Chris Murphy

Murphy was born on August 3, 1973, in White Plains, New York, to Catherine A. (née Lewczyk) and Scott L. Murphy.{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/1997/09/12/lewczyk-john-a-lewczyk/|title=John A. Lewczyk|date=September 12, 1997 |publisher=Articles.courant.com|access-date=July 11, 2010}} He is of Irish and Polish descent.{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/2011/10/24/underdog-no-more-chris-murphy-builds-early-lead-war-chest-in-2012-race-for-us-senate/|title=U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy Sets His Sights On U.S. Senate|date=October 24, 2011 |access-date=June 15, 2016}} Murphy's father is a corporate lawyer who served as the managing partner of Shipman & Goodwin, a Hartford law firm, and his mother is a retired ESL teacher from the Hanmer Elementary School in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Murphy has two younger siblings, a sister, Susannah, and a brother, Ben.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/fashion/weddings/19HOLAHAN.html|work=The New York Times|title=Catherine Holahan and Christopher Murphy wed|date=August 19, 2007}}

Murphy is a graduate of Wethersfield High School. He received his B.A. degree from his father's alma mater, Williams College, and his J.D. degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Murphy spent his junior year studying abroad at Exeter College, Oxford through the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford.{{cite web|url=http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/williams-exeter-alumnus-becomes-youngest-current-us-senator|title=Williams at Exeter alumnus becomes youngest current US Senator|access-date=April 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423162748/http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/williams-exeter-alumnus-becomes-youngest-current-us-senator|archive-date=April 23, 2013|url-status=dead}} On May 19, 2013, Murphy received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of New Haven.{{cite web|url=http://www.newhaven.edu/558913/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130626181230/http://www.newhaven.edu/558913/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2013|title=University of New Haven : Ted Kennedy Jr., Sen. Murphy to address UNH Graduates on May 19|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

In 1996, Murphy was campaign manager for Charlotte Koskoff's unsuccessful campaign for the House against Nancy Johnson; a decade later, Murphy himself would unseat Johnson. From 1997 to 1998, Murphy worked for Connecticut State Senate Majority Leader George Jepsen. Murphy was first elected to office in 1997, when he won a seat on the planning and zoning commission in Southington.{{cite web|url=http://southington.patch.com/articles/murphy-mcmahon-early-frontrunners-in-southington|title=Murphy, McMahon Early Frontrunners in Southington|date=August 14, 2012|author=Jason Valle|work=Southington Patch}}

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In 1998, at age 25, Murphy challenged 14-year incumbent Republican State Representative Angelo Fusco. Murphy was endorsed by the six largest labor unions in the state. The CT Employees Independent Union endorsed Murphy, the first time the union endorsed Fusco's opponent.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=96NbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5802,3662169&dq=chris%20murphy%20connecticut&hl=en|title=Record-Journal - Google News Archive Search|access-date=June 15, 2016}} Fusco described himself as a union member, an environmentalist, and a moderate.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yrZbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1274,4605577&dq=chris%20murphy%20connecticut&hl=en|title=Record-Journal - Google News Archive Search|access-date=June 15, 2016}} Murphy defeated Fusco 55%-45%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=357890|title=Our Campaigns - CT State House 081 Race|date=November 3, 1998|access-date=June 15, 2016}} In 2000, he won re-election to a second term, defeating Barbara Morelli 68%-32%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=357865|title=Our Campaigns - CT State House 081 Race|date=November 7, 2000|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

As early as March 1999, he criticized U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Johnson's vote for impeaching President Bill Clinton.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VF1IAAAAIBAJ&pg=3162,266548&dq=chris%20murphy%20connecticut&hl=en|title=Record-Journal - Google News Archive Search|access-date=June 15, 2016}} In 2001, he was a co-sponsor of a bill to eliminate child poverty.{{cite web|url=http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05461&which_year=2001|title=Connecticut General Assembly|access-date=June 15, 2016}} He proposed legislation that would give free tuition to students of the state's community-technical colleges.{{cite web|url=http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05526&which_year=2001|title=Connecticut General Assembly|access-date=June 15, 2016}} He proposed legislation that would ban smoking in state colleges and universities.{{cite web|url=http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05679&which_year=2001|title=Connecticut General Assembly|access-date=June 15, 2016}} He co-sponsored a bill that would create an earned income tax credit.{{cite web|url=http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB06419&which_year=2001|title=Connecticut General Assembly|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

He was a supporter of rights for LGBT people as early as 2002.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MRJB&p_theme=mrjb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F5526A51500A25&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|work=Record-Journal|first1=Robert C.|last1=Pollack|date=November 1, 2002|title=Chris Murphy on same-sex marriage}} During his tenure, he served on the Judiciary Committee.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u05GAAAAIBAJ&pg=1419,3864852&dq=chris%20murphy%20connecticut&hl=en|title=Record-Journal|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

After two terms in the Connecticut House, Murphy decided to run for a seat in the Connecticut State Senate at the age of 29. The open 16th district had been held by a Republican for more than a decade. In the general election, he defeated Republican State Representative Ann Dandrow, 53%-47%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6842|title=Our Campaigns - CT State Senate 16 Race|date=November 5, 2002|access-date=June 15, 2016}} In 2004, he won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Christopher O'Brien, 60%-37%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=211067|title=Our Campaigns - CT State Senate 16 Race|date=November 2, 2004|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

In 2003, he joined the Clean Car Alliance and supported California-like environmental standards on auto manufacturers.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=usVYAAAAIBAJ&pg=1620,3469690&dq=chris%20murphy%20connecticut&hl=en|title=Record-Journal - Google News Archive Search|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

In 2004, Murphy supported a bill that would ban smoking in all restaurants and bars.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cw8hAAAAIBAJ&pg=1229,19387&dq=chris%20murphy%20connecticut&hl=en|title=The Hour - Google News Archive Search|access-date=June 15, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/nyregion/smokers-get-ready-for-lights-out.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm | work=The New York Times | first=Stacey | last=Stowe | title=Smokers Get Ready for Lights Out | date=May 11, 2003}}

In 2005, Murphy authored legislation establishing the new Office of Child Protection, to "better coordinate advocacy for abused and neglected children".{{cite web|url=http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/content/profile/featured/chris-murphy|title=Chris Murphy|access-date=October 29, 2012|work=Your Public Media|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211747/http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/content/profile/featured/chris-murphy|url-status=usurped}} Murphy also wrote Public Act 05–149, an act permitting stem-cell research while prohibiting human cloning.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/racing-for-senate-in-a-st_b_1664334.html|title=Racing for Senate in a Stem Cell State: Murphy and McMahon|author=Don C. Reed|date=July 12, 2012|access-date=October 29, 2012|website=The Huffington Post}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wEFIAAAAIBAJ&pg=5287,4459165&dq=chris%20murphy%20connecticut&hl=en|title=Record-Journal - Google News Archive Search|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

The act, signed into law by Governor Jodi Rell, made Connecticut the third state in the nation to permit taxpayer-subsidized stem-cell research.{{cite web|url=http://farmington.patch.com/articles/us-congressman-chris-murphy-receives-graduate-of-the-last-decade-award-2|title=U.S. Congressman Chris Murphy Receives Graduate of the Last Decade Award|work=Farmington Patch|date=June 28, 2011|access-date=October 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131022608/http://farmington.patch.com/articles/us-congressman-chris-murphy-receives-graduate-of-the-last-decade-award-2|archive-date=January 31, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

During his tenure in the State Senate, Murphy was one of the first ten co-sponsors of a civil union bill that passed the General Assembly in 2005. On his Senate campaign website, Murphy summarized his stance, "Let me be clear and simple: LGBT rights are human rights. Marriage equality and nondiscrimination in the military, workplace, classroom and healthcare system, based on real or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity, are civil rights that must be protected under law."{{cite web|last=Wing|first=Nick|title=Chris Murphy's US Senate Campaign Issues section|url=http://www.chrismurphy.com/issues|publisher=Chris Murphy for Senate campaign|access-date=July 28, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705124730/http://www.chrismurphy.com/issues/|archive-date=July 5, 2012|df=mdy-all}} During his tenure he served as Chairman of the Public Health Committee.{{cite web|url=http://www.eyeonfda.com/eye_on_fda/2006/11/what_the_freshm.html|title=What the Freshman Offer|work=Eye on FDA|date=November 14, 2006|access-date=October 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031348/http://www.eyeonfda.com/eye_on_fda/2006/11/what_the_freshm.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}

File:Chris Murphy at Barack Obama rally 2, February 4, 2008.jpg in 2008]]

Murphy chose not to run for re-election to the State Senate, targeting instead the U.S. House seat held by twelve-term incumbent Republican Nancy Johnson.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Connecticut%27s_5th_Congressional_District|title=Connecticut's 5th Congressional District|website=Ballotpedia}} In order to challenge Johnson, Murphy moved from Southington to Cheshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctmirror.org/story/17477/murphy-release-no-documents-loans|title=Murphy refuses to release credit score, loan documents|author=Mark Pazniokas|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=October 29, 2012|work=The Connecticut Mirror|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920022951/http://ctmirror.org/story/17477/murphy-release-no-documents-loans|archive-date=September 20, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Murphy was elected in 2006 with 56% of the vote, defeating Johnson by a margin of about 22,000 votes; among incumbents, only John Hostettler lost by a larger margin that year.

