Murry served in the state House in the 2010s following a stint on the Morrisville town council. He later worked for the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Murry is currently a licensed pharmacist and North Carolina Army National Guard member, and recently has been an assistant district attorney for a five-county region north of Raleigh.
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Ex-North Carolina legislator Tom Murry announced on Friday he will be running for attorney general.
"My pledge to the people of North Carolina is simple, I will stand beside local law enforcement, district attorneys and victim’s advocates to defend not defund the rule of law for all North Carolinians," Murry said in a news release while criticizing Stein's AG tenure..
Murry's release pointed to a list of endorsements that included current and former legislators and some ex-judges, as well as to his efforts while in the legislature pushing for voter photo identification and regulatory reforms.
Murry also said he would create a "rapid response statewide drug task force" if elected to go after criminals who bring fentanyl to the state.