Rep. Christopher S. Murphy

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Chris" District: represents CT-05 Political Party: Democratic, Working Families Education: JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2002 Attended Exeter College, Oxford University, England, 1994-1995 BA, History/Political Science, Williams College. Last elected in 2006 receiving 117,186 (54.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  oil (143) energy (104) health (91) care (89) country (81)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Project Vote Smart.

Money Raised $1,813,024 (#65) Spent 18% (#608) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 60% (#176) From PACs 37% (#340) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 38 (#143) Total cost $52,915,950 (#210) Received 38 (#139) Total cost $47,707,950 (#175) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 37% left-wing (#292) Predictable 96% (#161) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 16 times (#73) Avg. length 1,888 words (#43) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 222 (#517) Introduced 15 (#476) Debated 2 (#443) Enacted 0 (#469) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 100% (5/5 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (11/11 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) Public Citizen 75% (6/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 50% (3/6 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Michael Jackson $8,800 from December 16, 2005 to April 21, 2008 2 Michael J Halperin $8,800 from December 13, 2005 to March 26, 2008 3 Gordon Singer $8,800 from April 8, 2006 to June 20, 2007 4 Kenneth J Floryan $8,800 from March 18, 2006 to March 19, 2007 5 Nicholas Solley $8,800 from December 28, 2005 to March 5, 2008 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $561,823 2 Retired $229,975 3 Hartford $18,400 4 Yale University $17,700 5 Party Rental Ltd $17,600 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. Frederick P. Mcluckie - International Brotherhood Of Teamsters $5,000 2 Mr. David L. Kolbe - Int'L. Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers $5,000 3 Mr. Nathaniel H. Lacour - American Federation Of Teachers $5,000 4 Ms. Patricia Ann Kmieciak - United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy... $5,000 5 Sam Wai - American Crystal Sugar Company $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

Developers: Get this page in N3, XML, or JSON.

Also known as: 412194 (GovTrack), N00027566 (OpenSecrets), M001169 (Congressional Bio), 20707 (ICPSR), 17189 (Vote Smart), H6CT05124 (FEC)