He carried 35 of the district's 41 cities and towns, including several that had reliably supported Johnson for decades. He defeated Johnson by a significant margin in her hometown of New Britain, which she had represented for over thirty years in both the state senate and in Congress. He was re-elected in 2008 and 2010, with 60% and 54% of the vote, respectively.{{Cite web |title=11/04/2008 General Election results for Representative in Congress |url=http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/electionresults/2008_election_results/2008_representative_in_congress.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203051504/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/electionresults/2008_election_results/2008_representative_in_congress.pdf |archive-date=February 3, 2009 |publisher=State of Connecticut Secretary of the State}}{{Cite web |title=Connecticut - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/elections/2010/results/connecticut.html?ref=nyregion |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=archive.nytimes.com}}

Murphy has received high scores from progressive groups such as Americans for Democratic Action, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and various labor unions; and low scores from conservative groups as the Club for Growth, American Conservative Union, and FreedomWorks.{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=17189|title=Project Vote Smart - Representative Murphy's Interest Group Ratings|publisher=Votesmart.org|date=May 14, 2010|access-date=July 11, 2010}}

In August 2008, Murphy sent a letter to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer expressing support for increased oil drilling as part of a bipartisan energy bill.{{cite web|author=Altimari, Daniela|url=http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-murphy1006.artoct06,0,4330193.story|title=Congressman Chris Murphy Faces His First Race As An Incumbent|publisher=Courant.com|date=October 6, 2008|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611202736/http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-murphy1006.artoct06,0,4330193.story|url-status=dead}}

Murphy supports reform of federal supportive housing programs, which assist low-income people with severe disabilities. In 2008, the House of Representatives passed the "Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act", which Murphy authored to modernize and streamline Section 811, which governs federal supportive housing grants.{{cite news|url=http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Congressman-wants-more-supportive-housing-220047.php|title=Congressman wants more supportive housing|newspaper=Connecticut Post |publisher=Ctpost.com|date=June 23, 2008|access-date=July 11, 2010}}

Murphy has called for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp;{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=14478&can_id=17189|title=Project Vote Smart - Representative Murphy on H Amdt 197 - Guantanamo Transfer Plan|publisher=Votesmart.org|date=May 17, 2007|access-date=July 11, 2010}} however, in February 2011, Murphy voted to extend provisions of the Patriot Act.{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll026.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 26|publisher=house.gov|date=February 8, 2011|access-date=February 8, 2011}}

In 2009, Murphy helped draft HR 3200, the House health-care reform bill. Murphy defended his role in supporting the bill at a contentious town hall meeting in Simsbury in August 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-web-murphy-tea-party0806aug06,0,1371927.story|title=Getting An Earful|publisher=Courant.com|date=August 6, 2009|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910122424/http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-web-murphy-tea-party0806aug06,0,1371927.story|archive-date=September 10, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://thenextright.com/ironman/chris-murphy-meets-the-mob-in-simsbury-ct|title=Chris Murphy meets "the mob" in Simsbury, CT|publisher=The Next Right|date=August 17, 2009|access-date=July 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717020728/http://thenextright.com/ironman/chris-murphy-meets-the-mob-in-simsbury-ct|archive-date=July 17, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

File:Ted Kennedy at Barack Obama rally 2, February 4, 2008.jpg and Murphy at a Barack Obama rally in February 2008]]

A longtime supporter of health insurance reform, Murphy is a strong proponent of the public option, which entails the creation of an independent, government-sponsored health insurance plan to compete with private companies. Murphy has argued that such a plan would not require government financing and would help to introduce competition into monopolized health insurance markets and help reduce costs.{{cite web|last=Moore|first=George|url=http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20360488&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592709&rfi=6|title=Opinions differ on public option with local politicians|publisher=Myrecordjournal.com|date=August 17, 2009|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174324/http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20360488&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592709&rfi=6|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}

In May 2007, Murphy organized a group of freshmen House members to support the creation of an independent, non-partisan ethics panel to review complaints filed against members of the U.S. House of Representatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2007/05/17/new%20britain/18351605.txt|title=Murphy leads Congress freshmen against scandal|publisher=newbritainherald.com|date=May 17, 2007|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806025336/http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2007/05/17/new%20britain/18351605.txt|archive-date=August 6, 2017|url-status=dead}} He has been credited with helping to shape the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, which was passed into law by the House in March 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2008/03/12/past%20stories/20011220.txt|title=Murphy praises pass of ethics bill|publisher=newbritainherald.com|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806045214/http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2008/03/12/past%20stories/20011220.txt|archive-date=August 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Murphy sponsored a bill that would subject Supreme Court Justices to the same ethical code that applies to other federal judges and suggested in 2011 the possibility of an investigation to decide whether Justice Clarence Thomas had committed ethical violations that would justify removing him from office. The matter in question was Thomas's connection to Harlan Crow{{cite news|last1=McIntire|first1=Mike|title=Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/us/politics/19thomas.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|access-date=February 3, 2016|website=The New York Times|date=June 18, 2011}} and other supporters of the Republican Party.{{cite web|last=Millhiser|first=Ian|title=Rep. Murphy Says Thomas' Actions Call Into Question Whether He 'Can Continue To Serve As A Justice'|url=http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/24/252981/exclusive-murphy-thomas|website=Think Progress|access-date=March 10, 2012}} Murphy circulated a draft letter to other members of Congress asking the House Judiciary Committee leadership to hold a hearing on the Supreme Court Transparency and Disclosure Act, which would end the Supreme Court's immunity to judicial ethics laws.{{cite web|last=Millhiser|first=Ian|title=Rep. Chris Murphy on Thomas Gift Scandal|url=http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/23/252255/murphy-letter-thomas|website=Think Progress|access-date=March 10, 2012}}

Contractors operating overseas:

As a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Murphy was highly critical of for-profit government contractors operating in Iraq, which functioned with little government oversight and scrutiny. He introduced and successfully passed into law the "Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008", which required private companies that do the majority of their business with the federal government to publicly disclose their top executives' salaries.{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr3928|title=H.R. 3928 (110th): Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008|access-date=September 14, 2012}}

Local issues:

Two home invasions occurred in Murphy's district in 2007 and 2008; the latter in Cheshire being especially brutal, with the rape and murder of a mother and her two young daughters. In response, Murphy proposed making home invasion a federal crime.{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Chris_Murphy.htm#Principles_%20_Values|title=Chris Murphy on the Issues|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

Murphy has been a proponent of the proposed New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Commuter Rail Line, an effort to use existing railroad tracks owned by Amtrak to provide daily commuter service on par with Southwestern Connecticut's Metro-North service into New York. In 2008, Murphy successfully added an amendment to rail legislation making it easier for Amtrak and the state of Connecticut to cooperate on the rail project.{{cite web|author=Jo-Ann Moriarty|url=http://www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-15/12132549858280.xml&coll=1|title=House of Representatives approves $14 billion high-speed rail bill to connect Washington, D.C., and New York City|publisher=MassLive.com|date=June 12, 2008|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307084232/http://www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-15/12132549858280.xml&coll=1|url-status=dead}} The line began operation in June 2018.

