Christopher Murphy

DemocratCT · Senator

Christopher Murphy

DemocratCT · Senator

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Moderate (-0.287)

Christopher Murphy is a Democrat Senator from CT. He has served 19 years in Congress across 5 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as moderate, voting with his party 66.1% of the time.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

66.1%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

107 votes against party

2.5%

Missed Votesⓘ

324 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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How Christopher Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty+20.0% vs avg

66.1%

Avg: 46.1%

Missed Votes+0.2% vs avg

2.5%

Avg: 2.3%

Bills Sponsored-6.1 vs avg

Avg: 18.1

Committee Assignments

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Appropriations CommitteeMember Department of Defense SubcommitteeMember Department of Homeland Security SubcommitteeRanking Member Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeMember Employment and Workplace Safety SubcommitteeMember Europe and Regional Security Cooperation SubcommitteeRanking Member Foreign Relations CommitteeMember Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeMember Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism SubcommitteeMember Primary Health and Retirement Security SubcommitteeMember State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs SubcommitteeMember Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeMember Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues SubcommitteeMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$10,828,701

Cash on Handⓘ

$11,631,864

Total Receiptsⓘ

$6,329,938

Disbursementsⓘ

$11,425,955

Individual Donors

Service History

2007–2013House · CT-5 · Democrat

2013–2031Senate · CT · DemocratCurrent

State Demographics

CT · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

3,598,348

Population

$95,016

Median Income

41.3

Median Age

42.0%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 67.6%Black 10.7%Hispanic 17.8%Asian 4.8%