Greg Murphy (politician)

Gregory Francis Murphy (born March 5, 1963) is an American urologist and politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District since 2019.  He formerly served as a Republican Representative in the North Carolina General Assembly from 2015 to 2019. 

Early life, education, and medical career
Murphy was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, and attended Davidson College and then Medical School at UNC.  After finishing surgical training, he and his wife settled in Greenville, North Carolina. 

Prior to election to the North Carolina House of Representatives,  Murphy served as president of a medical practice.  He was also a member of the ECU School of Medicine Faculty and served as Chief of Staff of Vidant Medical Center. 

North Carolina General Assembly
Murphy was appointed to the Assembly in November 2015 and served the 9th District of Pitt County, to finish the term of Brian Brown, who resigned. 

On November 8, 2016 he faced Brian Farkas, and won the election with 22,540 votes (57.52 percent) while Farkas had 16,648 votes (42.48 percent). 

During his second term in the NC General Assembly, he served as Senior Chair of Health Policy and Chair of Health and Human Services Appropriations.  Murphy filed for re-election for his seat in February 2018.  The race in the 2018 general election was between Murphy and Kristoffer (Kris) Rixon. 

State legislative committees

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2019 U.S. special election

In 2019, Murphy announced his campaign for the United States House of Representatives special election in North Carolina's 3rd congressional district to replace Walter B. Jones Jr., who died in office.  Murphy went on to win the runoff on July 9, 2019, against pediatrician Joan Perry by a margin of 59.7 percent to 40.3 percent.  In the general election on September 10, 2019, he defeated former Greenville Mayor Allen M. Thomas by a margin of 61.7 percent to 37.5 percent. 

Committee assignments
United States House Committee on Education and Labor

United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

References

External links
Congressman Greg Murphy official US House website
 Campaign website
 
North Carolina General Assembly page

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