Murphy proposed reforms of the nation's 'missing-persons' databases, introducing "Billy's Law" in 2009 to improve coordination of law-enforcement efforts to locate missing persons. The legislation was named in honor of Billy Smolinski Jr., a one-time resident of Murphy's district who disappeared in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/news_wtnh_hartford_murphy_proposes_billys_law_200908060535|title=Murphy to propose Billy's Law to help find missing adults|publisher=Wtnh.com|access-date=July 11, 2010|archive-date=July 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721230723/http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/news_wtnh_hartford_murphy_proposes_billys_law_200908060535|url-status=dead}}

• Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
• Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives
• Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform

{{Main|2012 United States Senate election in Connecticut}}

Murphy announced on January 20, 2011, that he would run for the Senate seat held by Joe Lieberman, who was retiring in the face of a very low approval rating.{{cite web|url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/ppp-poll-joe-lieberman-trailing-very-badly-in-2012-re-election-bid|title=PPP Poll: Joe Lieberman Trailing Very Badly In 2012 Re-Election Bid|author=Kleefeld, Eric|work=Talking Points Memo|date=October 7, 2010|access-date=September 15, 2020}} It was announced in mid-July that a group spearheaded by a state Capitol lobbyist was forming a Super PAC for his campaign, hoping to raise $1 million to combat a possible opponent.{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2012/07/16/pro_murphy_super_pac_created_in_conn_senate_race|title=Pro-Murphy super PAC created in Conn. Senate race|first=Susan|last=Haigh|agency=Associated Press|date=July 16, 2012|work=The Boston Globe}}

Murphy defeated former Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz in the Democratic primary and defeated Republican candidate Linda McMahon in the general election.{{cite news|last1=Haigh|first1=Susan|title=Pro-Murphy super PAC created in Conn. Senate race|url=https://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2012/07/16/pro_murphy_super_pac_created_in_conn_senate_race/|access-date=February 3, 2016|work=The Boston Globe|date=July 16, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.foothillsmediagroup.com/articles/2012/08/20/litchfield/news/doc5032c0fa2f95d185828978.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509111919/http://www.foothillsmediagroup.com/articles/2012/08/20/litchfield/news/doc5032c0fa2f95d185828978.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 9, 2022|title=Murphy, McMahon post decisive wins in primary election|first=Mary|last=O'Leary|agency=The Litchfield News|date=August 20, 2012|access-date=August 22, 2012}} On November 6, Murphy defeated McMahon with 55% of the vote, winning every county except Litchfield County. At the time, it was the most expensive political race in Connecticut history,{{Cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/democrat_chris_murphy_tops_ex-.html |title=Democrat Chris Murphy tops ex-wrestling exec Linda McMahon in bitter, expensive Connecticut Senate race |date=November 7, 2012 |access-date=2016-07-15}} and one of the most expensive Senate races in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/the_most_expensive_house_and_senate_races_of_2012-220314-1.html|title=The Most Expensive House and Senate Races of 2012|date=2012-12-20|website=Roll Call|access-date=2016-07-15}}

{{Main|2018 United States Senate election in Connecticut}}

In 2018, Murphy ran for a second term in the U.S. Senate. He faced Republican businessman Matt Corey.{{cite web |last1=Radelat |first1=Ana |title=Murphy, CT U.S. House lawmakers easily win re-election as Dems take U.S. House |url=https://ctmirror.org/2018/11/06/murphy-declared-winner-u-s-senate-race/ |website=CT Mirror |access-date=6 November 2018}} Murphy won the general election with 59.5 percent of the vote.{{cite web |title=Connecticut |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/results/connecticut |website=CNN}}

{{Main|2024 United States Senate election in Connecticut}}

In 2024, Murphy ran for a third term in the Senate. He was unanimously selected as the Democratic nominee.{{cite web |title=Connecticut Democrats unanimously nominate U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy for a third term |url=https://apnews.com/article/chris-murphy-connecticut-senate-6753a79a02090b16c61b00a0fb06d889 |website=Associated Press |date=May 11, 2024 |access-date=11 May 2024}} He faced Republican candidate Matthew Corey, Green candidate Justin C. Paglino, and Cheaper Gas Groceries Party candidate Robert Finley Hyde.https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/2024/candidate-list/2024/november-5-2024-candidate-list-91724.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=May 2025}} On November 5, Murphy won the general election.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-06 |title=AP Race Call: Democrat Chris Murphy wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Connecticut |url=https://apnews.com/article/race-call-murphy-wins-connecticut-senate-60d170e0be524f7987a43a6eb8b83f5d# |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Murphy took office as the junior United States senator for Connecticut on January 3, 2013. In the Senate, Murphy has worked on funding for transportation and infrastructure, the preservation of Long Island Sound, growing small farms and promoting Connecticut manufacturing.

In 2016, Murphy walked 126 miles across the state of Connecticut, listening to constituents and holding daily town hall meetings.{{Cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/business/dan-haar/hc-chris-murphy-finishes-walk-across-connecticut-20160903-story.html|title=Chris Murphy Finishes Walk Across Connecticut|last=Haar|first=Dan|work=courant.com|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en-US|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929090639/http://www.courant.com/business/dan-haar/hc-chris-murphy-finishes-walk-across-connecticut-20160903-story.html|url-status=dead}} Murphy repeated the walk in 2017, covering 106 miles and holding five town hall meetings.{{Cite news|url=http://fox61.com/2017/08/13/senator-chris-murphy-to-walk-across-the-state-for-the-second-time/|title=Senator Chris Murphy to walk across the state for the second time|date=2017-08-13|work=FOX 61|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en-US}}

In early 2020, Murphy secretly{{Cite web |title=Iran FM confirms secret meeting with US Democratic senator in Munich |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/iran-fm-confirms-secret-meeting-us-democratic-senator?amp=1 |access-date=2020-02-19 |website=The New Arab |language=en}} met with Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference. They discussed U.S. nationals being detained in Iran, Iran's involvement in the Yemeni Civil War, and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. In a post on Medium.com, Murphy wrote: "I have no delusions about Iran — they are our adversary, responsible for the killing of thousands of Americans and unacceptable levels of support for terrorist organizations throughout the Middle East. But I think it's dangerous to not talk to your enemies. Discussions and negotiations are a way to ease tensions and reduce the chances for crisis."Kheel, Rebecca (February 18, 2020). [https://thehill.com/policy/defense/483503-democratic-senator-meets-with-iranian-foreign-minister/ Democratic senator meets with Iranian foreign minister]. The Hill. Retrieved September 18, 2021.

In the wake of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, Murphy called for the removal of Donald Trump from office.{{cite news |title=Blumenthal, Murphy, Hayes call for Trump's removal from office |url=https://www.fox61.com/article/news/politics/us-sen-blumenthal-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office/520-30e5f5a6-85b8-407b-aa1a-827c013111df |access-date=8 January 2021 |work=FOX61 |date=7 January 2021}} Murphy also stated that he would lead an investigation into the security breaches and law enforcement response during the attack.{{cite news |last1=Seldin |first1=Jeff |title=US Capitol Police Overrun by Mob After Declining Help |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/2020-usa-votes_us-capitol-police-overrun-mob-after-declining-help/6200459.html |access-date=8 January 2021 |work=VOA |date=7 January 2021 |language=en}}

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Commenting on the day of the fall of Kabul, Murphy said, "Our priority now needs to be evacuating American personnel and as many of our Afghan partners as humanly possible. I firmly believe that President Biden made the right decision by standing by the Trump administration's decision to bring our troops home and end the longest war in our nation's history."{{cite news |url=https://brooklyn.news12.com/senators-blumenthal-murphy-say-evacuation-of-us-citizens-from-afghanistan-crucial |title=Senators Blumenthal, Murphy say evacuation of US citizens from Afghanistan crucial |work=News 12 Networks |date=2021-08-16 |access-date=2021-08-16 }}

