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Republican · North Dakota House, district 43

Serving since Dec 1, 2022ND 2025–26 session

Portrait of Eric Murphy, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
126
votes against the majority of North Dakota House Republicans

Party unity 49%, the lowest of 88 in the North Dakota House (average 79%). 1,171 roll calls in the ND 2025–26 session.

Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Murphy voted with the majority of North Dakota House Republicans; it is ranked within the North Dakota House. The count covers every roll call where Murphy voted opposite that majority.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. 56% of Murphy’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Dakota, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans. The policy areas Murphy talks about and legislates on agree at 0.39 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

The measures on which Murphy sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Party unity

49%

North Dakota House average 79% · ranks 88th of 88 · 126 votes against the majority of North Dakota House Republicans

From North Dakota, 2026

56%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 2143rd of 2,335 State House Republicans

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.39

State House Republicans average 0.53 · ranks 456th of 504

Out of committee

33%

North Dakota House average 61% · ranks 42nd of 47

Attendance

99.8%

North Dakota House average 96.7% · ranks 16th of 88 · 1,171 roll calls

CSIP ideology

+0.17

Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.02

Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Murphy, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Murphy is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Murphy says

Murphy claims credit less than 79% of State House Republicans. Credit claiming in 3.0% of 9,429 statements, against 13% for the average State House Republican; 632nd of 791.

An AI model reads each of Murphy’s 9,429 statements in the ND 2025–26 session (9,429 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the ND 2025–26 session

0%80%
Murphy
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion2,450 statements
26%
32%
473rd of 791
Policy criticism776 statements
8%
9%
329th of 791
Personal attacks443 statements
5%
3%
166th of 791
Credit claiming279 statements
3%
13%
632nd of 791
Bipartisanship76 statements
1%
2%
441st of 791
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Murphy's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowMurphyPeers
Policy discussion26%32%
Policy criticism8%9%
Personal attacks5%3%
Credit claiming3%13%
Bipartisanship1%2%
9,429

statements classified

9,429 posts on X.

posts on X: 9,429 (100.0%)posts on X 9,429
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Murphy's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X9,429
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Murphy; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Murphy does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Murphy used extreme labels in 0.6% of statements, 39% of the peer average. 53 statements, most often aimed at MAGA; peers 1.4%.

