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Chris Murphy

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 3, 1973 in White Plains, NY

Education:

  • Oxford University, 1995
  • Williams College, B.A., 1996
  • University of Connecticut, J.D., 2002

Career:

  • Campaign manager, U.S. House candidate Charlotte Koskoff, 1996
  • Southington Planning and Zoning Commission, 1997-1999
  • Practicing attorney, 2002-2006

Elected Office:

  • CT House, 1999-2003
  • CT Senate, 2003-2006


Election Results for Chris Murphy


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 32 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 122,980 56.5%
2008 34 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 179,327 59.3%
2010 36 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 122,879 54.1%
2012 38 CT D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 94,424 66.7%
2012 38 CT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 828,761 54.9%
2018 44 CT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 825,579 59.5%
2024 50 CT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,000,695 58.6%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Chris Murphy


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2007 33 House 96 4 R 4 96 99 100 0
2008 34 House 98 2 R 19 81 99 95 0
2009 35 House 95 3 D 93 3 97 100 4
2010 36 House 97 3 D 90 10 99 95 4
2011 37 House 90 7 D 89 11 96 85 4
2012 38 House 88 6 D 83 10 92 95 0
2013 39 Senate 99 1 D 99 1 99 100 4
2014 40 Senate 98 1 D 99 1 99 90 0
2015 41 Senate 96 3 D 82 15 99 95 0
2016 42 Senate 99 1 D 90 10 99 95 0
2017 43 Senate 96 4 R 41 58 99 95 0
2018 44 Senate 91 8 R 42 57 99 90 9
2019 45 Senate 78 21 R 54 46 99 100 0
2020 46 Senate 84 15 R 48 50 99 100 5
2021 47 Senate 99 0 D 95 5 99 100 5
2022 48 Senate 95 0 D 95 0 96 0
2023 49 Senate 95 1 D 99 2
2024 50 Senate 92 8 D 99
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.