Since the 2024 United States presidential election Murphy has emerged as a prominent critic of Donald Trump within the Democratic Party. He has delivered many scathing condemnations of Trump on social media platforms, increasing his following by 223 percent and receiving more than 29 million impressions. Media outlets including The Guardian, The New York Times and NBC have listed Murphy as a possible presidential candidate in 2028.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=David |date=2024-12-26 |title=Who are the rising stars in the Democratic party? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/26/democratic-party-leaders |access-date=2025-03-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-16 |title=Democratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underway |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/democratic-jockeying-2028-presidential-election-already-underway-rcna179653 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Karni |first=Annie |date=2025-02-23 |title=Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/chris-murphy-democrats-trump.html |access-date=2025-03-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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• United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
• Committee on Foreign Relations
• Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

• Joint Economic Committee (2013–2015)

• Expand Social Security Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans{{cite web|title=Members of the Caucus on U.S. - Türkiye Relations & Turkish Americans|author=|url=https://www.tc-america.org/in-congress/caucus.htm|format=|publisher=Turkish Coalition of America|date=|accessdate=25 March 2025}}
• Senate Taiwan Caucus{{cite web|title=Senate Taiwan Caucus 118th Congress (2023-2024)|author=|url=https://fapa.org/senate-taiwan-caucus/|format=|publisher=Formosan Association for Public Affairs|date=February 5, 2004|accessdate=25 March 2025}}

Chris Murphy is pro-choice. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, Murphy called it a "disaster" of a decision.{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Chris |title="This is a disaster - for women, doctors, families, and all Americans. What we have now is a tiny group of politicians masquerading as justices, using their fancy robes and lifetime appointments as cover to impose their right wing political views on the entire country." |url=https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1540340581657939968 |website=Twitter |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en}}

Murphy has introduced two pieces of legislation, the American Jobs Matter Act{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/26|title=S.26 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): American Jobs Matter Act of 2015|first=Christopher S.|last=Murphy|date=January 6, 2015|website=www.congress.gov}} and the 21st Century Buy American Act{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2167?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22%5C%22american+jobs+matter%5C%22%22%2C%22%5C%22buy+american%5C%22%22%2C%22%5C%22buy+american%5C%22%22%5D%7D|title=Congress.gov - S.2167 21st Century Buy American Act|date=October 8, 2015|access-date=February 15, 2018}} to close loopholes in the existing Buy American laws and encourage the U.S. government to purchase American-made goods.

In May 2018, Murphy was one of twelve senators to sign a letter to Chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority Colleen Kiko urging the FLRA to end efforts to close its Boston regional office until Congress debated the matter, furthering that the FLRA closing its seven regional offices would cause staff to be placed farther away from the federal employees they protect the rights of.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/e08031199f58416180004c0c0e722fab|title=US senators oppose closing federal labor relations offices|date=May 1, 2018|publisher=apnews.com}}

Murphy has spoken out against outsourcing.{{cite web|title=Manufacturing|url=https://www.murphy.senate.gov/issues/manufacturing|website=murphy.senate.gov|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=May 25, 2022}}

After the defeat of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, Murphy urged a significant revamp of Democratic Party policy, stating that neoliberalism, a growing social and economic alienation of many Americans from the party, and a perception of elitism has contributed to the loss of working class voters. Murphy believes the Democratic Party should embrace left-wing populism as an antidote to right-wing populism, reiterating his belief that Third Way economic policies had eroded the traditionally broad appeal of the party.{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4983135-murphy-on-democrats-losses-our-tent-is-too-small/|title=Murphy on Democrats' losses: 'Our tent is too small'

|last=Suter|first=Tara|work=thehill.com|access-date=November 16, 2024|language=en}}

File:Chris Murphy in Kyiv.jpg party leader Oleh Tyahnybok at Euromaidan in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 2013]]

Murphy is one of the first members of Congress to come out in opposition to US support for the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, which was launched in 2015.{{cite web|last1=Schulberg|first1=Jessica|title=Senate Democrat Says It's Time to Cut Off Support for Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-murphy-saudi-arabia-yemen_us_56b3d010e4b04f9b57d9073c|website=HuffPost Politics|date=February 5, 2016|publisher=The Huffington Post|access-date=February 10, 2016}} In a speech on January 29, 2016, he recommended that the US stop supporting this military campaign and suspend military sales to Saudi Arabia until the US receives assurances that the war will not distract from Saudi efforts against al-Qaeda and ISIS and Saudi Arabia lessens its worldwide support of Wahhabism.{{cite web|last1=Murphy|first1=Chris|last2=Davidson|first2=Amy|title=Chris Murphy on the Roots of Radical Extremism|url=http://www.cfr.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/chris-murphy-roots-radical-extremism/p37471|website=Council on Foreign Relations|access-date=February 10, 2016|archive-date=February 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205094552/http://www.cfr.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/chris-murphy-roots-radical-extremism/p37471|url-status=dead}} Murphy is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the ranking Democratic member of the subcommittee on the Middle East and Counter-terrorism.{{cite web|last1=Murphy|first1=Chris|title=Behind the Scenes - Middle East Trip|url=http://www.chrismurphy.com/blog/entry/behind-the-scenes-middle-east-trip/|website=Chris Murphy homepage|access-date=February 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329114846/http://www.chrismurphy.com/blog/entry/behind-the-scenes-middle-east-trip/|archive-date=March 29, 2016|df=mdy-all}} In the edition of June 8, 2015 of Foreign Affairs, Murphy co-authored "Principles for a Progressive Foreign Policy", proposing a framework for a Democratic foreign policy strategy.{{cite journal|last1=Murphy|first1=Chris|last2=Schatz|first2=Brian|last3=Heinrich|first3=Martin|title=Principles of a Progressive Foreign Policy|journal=Foreign Affairs|date=June 8, 2015|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-06-08/principles-progressive-foreign-policy|access-date=February 10, 2016}}

In November 2017, Murphy accused the United States of complicity in the war crimes committed in Yemen by the Saudi-led military coalition and in Yemen's humanitarian crisis, saying: "Thousands and thousands inside Yemen today are dying....This horror is caused in part by our decision to facilitate a bombing campaign that is murdering children and to endorse a Saudi strategy inside Yemen that is deliberately using disease and starvation and the withdrawal of humanitarian support as a tactic.""{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/11/14/congress-yemen-war-unauthorized/|title=Congress Votes to Say It Hasn't Authorized War in Yemen, Yet War in Yemen Goes On|author=Jilani, Zaid|work=The Intercept|date=November 14, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2020}} In October 2018, Murphy wrote that if the reports of Jamal Khashoggi's murder are true, "it should represent a fundamental break" in Saudi Arabia–United States relations.{{cite news |title=After Six Days, Trump 'Concerned' Over Saudi Journalist Disappearance in Turkey |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/after-six-days-trump-concerned-over-saudi-journalist-disappearance-in-turkey-1.6544743 |author=Tibon, Amir|work=Haaretz |date=9 October 2018}} Murphy, along with Bernie Sanders and Mike Lee, advanced a vote to co-sponsor a resolution that would require the President to "withdraw troops in or "affecting" Yemen within 30 days unless they are fighting al Qaeda."{{cite web |last1=Carney |first1=Jordain |title=Senate moves toward vote on ending support for Saudi-led war |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/421124-senate-moves-toward-vote-on-ending-support-for-saudi-led-war/ |website=The Hill |date=December 12, 2018|access-date=13 December 2018}} In February 2019, Murphy was one of seven senators to reintroduce legislation requiring sanctions on Saudi officials involved in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and seeking to address support for the Yemen civil war through prohibiting some weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and U.S. military refueling of Saudi coalition planes.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/429024-senators-reintroduce-bill-to-punish-saudis-for-khashoggi-killing/|title=Senators reintroduce bill to punish Saudis for Khashoggi killing|author=Kheel, Rebecca|date=February 7, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}

File:Chris Murphy and Sven Mikser (37165237034).jpg Sven Mikser in 2016.]]

