Christopher Murphy
Democrat · CT · U.S. Senate
Bio
Christopher Scott Murphy is an American lawyer, author, and politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Connecticut. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2007 to 2013 in the United States House of Representatives, representing Connecticut's 5th congressional district.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 19.7 years
- Chambers
- House 6y, Senate 13.7y
- First took office
- 2007 (6 terms)
- Seniority
- 28 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 53
- Senate class
- 1 · junior senator
- Senate Democratic Conference Deputy Secretary · 2025–present
- Hartford, CT · 860-549-8463
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $563k – $1.2M
- Liabilities
- $1.3M – $5.5M
- Net worth
- −$4.9M – −$5k
- Since 2018
- −$1.8M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Christopher Murphy's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Christopher Murphy (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 28 members
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relationscenter · 22 members
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensionscenter · 23 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Murphy's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Transcript: Sen. Chris Murphy on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 11, 2026The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Oct. 11, 2026.
CBS News · October 11, 2026
Chris Murphy plans midterm travel blitz, fundraising for Nixon in FloridaSen. Chris Murphy wants Democrats to go big for Angie Nixon in Florida’s Senate race — and he’s pushing to raise some “serious money” to help. “I do believe that we’d make a big mistake if we slept on Florida,” the Connecticut Democrat told POLITICO on Friday…
Biztoc.com · October 9, 2026
Senator Chris Murphy Says Pete Hegseth-Led Pentagon Barred Inspection of Iran War-Damaged Gulf Base to Hide True Costs From Congress and PublicSen. Chris Murphy says the Pentagon blocked him from inspecting a U.S. base in the Gulf damaged during the Iran war, raising questions about costs and congressional oversight.
Radaronline.com · October 9, 2026
Why US support for Riyadh in Yemen mattersFaisal’s view Two statements by US Senator Chris Murphy and Secretary of State Marco Rubio signal that Washington takes Gulf security seriously. They have come at a critical juncture for Saudi Arabia and the region. Senator Murphy’s comments carry weight beca…
Biztoc.com · October 9, 2026
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