# Keith Murphy

Keith Murphy is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2022-12-07
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7ec573c3-d961-4d08-a71c-d239490b5c1a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7ec573c3-d961-4d08-a71c-d239490b5c1a (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

Murphy voted against the majority of New Hampshire Senate Republicans 12 times; party unity 94.3%, in the bottom tenth of the New Hampshire Senate (average 98.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.03), from 82 donors and 372 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

208 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 94.3% (98.4%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 535 defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB535/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 475 relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB475/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1422 relative to the time to petition for a new trial. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1422/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Conference Committee Report · HB 1300 establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1300/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 430 relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB430/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 223 relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB223/
- 2026-05-21 · voted yea · Concur · SB 574 establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB574/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Ought to Pass w/Amendment · HB 1793 prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1793/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 206. 71.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 19 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 586: requiring chartered public schools, school administrative units, and cities or school districts not audited under RSA 671:5 to be audited by an independent… (became law, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB586/
- SB 595: relative to rulemaking for transient non-community water systems. (became law, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB595/
- SB 556: including syringes and similar medical devices in the definition of special waste for purposes of solid waste management and making the disposal of such… (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB556/
- SB 549: requiring certain syringe service program entities to provide options for disposal of used syringes and needles and creating reporting requirements for such… (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB549/
- SB 561: relative to change of address for certain game operator employer licensees. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB561/
- SB 462: relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB462/
- SB 512: relative to fees to annul criminal records related to charges that do not result in conviction. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB512/
- SB 510: ensuring state-operated, publicly accessible spaces have designated smoking areas undetectable to visitors. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB510/
- SB 511: relative to state park fee discounts for state residents. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB511/
- SB 514: preventing ballot questions concerning alterations to municipal tax caps from being altered by local legislative bodies. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB514/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $63.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 71% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district16.aspx
- Campaign site: https://keithmurphy4nh.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Keith-Murphy-For-State-Senate-100086516970349/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-murphy-1507a11a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7ec573c3-d961-4d08-a71c-d239490b5c1a