Murphy is renowned as one of the most vociferous critics of Russia in the Senate. Among his positions on US-Russian relations, Murphy holds that Russia will remain a permanent, persistent threat to the United States and its security interests, regardless of the incumbent regime in the country. At an event at the Atlantic Council in 2019, Murphy professed the need for NATO allies to understand that the country has been always "far behind Russia in understanding our vulnerabilities."{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/us-sen-chris-murphy-warns-allies-to-be-vigilant-about-the-quiet-things-russia-is-doing/|title=US Sen. Chris Murphy warns allies to be vigilant about the 'quiet things' Russia is doing|date=April 3, 2019}} At the same event, Murphy echoed the sentiments of Lithuanian and Georgian foreign ministers that Russia's imperialist nature will always put it at odds with the United States, and that little will change until Russia as a "captive state of aggregate territories" changes its nature.

In March 2016, Murphy authored the bipartisan bill the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act, along with Republican Senator Rob Portman. Congressman Adam Kinzinger introduced the U.S. House version of the bill.{{citation|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5181|work=Congress.gov|title=H.R.5181 - Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016|date=May 10, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2016|publisher=United States Congress|first=Adam|last=Kinzinger|author-link=Adam Kinzinger}} After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, worries grew that Russian propaganda spread and organized by the Russian government swayed the outcome of the election, and representatives in the U.S. Congress took action to safeguard the National security of the United States by advancing legislation to monitor incoming propaganda from external threats.{{citation|access-date=1 December 2016|first=Craig|last=Timberg|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/effort-to-combat-foreign-propaganda-advances-in-congress/2016/11/30/9147e1ac-e221-47be-ab92-9f2f7e69d452_story.html|title=Effort to combat foreign propaganda advances in Congress|date=30 November 2016}}{{citation|work=International Business Times UK edition|access-date=1 December 2016|title=US House of representatives backs proposal to counter global Russian subversion|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-house-representatives-backs-proposal-counter-global-russian-subversion-1594342|date=1 December 2016|first=Tom|last=Porter}} On November 30, 2016, legislators approved a measure within the National Defense Authorization Act to ask the U.S. State Department to take action against foreign propaganda through an interagency panel. The legislation authorized funding of $160 million over a two-year period. The initiative was developed through the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act.

In September 2016, in advance of a UN Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Murphy signed an AIPAC-sponsored letter urging President Obama to veto "one-sided" resolutions against Israel.{{cite news |title=Senate – Aipac |url=https://www.aipac.org/-/media/publications/policy-and-politics/aipac-analyses/issue-memos/2015/text-of-rounds-gillibrand-letter.pdf |date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019210759/https://www.aipac.org/-/media/publications/policy-and-politics/aipac-analyses/issue-memos/2015/text-of-rounds-gillibrand-letter.pdf|archive-date=October 19, 2016 }}

In July 2017, Murphy voted in favor of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act that placed sanctions on Iran together with Russia and North Korea.{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00175|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress - 1st Session|website=www.senate.gov|date=July 27, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/senate-joins-house-overwhelmingly-passing-new-russian-sanctions-n787291 |title = Senate joins House in overwhelmingly passing new Russian sanctions|author=Johnson, Alex|work=NBC News|date=July 28, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2020}}

In December 2017, Murphy criticized Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying that it "It needs to be done at the right time and in the right manner."{{cite news |title=Who's Speaking Out Against Trump's Jerusalem Move |url=https://jstreet.org/experts-speak-trumps-jerusalem-move/#.XYFUQmYzWUl |work=J Street |date=December 12, 2017}}

In December 2018, President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. Murphy said in a statement: "I support withdrawing troops, but we must also rejoin a diplomatic process that the Trump administration has left to other powers, and we need a surge in humanitarian relief. That's the only way we can protect the Syrian people against a Turkish incursion or regime reprisals.{{cite news |title=Are Democrats Hypocrites for Criticizing Trump's Troop Withdrawals? |author=Keating, Joshua|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/democrats-and-trumps-troop-withdrawals-is-the-criticism-hypocritical.html |work=Slate |date=December 21, 2018}}

In April 2019, Murphy was one of thirty-four senators to sign a letter to President Trump encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration and reverse a decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside Central America", asserting that Trump had "consistently expressed a flawed understanding of U.S. foreign assistance" since becoming president and that he was "personally undermining efforts to promote U.S. national security and economic prosperity" through preventing the use of Fiscal Year 2018 national security funding. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S., citing the funding's helping to improve conditions in those countries.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/437463-more-than-30-dem-sens-ask-trump-to-reconsider-cutting-foreign/|title=More than 30 Senate Dems ask Trump to reconsider Central American aid cuts|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|date=April 4, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}

In January 2020, Murphy wrote to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, urging the FBI to "investigate the allegations" that Saudi Arabia "illegally compromised and stole personal data" from Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, as part of a possible effort to "influence, if not silence, the Washington Post's reporting on Saudi Arabia".{{cite news |title=Democratic senator asks intelligence agencies to open probe into Bezos phone hack |url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/480574-murphy-asks-intelligence-agencies-to-open-investigation-into-bezos-phone/ |author=Miller, Maggie|work=The Hill |date=January 29, 2020}}{{cite news |title=Senator calls for US intelligence to investigate Jeff Bezos 'phone hacking' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/jeff-bezos-saudi-arabia-us-intelligence-chris-murphy-hacking |author=Evelyn, Kenya|work=The Guardian |date=January 29, 2020}}

In May 2020, Murphy voiced his opposition to Israel's plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.{{cite news |title=Democratic senators release letter warning Israel against annexation |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2020/05/democratic-senators-release-letter-warning-israel-against-annexation/ |work=Jewish Insider |date=May 21, 2020}}

In January 2024, Murphy voted against a resolution, proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders, to apply the human rights provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act to U.S. aid to Israel's military. The proposal was defeated, 72 to 11.{{cite news |title=Senate Kills Measure to Scrutinize Israeli Human Rights Record as Condition for Aid |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/01/16/senate-israel-human-rights-condition-aid/ |work=The Intercept |date=January 16, 2024}} On February 7, 2024, Murphy stated he would support an amendment requiring weapons sold internationally to be used in compliance with U.S. law, international humanitarian law, and the laws of armed conflict.{{cite web |title=US senator supports weapons amendment that could affect Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-pounds-gaza-as-truce-diplomacy-continues?update=2688041 |website=Al Jazeera |date=February 7, 2024}}

In March 2024, Murphy was one of 19 Democratic senators to sign a letter to the Biden administration urging the U.S. to recognize a "nonmilitarized" Palestinian state after the war in Gaza.{{Cite web |last=Bolton |first=Alexander |date=2024-03-20 |title=Senate Democrats press Biden to establish two-state solution for Israel, Palestine |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4544765-democrats-press-biden-two-state-solution-israel-palestine/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}

In March 2025, Murphy stated "The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin."https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-republicans-propose-drastic-solution-for-ukraine-amid-trump-s-rift-with-zelensky/ar-AA1A6fKD {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2025}}

In April 2025, Murphy voted for a pair of resolutions, proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders, to cancel the Trump's administration's sales of $8.8 billion in bombs and other munitions to Israel. The proposals were defeated, 82 to 15.{{Cite web |last=Neukam |first=Stephen |date=April 3, 2025 |title=15 Senate Dems vote to cancel billions in Israeli military aid |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/senate-democrats-cancel-military-aid-israel |access-date=April 3, 2025 |website=Axios |language=en}}

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Murphy supports gun control and has been a leading advocate for further legislation relating to it.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mass-shootings-are-an-american-problem-theres-an-american-solution/2017/10/02/ac934588-a7ac-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html|title=Mass shootings are an American problem. There's an American solution|author=Murphy, Chris|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2020}} He supports a national assault-weapon ban and introduced such a ban in 2017 and 2023.{{cite web |title=Sens. Blumenthal, Murphy re-introduces assault weapons ban |url=https://bronx.news12.com/sens-blumenthal-murphy-re-introduces-assault-weapons-ban |access-date=27 January 2023 |ref=34 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326082416/https://bronx.news12.com/sens-blumenthal-murphy-re-introduces-assault-weapons-ban |archive-date=26 March 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Blumenthal, Murphy join other Democratic senators to introduce assault weapons ban |date=November 8, 2017 |url=https://www.wtnh.com/news/politics/blumenthal-murphy-join-other-democratic-senators-to-introduce-assault-weapons-ban/ |access-date=8 November 2017 |ref=45 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326082413/https://www.wtnh.com/news/politics/blumenthal-murphy-join-other-democratic-senators-to-introduce-assault-weapons-ban/ |archive-date=26 March 2023 |url-status=live}} Murphy has an F rating with the NRA Political Victory Fund and, in September 2020, published a book on gun control titled The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy.{{Cite news|last=Lacey|first=Marc|date=2020-09-01|title=Tested by Tragedy, Two Politicians Review Their Records — Mistakes Included|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/books/review/cry-havoc-michael-signer-the-violence-inside-us-chris-murphy.html|access-date=2020-09-02|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |title=Chris Murphy's Ratings and Endorsements |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/17189/chris-murphy |website=votesmart.org |publisher=Vote Smart |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729101903/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/17189/chris-murphy |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |language=en-US |url-status=live}}

