Political Highlights: Southington Planning & Zoning Commission, 1997-99; Conn. House, 1999-2003; Conn. Senate, 2003-07; U.S. House of Representatives, 2007-13 Born: August 3, 1973; White Plains, N.Y. Residence: Cheshire Religion: Protestant Family: Wife, Cathy Holahan; two children Education: Williams College, B.A. 1996; U. of Connecticut, J.D. 2002 Elected: 2012 Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Homeland Security - Chairman; Labor-HHS-Education; Legislative Branch; State-Foreign Operations; Transportation-HUD); Foreign Relations (East Asia; Europe and Regional Security Cooperation; Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism - Chairman; State Department and USAID Management); Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (Children & Families; Primary Health and Retirement Security) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 36th ranked Senate Democrat Twitter: 1,045,202 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
Senate Race
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Murphy (D, WFM) Nancy Johnson (R)
Votes
122,980 94,824
%
56.5% 43.5%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Murphy (D) David Cappiello (R) Thomas Winn (I) Harold Burbank (GREEN)
Votes
179,327 117,914 3,082 2,324
%
59.3% 39.0% 1.0% 0.8%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Murphy (D) Sam Caligiuri (R, I)
Votes
122,879 104,402
%
54.1% 45.9%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Murphy (D) Linda McMahon (R) Matthew Coleman (WRI) Michael Adams (WRI) Jeff Russell (WRI) John Traceski (WRI) Michael Vasile (WRI)