  1. “MAGA”11
  2. “extreme”11
  3. “communist”4
  4. “far right”2
  5. “radical”2

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. MAGA5
  2. MAHA3
  3. Marxism3
  4. administration1
  5. anti-vax community1
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the ND 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 3132025-02: 1632025-03: 1742025-04: 1902025-05: 3092025-06: 5822025-07: 8222025-08: 7602025-09: 5122025-10: 3462025-11: 5292025-12: 4442026-01: 4582026-02: 4812026-03: 4162026-04: 3622026-05: 2952026-06: 3152026-07: 5812026-08: 4562026-09: 5972026-10: 324peak 822 · Jul ’25Personal attackspeak 7.9% · Aug ’26 · latest 6.8%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 2.9% of 313Personal attacks, 2025-02: 1.8% of 163Personal attacks, 2025-03: 1.1% of 174Personal attacks, 2025-04: 5.3% of 190Personal attacks, 2025-05: 1.3% of 309Personal attacks, 2025-06: 3.1% of 582Personal attacks, 2025-07: 3.8% of 822Personal attacks, 2025-08: 2.5% of 760Personal attacks, 2025-09: 3.1% of 512Personal attacks, 2025-10: 3.5% of 346Personal attacks, 2025-11: 4.9% of 529Personal attacks, 2025-12: 7.0% of 444Personal attacks, 2026-01: 5.9% of 458Personal attacks, 2026-02: 5.4% of 481Personal attacks, 2026-03: 6.0% of 416Personal attacks, 2026-04: 4.7% of 362Personal attacks, 2026-05: 7.5% of 295Personal attacks, 2026-06: 4.4% of 315Personal attacks, 2026-07: 6.7% of 581Personal attacks, 2026-08: 7.9% of 456Personal attacks, 2026-09: 5.7% of 597Personal attacks, 2026-10: 6.8% of 324Policy criticismpeak 20.0% · Apr ’25 · latest 4.3%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 10.9% of 313Policy criticism, 2025-02: 19.0% of 163Policy criticism, 2025-03: 15.5% of 174Policy criticism, 2025-04: 20.0% of 190Policy criticism, 2025-05: 15.2% of 309Policy criticism, 2025-06: 10.0% of 582Policy criticism, 2025-07: 12.5% of 822Policy criticism, 2025-08: 8.9% of 760Policy criticism, 2025-09: 3.5% of 512Policy criticism, 2025-10: 10.4% of 346Policy criticism, 2025-11: 6.6% of 529Policy criticism, 2025-12: 5.9% of 444Policy criticism, 2026-01: 5.0% of 458Policy criticism, 2026-02: 11.0% of 481Policy criticism, 2026-03: 4.1% of 416Policy criticism, 2026-04: 3.6% of 362Policy criticism, 2026-05: 6.4% of 295Policy criticism, 2026-06: 9.2% of 315Policy criticism, 2026-07: 6.7% of 581Policy criticism, 2026-08: 3.7% of 456Policy criticism, 2026-09: 5.2% of 597Policy criticism, 2026-10: 4.3% of 324Policy discussionpeak 38.7% · Sep ’26 · latest 29.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 25.2% of 313Policy discussion, 2025-02: 32.5% of 163Policy discussion, 2025-03: 29.3% of 174Policy discussion, 2025-04: 35.8% of 190Policy discussion, 2025-05: 30.7% of 309Policy discussion, 2025-06: 23.0% of 582Policy discussion, 2025-07: 31.6% of 822Policy discussion, 2025-08: 20.0% of 760Policy discussion, 2025-09: 8.6% of 512Policy discussion, 2025-10: 20.2% of 346Policy discussion, 2025-11: 11.0% of 529Policy discussion, 2025-12: 28.4% of 444Policy discussion, 2026-01: 37.8% of 458Policy discussion, 2026-02: 22.9% of 481Policy discussion, 2026-03: 12.0% of 416Policy discussion, 2026-04: 31.2% of 362Policy discussion, 2026-05: 26.8% of 295Policy discussion, 2026-06: 16.5% of 315Policy discussion, 2026-07: 35.6% of 581Policy discussion, 2026-08: 33.1% of 456Policy discussion, 2026-09: 38.7% of 597Policy discussion, 2026-10: 29.0% of 324Bipartisanshippeak 2.9% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 2.9% of 313Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 2.5% of 163Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.6% of 174Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 1.6% of 190Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 1.0% of 309Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 1.4% of 582Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.9% of 822Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 1.1% of 760Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 0.2% of 512Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.9% of 346Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 0.8% of 529Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.7% of 444Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.9% of 458Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 1.5% of 481Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.7% of 416Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.3% of 362Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 295Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 0.3% of 315Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 0.3% of 581Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.2% of 456Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.5% of 597Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 324Credit claimingpeak 9.8% · Feb ’25 · latest 1.8%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 5.1% of 313Credit claiming, 2025-02: 9.8% of 163Credit claiming, 2025-03: 2.9% of 174Credit claiming, 2025-04: 2.6% of 190Credit claiming, 2025-05: 5.2% of 309Credit claiming, 2025-06: 3.3% of 582Credit claiming, 2025-07: 1.9% of 822Credit claiming, 2025-08: 2.9% of 760Credit claiming, 2025-09: 2.1% of 512Credit claiming, 2025-10: 4.6% of 346Credit claiming, 2025-11: 1.5% of 529Credit claiming, 2025-12: 1.8% of 444Credit claiming, 2026-01: 3.5% of 458Credit claiming, 2026-02: 5.0% of 481Credit claiming, 2026-03: 3.6% of 416Credit claiming, 2026-04: 1.9% of 362Credit claiming, 2026-05: 3.0% of 295Credit claiming, 2026-06: 2.9% of 315Credit claiming, 2026-07: 1.6% of 581Credit claiming, 2026-08: 2.4% of 456Credit claiming, 2026-09: 2.5% of 597Credit claiming, 2026-10: 1.8% of 324Extreme labelspeak 1.5% · Feb ’26 · latest 0.3%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 1.0% of 313Extreme labels, 2025-02: 1.2% of 163Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.6% of 174Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 190Extreme labels, 2025-05: 1.0% of 309Extreme labels, 2025-06: 1.4% of 582Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.9% of 822Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.5% of 760Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.2% of 512Extreme labels, 2025-10: 1.2% of 346Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.6% of 529Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 444Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 458Extreme labels, 2026-02: 1.5% of 481Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 416Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 362Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.3% of 295Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.6% of 315Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.5% of 581Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.4% of 456Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.2% of 597Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.3% of 324Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Murphy, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’253132.9%10.9%25.2%2.9%5.1%1.0%
Feb ’251631.8%19.0%32.5%2.5%9.8%1.2%
Mar ’251741.1%15.5%29.3%0.6%2.9%0.6%
Apr ’251905.3%20.0%35.8%1.6%2.6%0.0%
May ’253091.3%15.2%30.7%1.0%5.2%1.0%
Jun ’255823.1%10.0%23.0%1.4%3.3%1.4%
Jul ’258223.8%12.5%31.6%0.9%1.9%0.9%
Aug ’257602.5%8.9%20.0%1.1%2.9%0.5%
Sep ’255123.1%3.5%8.6%0.2%2.1%0.2%
Oct ’253463.5%10.4%20.2%0.9%4.6%1.2%
Nov ’255294.9%6.6%11.0%0.8%1.5%0.6%
Dec ’254447.0%5.9%28.4%0.7%1.8%0.0%
Jan ’264585.9%5.0%37.8%0.9%3.5%0.0%
Feb ’264815.4%11.0%22.9%1.5%5.0%1.5%
Mar ’264166.0%4.1%12.0%0.7%3.6%0.0%
Apr ’263624.7%3.6%31.2%0.3%1.9%0.0%
May ’262957.5%6.4%26.8%0.0%3.0%0.3%
Jun ’263154.4%9.2%16.5%0.3%2.9%0.6%
Jul ’265816.7%6.7%35.6%0.3%1.6%0.5%
Aug ’264567.9%3.7%33.1%0.2%2.4%0.4%
Sep ’265975.7%5.2%38.7%0.5%2.5%0.2%
Oct ’263246.8%4.3%29.0%0.0%1.8%0.3%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the ND 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In Murphy’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Bipartisanship

