Edwin Rene Murray, known as Ed Murray (born August 6, 1960) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New Orleans, Louisiana. From 2005 to 2016, he served in the Louisiana State Senate from District 4 in Orleans Parish. A native and lifelong New Orleans resident, Murray graduated from John F. Kennedy High School and then studied at Loyola University, where he earned in 1982 a Bachelor of Arts in political science and in 1985 a Juris Doctor degree. From 1992 to 2004, Murray held the District 96 seat from Orleans Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives.