Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Patrick J. Murphy

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · PennsylvaniaHouse 2007–2011 (PA-8)

Patrick Murphy was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 2007, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (110th–111th Congress).

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34Bills & resolutions sponsored110th–111th Congress (excludes amendments)

5Passed a chamberof 34 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law0 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 110th–111th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 6520 Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010
Dec 23, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
H.R. 5966 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010
Sep 20, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R. 959 Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2010
May 17, 2010 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R. 3393 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010
Apr 29, 2010 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R. 4622 Secure Borders Act of 2010
Apr 26, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Murphy has won

Rep. Murphy has won 2 U.S. House elections (2006–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.6 to 15.1 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won2 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 0.6 points2006, PA-8

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 2 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Pennsylvania’s 8th districtWinners, most recent three: Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R) 2016 → Matt Cartwright (D) 2018–2022 → Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R) 2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Pennsylvania’s 8th district done while Rep. Murphy served?

2007 to 2010 in PA-8: typical household income was down 5% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 5.1 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

PA-8: $106.9K in 2007 → $101.2K in 2010

PA-8 down 5%Pennsylvania down 4%U.S. down 6%

Share of people below the poverty line

PA-8: 5.1% in 2007 → 6.1% in 2010

PA-8 about the samePennsylvania up 1.8 pointsU.S. up 2.4 points

Share of workers looking for a job

PA-8: 4.0% in 2007 → 9.0% in 2010

PA-8 up 5.1 pointsPennsylvania up 3.7 pointsU.S. up 4.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Pennsylvania’s 8th district during Murphy’s time representing it (2007 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. PA-8 was redrawn in 2012, 2018 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Murphy’s term so far (2007 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	14	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	0	None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	0	None listed
With a Congress.gov note	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.