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 30, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship · Source

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 21, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Government Operations and Politics; Education · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 16, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Health; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “MAGA” aimed at MAGA · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: Nic HulscherSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: Calley MeansSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · target: RodMack79Source

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: SBakerMDSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · target: Andrew WakefieldSource

All 9,429 statements

Newest first, the ND 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 9,429 posts on X.

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Policy

Health is what Murphy talks about most: 41% of policy statements, 4.0 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.39 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 456th of 504).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Murphy talks about. The bills Murphy sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Murphy talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the ND 2025–26 session

0%50%
Murphy
Peers
Health994 statements
41%
10%
Agriculture and Food370 statements
15%
4%
Education273 statements
11%
15%
Economics and Public Finance251 statements
10%
12%
Government Operations and Politics220 statements
9%
18%
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Policy areas Murphy talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowMurphyPeers
Health41%10%
Agriculture and Food15%4%
Education11%15%
Economics and Public Finance10%12%
Government Operations and Politics9%18%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Murphy’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 50%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onHealthHealth, talks about: 41% (State House Republicans 10%)41%Health, legislates on: 5% (State House Republicans 10%)5%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 15% (State House Republicans 4%)15%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 3%)3%EducationEducation, talks about: 11% (State House Republicans 15%)11%Education, legislates on: 45% (State House Republicans 9%)45%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 10% (State House Republicans 12%)10%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (State House Republicans 2%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 9% (State House Republicans 18%)9%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 8% (State House Republicans 12%)8%
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Murphy's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Health41%10%5%10%
Agriculture and Food15%4%3%3%
Education11%15%45%9%
Economics and Public Finance10%12%0%2%
Government Operations and Politics9%18%8%12%
0.39

