# Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 94.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 94
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06e17e6f-a17c-4654-9ead-d0aa98a95110

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06e17e6f-a17c-4654-9ead-d0aa98a95110 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

66% of Murphy’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## What Murphy says (MO 2025–26 session)

66 classified statements: 66 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Murphy | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.6% | 9.3% | 359 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 36.4% | 31.9% | 316 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 18.2% | 12.7% | 207 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 21% (State House Republicans 12%); Families 17% (State House Republicans 3.6%); Taxation 17% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 8.3% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.51 (standard error 0.04), from 140 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 2. 48.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 39 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1791: Establishes building permit issuance deadlines (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1791/
- HB 2610: Modifies provisions regarding the State Legal Expense Fund (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2610/
- HB 1790: Modifies provisions relating to tax levies by political subdivisions (passed one chamber, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1790/
- HB 3347: Creates new provisions for political subdivisions contracts for legal services (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3347/
- HB 1788: Modifies requirements for campaign contributions (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1788/
- HJR 169: Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to restrictions on state revenue (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HJR169/
- HCR 35: Urges the general assembly to appropriate money to purchase the Kansas City Chiefs and sell the team to the people of Missouri through shares (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HCR35/
- HR 3942: Grants use of the House Chamber to Washington Middle School, Oakville Middle School, Bernard Middle School, and Margaret Buerkle Middle School on April 13,… (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HR3942/
- HB 2700: Establishes the "Missouri Kratom Consumer Protection Act" (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2700/
- HB 2609: Requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2609/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 66% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2106064803190182175
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2098805063774773513
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2092644126999052292
- 2026-07-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2080956387979325617
- 2026-07-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2081012598120575080
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2073406971445649450
- 2026-05-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2057944448055607574
- 2026-05-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2057399935205564444
- 2026-05-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2054903935916290278
- 2026-05-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en/status/2051273417190461871

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=094
- Campaign site: https://www.repjamesmurphy.com/
- X: https://x.com/jmmurphy8?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/murphy4missouri/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ9qlSmwGRACDxYRBxqmA1g/videos

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06e17e6f-a17c-4654-9ead-d0aa98a95110