# Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 9B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 9B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a798a6be-e28f-447c-b9ce-ffd7bf9a0ed4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a798a6be-e28f-447c-b9ce-ffd7bf9a0ed4 (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

0% of Murphy’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

49 classified statements: 49 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 | 12.2% | 2.9% | 38 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 18.4% | 9.3% | 121 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 36.7% | 31.9% | 314 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 61% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 39% (State House Republicans 11%); Immigration 11% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Economics and Public Finance 5.6% (State House Republicans 12%); Environmental Protection 5.6% (State House Republicans 1.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.54 (standard error 0.04), from 40 donors and 494 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (97.5%). 33 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Niska Motion Suspension of Rules · HF 1849 Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1849/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Passage, as amended · HF 2354 Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2354/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Long motion Suspension of Rules · HF 5149 Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5149/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4612 Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4612/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 334 Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF334/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 5200 Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors correction · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5200/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Niska motion Take from the table · HF 2133 Income tax; pass-through entity tax technical correction made. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2133/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Passage, as amended · SF 1943 Pet shops prohibition from selling cats and dogs · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF1943/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4476 Omnibus Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4476/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 33 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 105. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4758: Requirements governing electric vehicle surcharges and electricity as vehicle fuel taxes modified, taxes imposed, and tax credit established. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4758/
- HF 4747: Prairie Lakes Municipal Solid Waste Authority regional solid waste management facilities funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4747/
- HF 4718: Vergas authorized to impose local sales and use tax. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4718/
- HF 4717: Tax on electricity sold as vehicle fuel modified, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4717/
- HF 2935: Availability of the appropriation for an engagement services pilot grant extended. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2935/
- HF 2878: Commercial feed licenses authorized to employ veterinarians. (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2878/
- HF 2876: Crime of transferring bodily fluids at or onto certain individuals established, and offense of fourth-degree assault expanded to include all people providing… (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2876/
- HF 2615: Driver's license expiration dates extended to every eight years, and fees increased. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2615/
- HF 2612: Otter Tail County; funding provided for construction of improvements along Trunk Highway 210, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2612/
- HF 2082: Funding provided to commissioner of transportation to construct state roads, trunk highway bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2082/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,050 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% 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.

- 2026-07-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2075267396684959813
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2062956384132440320
- 2026-05-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2060000872856232364
- 2026-05-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2060003813440847940
- 2026-03-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2030014368943874312
- 2026-03-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2030014655670731015
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2026342348519854418
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2026345626347122976
- 2026-02-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2025071765748101508
- 2026-02-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomMurphyMN/status/2025303736461955249

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15596
- Campaign site: https://www.tommurphymn.com/
- X: https://x.com/TomMurphyMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepTomMurphy
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tommurphymn

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a798a6be-e28f-447c-b9ce-ffd7bf9a0ed4