By Ben Giles | Arizona Capitol Times
Sen. Rick Murphy won’t seek reelection to the Arizona State Senate, and will instead run for the Peoria City Council.
The Peoria Republican failed to file the necessary petitions on Wednesday to be nominated to the ballot in Legislative District 21, where he’s served in the Senate since 2011. Instead, Murphy filed 183 signatures to run for a city council seat in Peoria’s Pine District, where he’ll try to oust longtime incumbent Carlo Leone.
“After some reflection, I decided to move in a different direction than coming back to the Senate and transition to a new phase in life,” Murphy announced on the Senate floor Thursday morning.