Member of Congress · 119th Congress

Christopher Murphy

DEMOCRAT U.S. Senator · ConnecticutSenate 2013–now · House 2007–2013 (CT-5)

Christopher Murphy is a Democratic U.S. senator from Connecticut, in Congress since 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 96% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 1 bill become law since 2013.

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291Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–119th Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 254 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 113th–119th Congress · 0 this Congress

40Broke with partyof 890 yes/no votes, 119th (4.5%)

25Missed votesof 915 roll calls, 119th (2.7%)

$64.0MPork: own shareFY2024 earmarks, 139 items; shared items split

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.

5 most recent votes

NayOn the Nomination — Nomination vote
Sep 30, 2026 · Nomination Confirmed
NayOn the Cloture Motion — Nomination vote
Sep 30, 2026 · Cloture Motion Agreed to
NayOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Ratepayer Protection Act
Sep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
NayOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Stop Insider Trading Act
Sep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
YeaOn the Motion to Discharge — A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Sep 29, 2026 · Motion to Discharge Rejected

5 most recent bills

S. 5531 IRL Act
Sep 24, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.Res. 899 A resolution recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September as "National Suicide Prevention…
Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5006)
S. 5470 Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2026
Sep 23, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 5468 Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act
Sep 23, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 5467 MAGNET Act
Sep 23, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Top bills sponsored

S. 5230 (117th) Billy's Law
Became law
H.Res. 528 (110th) Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Town of New Milford, Connecticut.
Passed a chamber
H.Res. 743 (111th) Honoring the life of Frank McCourt for his many contributions to American literature, education, and culture.
Passed a chamber
H.R. 3695 (111th) Billy's Law
Passed a chamber
H.R. 3928 (110th) Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008
Passed a chamber
H.R. 5772 (110th) Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008
Passed a chamber
S.Res. 319 (113th) A resolution expressing support for the Ukrainian people in light of President Yanukovych's decision not to sign an Association Agreement with the European…
Passed a chamber
S.Res. 520 (113th) A resolution condemning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and expressing condolences to the families of the victims.
Passed a chamber

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

Committees

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

Elections Sen. Murphy has won

Sen. Murphy has won 3 U.S. House elections (2006–2010) and 3 U.S. Senate elections (2012, 2018, 2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.1 to 20.3 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won6 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 8.1 points2010, CT-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party2 of 6 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Connecticut’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Elizabeth H. Esty (D) 2012–2014 → Elizabeth H Etsy (D) 2016 → Jahana Hayes (D) 2018–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

Seat history, Connecticut Senate (class 1)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Lowell Weicker (R) 1976–1982 → Joseph I. Lieberman (D) 1988–2006 → Christopher Murphy (D) 2012–2024.

Full election history for this seat →

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 Connecticut done while Sen. Murphy served?

2013 to 2024 in Connecticut: typical household income was up 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.3 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

Connecticut: $90.7K in 2013 → $96.0K in 2024

Connecticut up 6%U.S. up 15%

Share of people below the poverty line

Connecticut: 10.7% in 2013 → 10.2% in 2024

Connecticut about the sameU.S. down 3.7 points

Share of workers looking for a job

Connecticut: 9.3% in 2013 → 4.9% in 2024

Connecticut down 4.3 pointsU.S. down 3.8 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. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Connecticut during Murphy’s time representing it (2013 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Connecticut’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. 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.

Local offices

Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.

Hartford office120 Huyshope Ave., Suite 401, Colt Gateway, Hartford, CT 06106
Phone 860-549-8463 · Fax 860-524-5091 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)

Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators, district-offices file, September 24, 2026 ↗Licence: CC0 (public domain)

Evidence

File: legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries M001169-hartford (1 office)
Published at: https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
File date: September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
File SHA-256: 8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59
Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain)

Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, www.murphy.senate.gov.

Federal figures for Connecticut

Social Security and VA figures for this member’s state. The full table, sources and notes are on the state page.

765,437people receiving Social Security (OASDI) benefits, Dec 2025

Source: SSA, Table 1, April 2026 ↗

Evidence

Publisher: U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, “Congressional Statistics, 2025”
Table / row: Table 1; sheet 'CT - OASDI', row 5
Data as of: December 2025; released April 2026
Licence: CC0 1.0, per the Data.gov record (id US-GOV-SSA-3372; record modified April 27, 2026)
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
Full file: cong_stats25.xlsx ↗
File SHA-256: 7d31378275e2801fafd143bb96877c3407261b24767b935661ab5f915f2fe87f

66,312people receiving SSI payments, Dec 2025

Source: SSA, Table 2, April 2026 ↗

Evidence

Publisher: U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, “Congressional Statistics, 2025”
Table / row: Table 2; sheet 'CT - SSI', row 6
Data as of: December 2025; released April 2026
Licence: CC0 1.0, per the Data.gov record (id US-GOV-SSA-3372; record modified April 27, 2026)
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
Full file: cong_stats25.xlsx ↗
File SHA-256: 7d31378275e2801fafd143bb96877c3407261b24767b935661ab5f915f2fe87f

$957,157,028VA direct expenditures in the state, FY2025

Source: VA GDX FY2025, State Direct, September 2026 ↗

Evidence

Publisher: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics
File: GDX_FY25.xlsx, sheet 'State Direct Exp', row 10, FIPS 09
Prepared: September 2026 (per the file’s data guide)
Boundaries: 119th Congress districts
Licence: U.S. government work; no licence statement found on the VA page
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
File SHA-256: 1cf95d35c842b0064eacb3055db4441a775163919a3e90d21d30d4966aefaf25

Open the Connecticut page, with notes →

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Official records on bills this member sponsored

119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 51 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	51	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	0	None listed

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th 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.

Votes on civilian nominations

237 confirmation roll calls this senator was on the roll for, 119th Congress. A tally of what the record shows, not a score.

Yea 1 (0%)Nay 227 (96%)Not voting 9 (4%)

Nay · September 30, 2026 · Keith Sonderling Secretary of Labor
Nay · September 23, 2026 · Angela Veronica Colmenero United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
Nay · September 17, 2026 · Kasdin Miller Mitchell United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
Nay · September 15, 2026 · Matthew R. Byrne United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
Nay · August 8, 2026 · Todd Blanche Attorney General
Nay · August 7, 2026 · Michael Kavoukjian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway
Nay · August 5, 2026 · Erica Schwartz Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nay · July 28, 2026 · Walter Clayton Director of National Intelligence

Source: Senate roll call votes, as stored by PORKER ↗

Evidence

What is counted: Senate roll calls in the 119th Congress on the question of confirming a civilian nomination, as recorded on senate.gov. Cloture and procedural votes are not counted.
How it is matched: The vote record names the nomination number; the senator is matched by the Senate member id.
Not voting: Includes absences and any other reason. The record does not say why.

589 of the 617 confirmed civilian nominations show a roll-call vote on their latest-action line; the rest show a voice vote, unanimous consent or another method, with no individual votes. So this is only the roll-call subset. It says nothing about whether any vote was right or wrong.

All confirmed nominations Nominations hub

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded Senate vote Sep 30, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.