Christopher S. Murphy (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Connecticut. He assumed office on January 3, 2013. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Murphy (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Connecticut. He declared candidacy for the 2024 election.
In the 2012 election, Murphy ran to replace retiring incumbent Joe Lieberman (D). Murphy defeated Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz in the Democratic primary and Linda McMahon (R) in the general election. Murphy was re-elected in 2018.
Before his election to the Senate, Murphy served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Connecticut's 5th Congressional District from 2007 to 2013. He was first elected in 2006 after defeating incumbent Nancy Johnson (R), who had served in the House since 1982. Murphy served in the Connecticut State Senate from 2003 to 2006 and in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002.
As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Murphy is an average Democratic member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Democratic Party on the majority of bills.
Murphy was elected to the Senate in November 2012, one month before a school shooter killed 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Murphy became more active on gun policy following the shooting. In June 2016, following a mass shooting that killed 49 people in Orlando Florida, Murphy led a 15-hour talking filibuster on the Senate floor, the tenth longest talking filibuster in Senate history at that time.
