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Personal Biography Page For

Patrick Murphy (D)
Candidate for U.S. Re-Election to the U.S. House of Representatives
Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District

 

Congressman Murphy, the son of a Philadelphia Police officer and a legal secretary, was born and raised in northeast Philadelphia. The Murphy family placed strong emphasis on community service and leadership, so it was no surprise when Patrick decided to follow in the footsteps of his father, uncles, and brother by signing up to serve in the military. Patrick enrolled in the Army ROTC program while at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, PA and then entered into the JAG Corps following graduation from law school at Widener University in Harrisburg, PA.

During his military career Patrick served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, a prosecutor in North Carolina, and an assistant professor of Constitutional Law at West Point. After the attacks of 9/11, Patrick volunteered for deployment overseas and was sent first to Bosnia in 2002. He was then deployed to Baghdad, Iraq from 2003 to 2004, where Patrick served as a Captain in the Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division. After he returned home Patrick practiced law at Cozen O'Connor before mounting a successful campaign for the U.S. Congress in 2006. Running in a district with only 39% Democratic registration, Patrick won in a stunning upset victory, by a margin of only 0.6%!

As the first and only Iraq war veteran elected to Congress, Patrick has unique insight into the Iraq debate. In January, Congressman Murphy, along with Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA), introduced the bi-partisan, bi-cameral Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007, which aims to safely redeploy our troops from Iraq by March 31, 2008. Locally, Congressman Murphy has focused on flood mitigation and attracting green energy companies to the 8th district. Congressman Murphy is a member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition and serves on the Armed Services Committee and the Select Committee for Intelligence. He currently resides in Bristol, PA with his wife Jenni and their baby daughter Maggie.

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Congressman Murphy was the lead Co-Sponsor for HR 3769, the Military Valor Roll of Honor Act.

 

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