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 456th of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Murphy legislates on exactly the areas Murphy talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Murphy sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

Murphy sits at +0.17 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 79% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.15 to +0.19, which understates the uncertainty; from 9 donors and 600 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.17

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.15 to +0.19. From 9 donors and 600 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Murphy +0.2State House Republicans +0.4North Dakota House 0.0All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Murphy, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Murphy’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Murphy sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Murphy +0.2North Dakota Housemedian 0.0All State Housemedian +0.1
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Murphy's CSIP score of +0.17 placed against State House Republicans, North Dakota House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Murphy
State House Republicans2917+0.421%
North Dakota House910.087%
All State House5324+0.157%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Murphy in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Murphy.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Murphy reported $8,400 in the 2026 cycle, 25% of the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 56% of itemized individual money came from North Dakota.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$8,400

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 7 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $4,500 (53.6%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)PACs and other committees: $3,400 (40.5%)Party committees: $500 (6.0%)Party committees: $500 (6.0%)Party committees: $500 (6.0%)Party committees: $500 (6.0%)Party committees: $500 (6.0%)Party committees: $500 (6.0%)
  • Individuals (itemized)54 squares$4,500
  • PACs and other committees40 squares$3,400
  • Party committees6 squares$500
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Sources of Murphy's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$4,50053.6%
PACs and other committees$3,40040.5%
Party committees$5006.0%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $6,250$6,25020222026 cycle: $8,400$8,4002026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Murphy's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$6,250
2026 cycle$8,400

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 56% came from North Dakota.

  1. North Dakota$2,500
  2. Arizona$1,000
  3. Florida$1,000

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: $2,500NDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $1,000AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: $1,000FL
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Murphy's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
North Dakota$2,500
Arizona$1,000
Florida$1,000
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
7

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

56%

from North Dakota

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is North Dakota. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No occupations reported.

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. UNITED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
  2. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$500
  3. ND BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - STATE (NDBANKPAC)$500
  4. ND OIL PAC$500
  5. NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN HOUSE CAUCUS$500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Murphy voted with the majority of North Dakota House Republicans on 49% of party-line votes and missed 0.2% of 1,171 roll calls. North Dakota House on average: 79% party unity, 96.7% attendance. Across all roll calls, Murphy voted against the majority of North Dakota House Republicans 126 times.

1,171 roll calls Murphy could vote on in the ND 2025–26 session, compared with North Dakota House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Murphy voted with the majority of North Dakota House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

126

votes against the majority of North Dakota House Republicans

Party unity 49%, North Dakota House average 79%, ranks 88th of 88. 1,171 roll calls in the ND 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Murphy, the thin grey bar the North Dakota House average. The scale runs from 40% to 100% to show the gap.