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred in Newtown, Connecticut, within Murphy's House district near the end of his term. In the aftermath of the shooting, he became a leading voice in the movement to prevent gun violence, supporting numerous policies including universal background checks and ending the ban on gun violence research at the CDC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-blumenthal-colleagues-leading-researchers-push-for-funding-gun-violence-research-at-cdc|title=MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES, LEADING RESEARCHERS PUSH FOR FUNDING GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH AT CDC|website=murphy.senate.gov|access-date=2016-10-09}} Murphy supported the bipartisan Manchin-Toomey background checks proposal, which would have strengthened and expanded the existing background-check system and established a National Commission on Mass Violence to study in-depth all the causes of mass violence.{{Cite web|url=http://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/gun-sense|title=Gun Sense - Issues & Legislation - Joe Manchin, United States Senator, West Virginia|website=www.manchin.senate.gov|access-date=2016-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195725/http://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/gun-sense|archive-date=November 8, 2016|url-status=dead}} Upon the proposal failing to meet the 60 vote threshold for advancement, Murphy stated, "This is a day when the Republican filibuster stood in the way of 90% of Americans."{{Cite web|url=http://www.whatthefolly.com/2013/04/29/transcript-sen-chris-murphy-on-the-senates-failure-to-pass-the-toomey-manchin-gun-legislation|title=Transcript: Sen. Chris Murphy on the Senate's failure to pass the Toomey-Manchin gun legislation|access-date=2016-10-09}}

In his first month in office, he criticized the National Rifle Association and Apple Inc. for a video game involving shooting with guns that was labeled appropriate for children as young as four.{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/connecticut-senator-patrick-murphy-slams-nra-apple-for-app-86229.html|title=Murphy slams NRA, Apple for app|author=Robillard, Kevin|work=Politico|date=January 15, 2013|access-date=June 15, 2016}}

On June 24, 2015, Murphy said, "Since Sandy Hook there has been a school shooting, on average, every week"; The Washington Post described this statement as misleading.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/06/29/has-there-been-one-school-shooting-per-week-since-sandy-hook|title=Has there been one school shooting per week since Sandy Hook?|author=Ye Hee Lee, Michelle|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 29, 2015|access-date=June 15, 2016}} On June 15–16, 2016, Murphy staged a filibuster regarding gun control following the Orlando nightclub shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time. The filibuster entered the list of the top 10 longest filibusters in U.S. history.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/longest-filibusters-where-does-chris-murphy-stack-n593451|title=The Longest Filibusters: Where Does Chris Murphy Stack Up?|work=NBC News|first=Cassandra|last=Vinograd|date=June 16, 2016|access-date=June 16, 2016}}

In the wake of the shooting, Murphy said "This phenomenon of near-constant mass shootings happens only in America – nowhere else" and "this epidemic will continue without end if Congress continues to sit on its hands and do nothing – again."{{cite news|last1=Berkowitz|first1=Bonnie|last2=Cai|first2=Weiyi|last3=Lu|first3=Denise|last4=Gamio|first4=Lazaro|title=Everything lawmakers said (and didn't say) after the Orlando mass shooting|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/how-lawmakers-responded-to-the-orlando-mass-shooting/|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

Following the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting, Murphy and fellow U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the bipartisan Fix NICS Act to ensure criminal records are submitted to the federal background-check system with the legislation ultimately passing in the 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/node/4478|title=Cornyn, Murphy, Scott, Blumenthal Introduce Fix NICS Act to Enhance Compliance, Ensure Accuracy of Existing Background Check System for Firearms Purchases|date=2017-11-16|work=United States Senator John Cornyn, Texas|access-date=2017-11-20|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041819/https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/node/4478|url-status=dead}}

Following the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/florida-shooting.html|title=Florida Shooting Live Updates: White Supremacy Group Claims Nikolas Cruz as Member|date=2018-02-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Murphy made an impassioned call for action in the Senate stating that "this happens nowhere else other than the United States of America, this epidemic of mass slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school shooting. It only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. We are responsible for a level of mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere else. As a parent it scares me to death that this body doesn't take seriously the safety of my children, and it seems like a lot of parents in South Florida will be asking the same question today. We pray for families, for the victims. We hope for the best."{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-43067114/sandy-hook-senator-this-happens-nowhere-else|title=This happens nowhere else|website=BBC News|date=February 15, 2018|access-date=2018-02-15}} In March 2018, Murphy was one of ten senators to sign a letter to Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee Lamar Alexander and ranking Democrat Patty Murray requesting they schedule a hearing on the causes and remedies of mass shootings in the wake of the shooting.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/380313-senate-democrats-request-hearing-on-school-shootings/|title=Senate Dems request health panel hearing on school shootings|date=March 26, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}

Following the Robb Elementary School Shooting, Chris Murphy emerged as the lead Democratic Negotiator in support of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.{{cite web |last=Snell |first=Kelsey |title=Senators reach final bipartisan agreement on a gun safety bill |work=NPR |date=June 22, 2022 |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/21/1106466279/senators-reach-final-bipartisan-agreement-on-a-gun-safety-bill |accessdate = September 11, 2023}} The act, which would partially close the 'Boyfriend Loophole' while providing federal funding for mental health and red flag law adaptation, was viewed as the first piece of notable gun-safety legislation in decades.{{cite web |title=RELEASE: Sen. Chris Murphy on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and What Comes Next |work=Center for American Progress |date=July 18, 2022 |url=https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release-sen-chris-murphy-on-the-bipartisan-safer-communities-act-and-what-comes-next/|accessdate = September 11, 2023}}{{cite web |last=Treisman |first=Rachel |title=The Senate gun bill would close the 'boyfriend loophole.' Here's what that means |work=NPR |date=June 23, 2022 |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/23/1106967037/boyfriend-loophole-senate-bipartisan-gun-safety-bill-domestic-abuse |accessdate = September 11, 2023}} This bill passed with a bipartisan Senate majority and is considered highly significant gun reform legislation to address gun violence.{{Cite news |last=DeBonis |first=Mike |date=June 25, 2022 |title=How the Senate defied 26 years of inaction to tackle gun violence |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/25/senate-gun-deal-behind-scenes/}}

Murphy has been a leading supporter of the Affordable Care Act in the Senate and has opposed Republican attempts to repeal the law, consistently speaking on the floor about the positive impact it has had on his constituents.{{Cite news|url=https://ctmirror.org/2017/01/05/murphy-tries-but-fails-to-block-aca-repeal/|title=Murphy tries, but fails, to block ACA repeal|author=Radelat, Ana|work=The CT Mirror|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en-US}}

In April 2017, Murphy was one of five Democratic senators to sign a letter to then-President Trump that warned failure "to take immediate action to oppose the lawsuit or direct House Republicans to forgo this effort will increase instability in the insurance market, as insurers may choose not to participate in the marketplace in 2018" and that they remained concerned that his administration "has still not provided certainty to insurers and consumers that you will protect the cost-sharing subsidies provided under the law."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/327040-dems-ask-trump-to-drop-lawsuit-over-obamacare-insurer-payments/|title=Dems ask Trump to drop lawsuit over ObamaCare insurer payments|date=April 3, 2017|first=Jessie|last=Hellmann|newspaper=The Hill}}

