Pat Murphy (Iowa politician)

Patrick Joseph Murphy


Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 99th district
In office 1989–2015
Preceded by	Jackie Reeder
Succeeded by	Abby Finkenauer
Personal details
Born	(1959-08-24) August 24, 1959 Dubuque, Iowa
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Teri Murphy
Residence	Dubuque, Iowa
Alma mater	Loras College
Website	Pat Murphy's Campaign Website

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Murphy (born August 24, 1959) was the Iowa State Representative from the 99th District and won the Democratic nomination in a five-way Democratic Primary to replace former Congressmen Bruce Braley, who ran for the US Senate. Pat is a former Speaker of the Iowa House. He also previously served as Minority Leader from 2003-07. Murphy is a Democrat and had served in the Iowa House since winning a special election in 1989.^[1] He received his BA from Loras College.

Pat Murphy served 12 terms in the Iowa House of Representatives. He served on the Appropriations, Labor and Transportation committees. Throughout his term in the House, he had worked on numerous issues related to human services, health care, and appropriations. As House Speaker he has championed a number of Democratic priorities including raising the minimum wage, increasing K-12 teacher salaries to the national average, expanding preschool programs, promoting “green jobs” by encouraging the expansion of Iowa’s renewable energy industry, expanding health insurance coverage, and supporting Iowa’s veterans.^[2]

Murphy was re-elected in 2012 with 10,098 votes.^[3]

2014 U.S. Congressional campaign

On June 3, Murphy won the Democratic nomination in a five way primary to replace current 1st district Representative Bruce Braley. Murphy lost to Republican nominee Rod Blum in the general election on November 4.^[4]

References

↑ http://www.iowahousedemocrats.org/2007/06/speaker-of-house-pat-murphy.html
↑ http://iowahouse.net/our-members/pat-murphy/
↑ http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf
↑ Democrat Pat Murphy Will Run for Braley's First Congressional Seat, Cedar Falls Patch, February 14, 2013

External links

Representative Pat Murphy at the Iowa General Assembly site
Pat Muphy for Congress official campaign site

Profile at Project Vote Smart

Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by Bill Dieleman	35th District 1989 – 1992	Succeeded by Pam Jochum
Preceded by Thomas Jochum	36th District 1992 – 2002	Succeeded by Swati Dandekar
Preceded by Jackie Reeder	28th District 2002 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Members of the Iowa House of Representatives

86th General Assembly (January 12, 2015 - January 8, 2017) Speaker: Linda Upmeyer (R) Speaker Pro Tempore: Matt Windschitl (R) Majority Leader: Chris Hagenow (R) Minority Leader: Mark Smith (D)

John Wills (R) Megan Jones (R) Dan Huseman (R) John Kooiker (R) Chuck Holz (R) Ron Jorgensen (R) Tedd Gassman (R) Terry Baxter (R) Helen Miller (D) Mike Sexton (R) Gary Worthan (R) Brian Best (R) Chris Hall (D) David Dawson (D) Charlie McConkey (D) Mary Ann Hanusa (R) Matt Windschitl (R) Steven Holt (R) Ralph Watts (R) Clel Baudler (R) Tom Moore (R) Greg Forristall (R) David Sieck (R) Cecil Dolecheck (R) Stan Gustafson (R) Scott Ourth (D) Joel Fry (R) Greg Heartsill (R) Dan Kelley (D) Zach Nunn (R) Rick Olson (D) Ruth Ann Gaines (D) Brian Meyer (D) Bruce Hunter (D) Ako Abdul-Samad (D) Marti Anderson (D) John Landon (R) Kevin Koester (R) Jake Highfill (R) John Forbes (D) Jo Oldson (D) Peter Cownie (R) Chris Hagenow (R) Rob Taylor (R) Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) Lisa Heddens (D) Chip Baltimore (R) Robert Bacon (R) Dave Deyoe (R) Pat Grassley (R) Josh Byrnes (R) Todd Prichard (D) Sharon Steckman (D) Linda Upmeyer (R) Darrel Branhagen (R) Patti Ruff (D) Nancy Dunkel (D) Brian Moore (R) Bob Kressig (D) Walt Rogers (R) Timi Brown-Powers (D) Deborah Berry (D) Sandy Salmon (R) Bruce Bearinger (D) Liz Bennett (D) Art Staed (D) Kraig Paulsen (R) Ken Rizer (R) Kirsten Running-Marquardt (D) Todd Taylor (D) Mark Smith (D) Dean Fisher (R) Bobby Kaufmann (R) David Jacoby (D) Dawn Pettengill (R) David Maxwell (R) Sally Stutsman (D) Jarad Klein (R) Guy Vander Linden (R) Larry Sheets (R) Mary Gaskill (D) Curt Hanson (D) Jerry Kearns (D) Dave Heaton (R) Vicki Lensing (D) Mary Mascher (D) Dennis Cohoon (D) Tom Sands (R) Jim Lykam (D) Cindy Winckler (D) Gary Carlson (R) Ross Paustian (R) Phyllis Thede (D) Linda Miller (R) Quentin Stanerson (R) Lee Hein (R) Norlin Mommsen (R) Mary Wolfe (D) Abby Finkenauer (D) Charles Isenhart (D)

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