40%100%
Murphy
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.8%
96.7%
16th of 88
Party unity
49%
79%
88th of 88
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Murphy's attendance and party unity against North Dakota House.
RowMurphyPeers
Attendance99.8%96.7%
Party unity49%79%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the ND 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 4, 2026
HB 1628
AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12-60-24, subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05, and chapter 51-38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks, the scheduling of kratom alkaloid derivatives as a schedule I contr
Motion for Final Passage on HB 1628
YeaWith majoritypassD 10–1 · R 81–0Democrats 10 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 81 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 4, 2026
SB 2408
A BILL for an Act to create and enact subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the scheduling of kratom alkaloids and kratom alkaloid derivatives as a schedule I controlled substance; to amend and reenact section 19-03.1-22.3 and subsection
Motion for Final Passage on SB 2408
NayWith majorityfailD 7–4 · R 39–42Democrats 7 yea, 4 nay; Republicans 39 yea, 42 nayclose vote · party crossover
Sep 4, 2026
SB 2407
AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the state historical society for the North Dakota military museum project; to amend and reenact section 55-01-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to jurisdiction of the heritage center; to repeal subsection 3 of section 6 of chapter 17 of the 2025 Se
Motion for Final Passage on SB 2407
YeaWith majoritypassD 3–8 · R 68–13Democrats 3 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 68 yea, 13 naybecame law · party crossover
Sep 3, 2026
HB 1628
AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12-60-24, subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05, and chapter 51-38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks, the scheduling of kratom alkaloid derivatives as a schedule I contr
Motion for Final Passage on HB 1628
YeaWith majoritypassD 8–3 · R 78–2Democrats 8 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 78 yea, 2 naybecame law · party crossover
Jan 23, 2026
SB 2402
AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 43-15 and a new subsection to section 43-48-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prescriptive authority of pharmacists and therapeutic substitution; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 26.1-36.11-01 and section 43-15-01
Motion for Final Passage on SB 2402
YeaWith majoritypassD 10–0 · R 81–1Democrats 10 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 81 yea, 1 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Murphy most often

  1. Cindy Schreiber-BeckR1,121 shared votes92%
  2. Scott WagnerR1,168 shared votes91%
  3. Jonathan WarreyR1,168 shared votes91%
  4. Mike BeltzR1,168 shared votes91%
  5. Mitch OstlieR1,119 shared votes91%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Murphy least often

  1. Donna HendersonR1,107 shared votes55%
  2. Christina WolffR1,143 shared votes60%
  3. Dennis NehringR1,168 shared votes61%
  4. Desiree MortonR1,165 shared votes63%
  5. Lori VanWinkleR1,061 shared votes63%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

ND 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Murphy sponsored 12 bills in the ND 2025–26 session; 2 became law. Cosponsored 33 others. 33% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota House average 61%; 42nd of 47).

The bills Murphy sponsored and cosponsored in the ND 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the ND 2025–26 session

Sponsored12 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1212Sponsored, In committee: 1212Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 44Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Sponsored, Became law: 22Cosponsored33 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 3333Cosponsored, In committee: 3232Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1818Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 1616Cosponsored, Became law: 1515IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Murphy sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1212422
Cosponsored3332181615
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Murphy sponsored, ochre blocks bills Murphy cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

33%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

North Dakota House average 61%. Ranks 42nd of 47.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Murphy, by number of shared bills in the ND 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Jim Jonas17
  2. Cindy Schreiber-Beck14
  3. LaurieBeth Hager13
  4. David Richter11
  5. Josh Boschee8
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Murphy’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HCR 3035A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 2 of article IX of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to distributions from the common schools trust fund.SponsorFeb 25, 2025In committeeEducation(model)Second reading, failed to adopt yeas 15 nays 77 Mar 24, 2025
HB 1494A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 15.1-27-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the determination of weighted average daily membership; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.CosponsorJan 20, 2025In committeeEducation(model)Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 23 nays 69 Feb 25, 2025
HB 1542AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to declare an emergency.CosponsorJan 20, 2025Became lawGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 Apr 25, 2025
HB 1604A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the funding of kindergarten through grade twelve school construction; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date.SponsorJan 20, 2025In committeeEducation(model)Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 19 nays 71 Feb 25, 2025
HB 1568A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 54 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of the North Dakota Ireland trade commission; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an expiration date.CosponsorJan 20, 2025Passed one chamberForeign Trade and International Finance(model)Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 18 nays 26 Mar 24, 2025

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Murphy’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Murphy’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Murphy posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Murphy posted

No images from Murphy’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

170 turns, Dec 5, 2022 to Sep 4, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Murphy is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
ocd-person/1caabacc-b2df-41c9-a0ff-5719a1d9dea5

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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