Murphy called the American Health Care Act of 2017 "an intellectual and moral dumpster fire," that will cause 24 million Americans to lose their health care coverage.{{Cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/859399183014481921|title=Trumpcare is still an intellectual and moral dumpster fire. CBO says 24m lose coverage, rates go up 15%, all to fund tax cut for rich.|last=Murphy|first=Chris|date=2 May 2017|user=ChrisMurphyCT|number=859399183014481921|access-date=2017-11-20}}

On August 5, 2015, Murphy introduced the bipartisan Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy from Louisiana. The legislation, aimed at overhauling the mental health system, would build treatment capacity, promote integrated care models, expand the mental health workforce and encourage the enforcement of existing mental health parity laws.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1945|title=Mental Health Reform Act of 2015|date=August 5, 2015|access-date=August 9, 2017|website=Congress.gov}}

The bill was informed by listening sessions that Senator Murphy conducted across the state of Connecticut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/murphy-to-unveil-mental-health-bill|title=Murphy to unveil mental health bill|website=murphy.senate.gov|access-date=2017-05-21}} The bill was widely supported by the mental health community, with organizations including the American Psychiatric Association,{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychiatry.org/newsroom/news-releases/apa-applauds-senators-murphy-and-cassidy-for-introducing-comprehensive-mental-health-reform-legislation|title=APA Applauds Senators Murphy and Cassidy for Introducing Comprehensive Mental Health Reform Legislation|website=psychiatry.org|access-date=August 9, 2017}} Mental Health America{{Cite web|url=http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/mha-applauds-introduction-mental-health-reform-act-2015|title=MHA Applauds Introduction of Mental Health Reform Act of 2015|website=Mental Health America|date=August 4, 2015 }} and the National Council for Behavioral Health{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/capitol-connector/2015/08/senators-murphy-cassidy-introduce-comprehensive-mental-health-reform-bill|title=Sens Murphy, Cassidy Introduce Comprehensive Mental Health Reform Bill|author=Farley, Rebecca|website=Capitol Connector|date=August 4, 2015}} applauding its introduction.

On March 16, 2016, the Mental Health Reform Act was passed unanimously by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. On December 7, 2016, the Senate passed Mental Health Reform as a part of the 21st Century Cures Act. The bill also provided $1 billion in funding to address the opioid crisis and funding for NIH Cancer Moonshot initiative. The bill was signed into law by President Obama on December 13, 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/310223-obama-signs-medical-cures-bill-into-law/|title=Obama signs medical cures bill into law|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=2016-12-13|work=The Hill}}

Murphy has been a vocal advocate for addressing loneliness in America, an issue he has framed as both a public health crisis and a societal challenge that requires immediate, bipartisan action.{{Cite news |last=Erin |first=Schumaker |date=5 November 2023 |title='I care about it': Sen. Chris Murphy's battle against loneliness - POLITICO |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/05/sen-chris-murphy-wants-to-help-you-make-friends-00125372 |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=Politico}}{{Cite magazine |last=Richard Weissbourd and Chris Murphy |date=11 April 2023 |title=We Have Put Individualism Ahead of the Common Good for Too Long |url=https://time.com/6269091/individualism-ahead-of-the-common-good-for-too-long/ |access-date=14 January 2025 |magazine=Time}}{{Cite web |date=18 July 2023 |title=Murphy Introduces Legislation to Establish National Strategy to Combat Loneliness, Promote Social Connection |url=https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-introduces-legislation-to-establish-national-strategy-to-combat-loneliness-promote-social-connection |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Senator Chris Murphy}} He has described loneliness as a "spiritual crisis"{{Cite web |last=Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |date=4 March 2024 |title=Tackling the loneliness epidemic: A Q&A with Sen. Chris Murphy |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INAfe81nR2Q |access-date=14 January 2025 |via=YouTube |publisher=}} that fuels increased rates of addiction, violence, and suicide,{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=13 December 2022 |title=The Politics of Loneliness |url=https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-politics-of-loneliness |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=The Bulwark}} across demographics, regions and partisan lines. He makes the case that genuine happiness and well-being are closely tied to social connection rather than solely economic success, emphasizing the importance of policies that encourage community and family bonds.{{Cite news |last=Ian Marcus Corbin and Chris Murphy |date=19 May 2023 |title=The Left Needs a Spiritual Renaissance. So Does America. |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-left-needs-a-spiritual-renaissance-so-does-america/ |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=The Daily Beast}}{{Cite news |last=Erin Schumaker, Ruth Reader and Daniel Payne |date=29 April 2024 |title=A task force for the common good |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2024/04/29/a-task-force-for-the-common-good-00154873 |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=Politico}} In an op-ed co-written with Richard Weissbourd, Murphy argued that America's overemphasis on individualism has led to a cultural shift away from collective welfare, making it critical to restore a balance between individual success and the "common good".

In July 2023, Murphy introduced the National Strategy for Social Connection Act, which aims to establish a White House Office of Social Connection Policy.{{Cite news |last=Lutz |first=Eric |date=December 2023 |title=Chris Murphy Wants to Make America a Little Less Lonely |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/chris-murphy-wants-to-make-america-a-little-less-lonely |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=Vanity Fair}} The purpose of this office is to coordinate with federal agencies to create policies promoting social infrastructure and issue guidelines to foster social bonds.{{Cite web |date=18 July 2023 |title=National Strategy for Social Connection Act: A One-Pager |url=https://www.murphy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/nssc_one_pager.pdf |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Senator Chris Murphy}} The proposed legislation also suggests funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to carry out research into loneliness and social isolation, highlighting the health risks associated with disconnection, such as increased susceptibility to heart disease and dementia.

Murphy has sought to generate bipartisan support for his efforts to address loneliness. In April 2024, in partnership with the Republican Governor of Utah Spencer Cox, Murphy announced a series of round-table events around how to restore the value of the "common good." Described as "a national effort to convene discussions," these forums were intended to bring together thinkers, researchers and writers on the left and right, to explore community solutions to combat loneliness and foster social solidarity.

Murphy has also proposed targeted measures such as regulating youth access to social media, improving labor policies to allow for more leisure time, and supporting institutions like trade unions and religious organizations that naturally build community. His goal is to reframe policy discussions around social well-being, and rebuild the "social fabric" weakened by modern individualism and technological isolation.

In January 2025, Murphy, along with senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Brian Schatz(D-HI), introduced the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA). In addition, the Act was co-sponsored by senators John Curtis (R-UT), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Angus King (I-ME).{{Cite web |title=Kids Off Social Media Act {{!}} U.S. Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii |url=https://www.schatz.senate.gov/kosma |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=www.schatz.senate.gov |language=en}} This Act would set a minimum age of 13 to use social media platforms and prevent social media companies from feeding "algorithmically-targeted" content to users under the age of 17. Murphy said of this, "Everyone knows how harmful social media can be to kids. As a parent, I’ve seen firsthand how these platforms use intentionally addictive algorithms to spoon-feed young people horrifying content glorifying everything from suicide to eating disorders. Yet these companies have proven they will choose profits over the wellbeing of our kids unless we force them to do otherwise. This bipartisan legislation will finally hold social media companies accountable".{{Cite web |title=Murphy, Schatz, Cruz, Britt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, Off Social Media {{!}} U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut |url=https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-schatz-cruz-britt-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-keep-kids-safe-healthy-off-social-media |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=www.murphy.senate.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-28 |title=Schatz, Cruz, Murphy, Britt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, off Social Media {{!}} U.S. Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii |url=https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/01/28/2025/schatz-cruz-murphy-britt-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-keep-kids-safe-healthy-off-social-media |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=www.schatz.senate.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Brian Schatz, Ted Cruz, Chris Murphy Introduce Bill to Protect Kids on Social Media |url=https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/u-s-senators-katie-britt-brian-schatz-ted-cruz-chris-murphy-introduce-bill-to-protect-kids-on-social-media/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Senator Katie Britt |language=en-US}}

In July 2019, Murphy and fifteen other Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act which mandated that ICE agents get approval from a supervisor ahead of engaging in enforcement actions at sensitive locations with the exception of special circumstances and that agents receive annual training in addition to being required to report annually regarding enforcement actions in those locations.{{cite news|url=https://www.10news.com/news/bill-would-block-immigration-raids-at-schools-courthouses|title=Bill would block immigration raids at schools, courthouses|date=July 11, 2019|first=Zac|last=Self|publisher=10news.com}}

