Christopher S. Murphy

known as "Chris"
represents CT-05
Democrat,
Official website

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.

Money

Raised	$1,813,024	^(#64)
Spent	18%	^(#532)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	59%	^(#166)
From PACs	36%	^(#329)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	38	^(#144)
Total cost	$52,915,950	^(#210)
Received	38	^(#140)
Total cost	$47,707,950	^(#174)

Bills

Co-sponsored	211	^(#506)
Introduced	14	^(#467)
Debated	2	^(#421)
Enacted	0	^(#435)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	16 times		^(#73)
Avg. length	1,888 words		^(#44)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	36% left-wing		^(#345)
Predictable	96%		^(#168)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
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)
American Nurses Association	100% (5/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters	100% (5/5 votes)
NAACP	100% (7/7 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)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Project Vote Smart. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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