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Tim Murphy

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 11, 1952 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • Wheeling Jesuit University, B.S., 1974
  • Cleveland State University, M.S., 1976
  • University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., 1979

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Reserve Medical Corps, 2009-2017

Career:

  • Psychologist

Elected Office:

  • PA Senate, 1996-2002


Election Results for Tim Murphy


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 49 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 24,324 100.0%
2002 49 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 119,885 60.1%
2004 51 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 47,737 100.0%
2004 51 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 197,894 62.8%
2006 53 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 33,195 100.0%
2006 53 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 144,632 57.8%
2008 55 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 39,780 100.0%
2008 55 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 213,349 64.1%
2010 57 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 47,785 100.0%
2010 57 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 161,888 67.3%
2012 59 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 32,854 63.4%
2012 59 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 216,727 64.0%
2014 61 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 19,575 100.0%
2014 61 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 166,076 100.0%
2016 63 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 88,266 100.0%
2016 63 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 293,684 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Tim 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
2003 50 House 97 3 R 98 2 99 10 92
2004 51 House 91 8 R 76 18 98 21 92
2005 52 House 88 9 R 78 22 97 11 84
2006 53 House 90 8 R 89 11 97 10 80
2007 54 House 73 26 R 44 55 98 40 68
2008 55 House 73 25 R 43 54 97 60 48
2009 56 House 66 32 D 67 30 96 15 68
2010 57 House 79 19 D 51 49 98 15 50
2011 58 House 92 7 D 21 77 99 15 76
2012 59 House 92 7 D 17 81 99 5 76
2013 60 House 95 3 D 13 84 99 0 68
2014 61 House 92 7 D 14 85 99 0 54
2015 62 House 92 8 D 14 84 99 0 54
2016 63 House 95 4 D 9 91 99 0 72
2017 64 House 75 6 R 81 0 80 0 59
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.