SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Patty Murray was first elected to the U.S. Senate from Washington state in 1992 during the “Year of the Woman,” motivated to run for higher office in part by the contentious Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings. At that time, Murray was the self-professed “Mom in Tennis Shoes,” advocating for working families and outraged by the way an all-male Senate committee questioned Anita Hill when she said Thomas had sexually harassed her. Now Murray, 71, is one of the Senate's most powerful members and seeking a sixth term at another inflection point for women following the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide.