State representative passes Ace store to family

Mark Murdock, who was recently elected to his first term in the Minnesota House of Representatives, has turned over the operation of Perham Ace Hardware business in Perham, Minn., to his son Nick Murdock and Nick’s wife Katie, according to the Perham Enterprise Bulletin & Herald.

Murdock’s position in the State House of Representatives sees him spend a lot of time in St. Paul, but he still works every other Saturday in the Perham store.

For now, Nick and Katie Murdock are managing the Ace Hardware store, which is still owned by Mark Murdock and his wife Pat. The plan is that the younger Murdocks will purchase the business in 2010.