Michael Murphy (New Jersey politician)
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| Born | 1949 (age 67–68) |
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Georgetown University (BA) Seton Hall University (JD) |
| Political party | Democratic |
William Michael Murphy, Jr. (born 1949) is a New Jersey Democratic Party politician, lobbyist and political consultant and is currently a partner at the lobbying firm Impact NJ. Murphy has served as the Morris County Prosecutor and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1997.
A resident of Chatham Township, Murphy is a scion of the powerful Murphy-Hughes political legacy. His stepfather was two-term Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes. His brother, Brian M. Hughes, is the Mercer County Executive (the county's highest elected official). Another brother, John Hughes, is a retired federal magistrate judge.
Murphy was identified by PoliticsNJ.com as one of New Jersey's 100 most influential people as of 2004. He was closely aligned with former Governor Jon Corzine and the state's legislative leaders at the time, Senate then-President Richard Codey and Assembly then-Speaker Joseph Roberts.
Murphy, an attorney since 1975, is a graduate of Georgetown University and Seton Hall University School of Law. He serves as the Chairman of the Garden State Preservation Trust, to which he was appointed by former Governor Codey, and is also the immediate Past Chairman and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Policy Center of New Jersey. He routinely appears as a guest commentator on various programs, including CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and on MSNBC, Fox News, New Jersey Network, and News 12 New Jersey.
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