House, Washington District 10 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Denny Heck	58.6%	163,036
	Republican	Richard Muri	41.4%	115,381
Total Votes				278,417
Source:Washington Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2012

Muri's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

• "As your congressman, Dick Muri will choose to work with both parties to balance the budget. It will require courage to make tough decisions. Popular entitlement programs must be reformed. Waste in the Defense budget must be cut. The tax code must be re-written to be fairer, flatter and less prone to the political abuses that allow massive corporations, like GE, to avoid paying taxes – effectively shifting taxes to small businesses and the middle class.^[10]
• Dick Muri wants a restoration of federalism. Ending federal funding for education, healthcare and other programs would be disastrous, but we can reduce the mandates that accompany this money. Dick Muri will trust states, local governments and the people to make decisions for themselves.^[11]
• Muri favors a timely withdrawal from Afghanistan. Muri opposes major cuts to national defense, but will work to cut wasteful spending from the defense budget. He opposes Congress’ thoughtless plan to waste tax payer money on a second engine for the F-35 and will apply this same commonsense to future defense procurement decisions.^[12]
• Dick will join with pro-job Democrats to require all federal rules meet a basic cost-benefit-analysis to ensure that we’re protecting workers and the environment without destroying family wage jobs.^[13]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Muri served on the following committees:

2013-2014

After being sworn in, Muri served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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2020

In 2020, theWashington State Legislature was in session from January 13 to March 12.

• Associated General Contractors of Washington:House andSenate

Legislators are scored based on their votes on legislation supported by the organization.

• Association of Washington Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to the state’s business community.

• Building Industry Association of Washington

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to home building industry issues.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

• Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility

Legislators are scored on how they voted on firearm policies.

• Washington Conservation Voters

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.

• Washington State Labor Council

Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against WSLC's position.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Missed Votes Report

See also:Washington House of Representatives andWashington State Senate

In March 2014,Washington Votes, a legislative information website, released its annual Missed Votes Report, which provides detailed missed roll call votes on bills for every state legislator during the 2014 legislative session.^[16] The 2014 regular session included a total of 515 votes in theState House and 396 in theState Senate, as well as 1,372 bills introduced total in the legislature and 237 bills passed. Out of all roll call votes, 90 individual legislators did not miss any votes. Three individual legislators missed more than 50 votes.^[16] Muri missed 0 votes in a total of 517 roll calls.

Personal

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Muri is married and has four children.^[17]

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