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, Murphy called the justices that supported the decision "politicians" and added, "The Constitution to them is just a fun tool to help them impose their political views on the entire country. The implausible inconsistency of the guns and abortion rulings is both sickening and revealing."{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Chris |title="These guys are just politicians. The Constitution to them is just a fun tool to help them impose their political views on the entire country. The implausible inconsistency of the guns and abortion rulings is both sickening and revealing." |url=https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1540342272281251841 |website=Twitter |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en}}

Murphy married Catherine Holahan in August 2007. Murphy and Holahan have two sons.{{cite web|url=http://www.murphy.senate.gov/about|title= ABOUT CHRIS|work=Murphy.senate.gov|access-date=January 15, 2014}} On November 15, 2024, it was confirmed by Chris Murphy's office that he and his wife were separating after 17 years of marriage.{{Cite web |last=Moritz |first=John |date=2024-11-15 |title=Sen. Chris Murphy and wife, Cathy Holahan, separating after 17 years of marriage |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ct-chris-murphy-seperation-wife-cathy-holahan-19919037.php |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=CT Insider |language=en}} Raised as a Congregationalist, Murphy identifies as "unspecified/other Protestant." but said in 2015 that he was "not a regular churchgoer these days, in part, because of kids. In part because of a busy schedule."{{cite news |last1=Keith|first1=Tamara|title=The Pope Addressed A Congress That's Much More Christian Than America|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/24/442946219/the-pope-will-address-a-congress-thats-much-more-christian-than-america|access-date=18 May 2017|work=NPR|date=24 September 2015}} However, by 2023, Murphy had joined churches in Hartford and Washington.

• "[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/senator-chris-murphy-progressive-foreign-policy/599470/ How to Make a Progressive Foreign Policy Actually Work]", The Atlantic, October 7, 2019{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=2019-10-07 |title=How to Make a Progressive Foreign Policy Actually Work |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/senator-chris-murphy-progressive-foreign-policy/599470/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}
• "[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/democrats-should-reject-neoliberalism/671850/ The Wreckage of Neoliberalism]", The Atlantic, October 25, 2022{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=25 October 2022 |title=The Wreckage of Neoliberalism |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/democrats-should-reject-neoliberalism/671850/ |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=The Atlantic}}
• "[https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-politics-of-loneliness The Politics of Loneliness]", The Bulwark, December 13, 2022
• "[https://time.com/6269091/individualism-ahead-of-the-common-good-for-too-long/ We Have Put Individualism Ahead of the Common Good for Too Long]" (co-authored with Richard Weissbourd), Time, April 11, 2023
• "[https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-left-needs-a-spiritual-renaissance-so-does-america/ The Left Needs a Spiritual Renaissance. So Does America.]" (co-authored with Ian Marcus Corbin), The Daily Beast, May 19, 2023
• "[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/opinion/big-tech-algorithms-kids-discovery.html Algorithms Are Making Kids Desperately Unhappy]", The New York Times, July 18, 2023{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=July 18, 2023 |title=Algorithms Are Making Kids Desperately Unhappy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/opinion/big-tech-algorithms-kids-discovery.html |access-date=April 15, 2024 |website=New York Times}}
• "[https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/americans-paid-time-off-work-burnout-rcna128645 America is facing a spiritual crisis. More leisure time is the cure.]" (co-authored with Tim Ryan), MSNBC, December 9, 2023{{Cite web |date=2023-12-09 |title=Opinion {{!}} America is facing a spiritual crisis. More leisure time is the cure. |url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/americans-paid-time-off-work-burnout-rcna128645 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}}
• "[https://newrepublic.com/article/177435/chris-murphy-case-political-realignment-economics The Spiritual Unspooling of America: A Case for a Political Realignment]", The New Republic, December 12, 2023{{Cite magazine |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=12 December 2023 |title=The Spiritual Unspooling of America: A Case for a Political Realignment |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/177435/chris-murphy-case-political-realignment-economics |access-date=14 January 2025 |magazine=The New Republic}}
• "[https://prospect.org/sponsored/thegoodlife/2024-06-13-how-neoliberalism-cuts-off-community/ How Neoliberalism Cuts Off Community]", The American Prospect, June 13, 2024{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=2024-06-13 |title=How Neoliberalism Cuts Off Community |url=https://prospect.org/sponsored/thegoodlife/2024-06-13-how-neoliberalism-cuts-off-community/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The American Prospect |language=en-us}}
• "[https://rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/a-good-life-starts/ A Good Life Starts in a Good Hometown]", Roosevelt Institute, April 29, 2025{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Chris |date=2025-04-29 |title=A Good Life Starts in a Good Hometown |url=https://rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/a-good-life-starts/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Roosevelt Institute |language=en-US}}

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Nancy Johnson (incumbent)

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|percentage = 43.54

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|percentage = 100.00

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| loser = Republican Party (United States)

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|title = Connecticut's 5th Congressional District Election, 2008

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|percentage = 59.65

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = David Cappiello

|votes = 117,585

|percentage = 39.32

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|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Thomas Winn

|votes = 3,066

|percentage = 1.03

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{{Election box total no change

|votes = 299,028

|percentage = 100.00

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|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

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| title = Connecticut's 5th Congressional District Election, 2010}}

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|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Chris Murphy (incumbent)

|votes = 122,879

|percentage = 54.06

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Sam Caligiuri

|votes = 104,402

|percentage = 45.94

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 227,281

|percentage = 100.00

}}

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|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin no change

| title = 2012 U.S. Senate Democratic primary results

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Chris Murphy

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 89,283

| percentage = 67.43%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Susan Bysiewicz

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 43,135

| percentage = 32.57%

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| votes = 132,418

| percentage = 100%

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{{Election box begin

| title = United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2012{{cite web |website=portal.ct.gov |title=11/06/2012-General Election Results Presidential Electors For |url=https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/ElectionResults/2012/2012ElectionResultspdf.pdf?la=en}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Chris Murphy

| votes = 828,761

| percentage = 54.82%

| change = +15.09%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Linda McMahon

| votes = 651,089

| percentage = 43.07%

| change = +33.45%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Paul Passarelli

| votes = 25,045

| percentage = 1.66%

| change = N/A

}}

{{Election box write-in with party link

| votes = 6,869

| percentage = 0.45%

| change = +0.44%

}}

{{Election box total

| votes = 1,511,764

| percentage = 100%

| change = N/A

}}

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

| loser = Independent

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| title = United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2018{{cite web|title=2018 Connecticut general election results|url=https://authoring.ct.gov/-/media/SOTS/ElectionServices/StatementOfVote_PDFs/2018-SOV.pdf?la=en|access-date=12 June 2019}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Chris Murphy (incumbent)

| votes = 825,579

| percentage = 59.53%

| change = +4.71%

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Matthew Corey

| votes = 545,717

| percentage = 39.35%

| change = -3.94%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Richard Lion

| votes = 8,838

| percentage = 0.64%

| change = -1.02%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Green Party (United States)

| candidate = Jeff Russell

| votes = 6,618

| percentage = 0.48%

| change = N/A

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{{Election box write-in with party link

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| percentage = 0.01%

| change = -0.44%

}}

{{Election box total

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| percentage = 100%

| change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

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{{Election box begin

| title = United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2024{{cite news |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://ctemspublic.tgstg.net/#/home |website=Secretary of State of Connecticut |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 19, 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Chris Murphy (incumbent)

| votes = 1,000,695

| percentage = 58.58%

| change = -0.95%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Matthew Corey

| votes = 678,256

| percentage = 39.70%

| change = +0.35%

}}

{{Election box candidate

| party = Cheaper Gas Groceries

| candidate = Robert F. Hyde

| votes = 14,879

| percentage = 0.87%

| change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Green Party (United States)

| candidate = Justin Paglino

| votes = 14,422

| percentage = 0.84%

| change = +0.36%

}}

{{Election box write-in with party link

| votes = 7

| percentage = 0.00%

| change = -0.01%

}}

{{Election box total

| votes = 1,708,259

| percentage = 100%

| change = N/A

}}

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

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