Senator · Connecticut

Christopher Murphy

Christopher Murphy is a Democratic senator from Connecticut, in Congress since 2007. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 25, and cast 816 of 818 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 4, 2007
Term ends
Jan 3, 2031
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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9152.7%25 of 915 · rank 42 of 101100%816 of 818 · rank 30 of 101510 became law13%38 of 296
118th CongressSenate6910.6%4 of 691 · rank 88 of 101100%535 of 537 · rank 13 of 101450 became law13%46 of 355
117th CongressSenate9492.0%19 of 949 · rank 57 of 100100%748 of 751 · rank 17 of 100541 became law14%55 of 392

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.29+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  2. S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 53–43· Against party
  3. H.J.Res. 7: Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.Yea
    Mar 29, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 68–23· Against party
  4. S.J.Res. 63: A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.Yea
    Nov 15, 2022· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 62–36· Against party
  5. S.Con.Res. 5: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030.Yea
    Feb 5, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 71–29· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22· Against party
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23· Against party
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
    Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

150 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced14496%
  2. Reported by committee21.3%
  3. Passed one chamber32.0%
  4. Became law10.7%

Policy areas

  1. Health27
  2. Education20
  3. International Affairs14
  4. Crime and Law Enforcement12
  5. Government Operations and Politics9
  6. Immigration9
  7. Labor and Employment9
  8. Social Welfare7

Latest activity

  1. 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 Month".
    Introduced· Health· Sep 24, 2026
  2. S. 5531 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an excise tax on digital advertising, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  3. S. 5470 Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2026
    Introduced· Education· Sep 23, 2026
  4. S. 5468 Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act
    Introduced· Sep 23, 2026
  5. S. 5467 MAGNET Act
    Introduced· Education· Sep 23, 2026
  6. S. 5437 A bill to prohibit immigration enforcement actions at children's playgrounds.
    Introduced· Sep 17, 2026
  7. S. 5436 A bill to prohibit immigration enforcement actions at child care facilities.
    Introduced· Sep 17, 2026
  8. S. 5435 A bill to prohibit immigration enforcement actions at school bus stops for children.
    Introduced· Sep 17, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$13.3M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$11.5M
From committees
-$16K
2 committees
From contractor PACs
-$500
1 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$2,500INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$13.3M-$16K-$5001 PACs · — of committee money
2024$12.8M$63K$1,0001 PACs · 2% of committee money
2022$861.3K$15K-$5,5001 PACs · -37% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · ConnecticutJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
  2. Senate · ConnecticutJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. Senate · ConnecticutJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
  4. House · Connecticut's 5th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  5. House · Connecticut's 5th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  6. House · Connecticut's 5th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.murphy.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-4041
Office
136 Hart Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.