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Summary

Senator Rick Murphy

Full Name: Rick Murphy
Office: State Senate (AZ) - District 21, Republican
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Penny; 2 Children: Ricky, Celeste
Birth Place: Phoenix, AZ
Home City: Glendale, AZ

Recent Key Votes

HB 2519 - Expands the Requirements for Unemployment Benefits
Legislation (Yea)

March 28, 2012 - Requires an unemployed individual to have engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to find work for at least 4 days of the week ...

SB 1388 - Job Training for Unemployed Individuals
Legislation (Nay)

March 12, 2012 - Establishes a voluntary return to work program that allows unemployed individuals to participate in supervised training with certain employers while they continue to receive ...

SB 1495 - Requires Drug Test for Unemployment Benefits
Legislation (Yea)

March 5, 2012 - Requires all applicants for unemployment benefits to submit to a drug test (Sec. 1). Requires all applicants to pay for their own ...

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Recent Public Statements

MSNBC "Hardball with Chris Matthews" - Transcript

July 28, 2010 - BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT MATTHEWS: Thanks a lot. Pete Williams, chief justice correspondent for NBC News. U.S. Congressman Paul (SIC) Grijalva is an Arizona Democrat and ...

Issue Position: Taxes

Jan. 1, 2012 - Fundamental Tax Reform/Replace State Income Tax with a Consumption Tax IN PROGRESS It is an established fact of economics that any activity that is taxed ...

Issue Position: Children

Jan. 1, 2012 - True Top-to-Bottom Reform of Child Protective Services PARTIALLY DONE IN 2008! & STILL IN PROGRESS CPS has historically been one of the most inept, mismanaged ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

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Campaign Finances

Top industry Education ($2,870.00)
Source FollowTheMoney.org
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Rick Murphy refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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Contact Information

Capitol Email
rmurphy@azleg.gov

Capitol Website
http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=106&Legislature=51&Session_ID=110

District Website
http://www.rickmurphyaz.com/index.htm

Capitol
1700 West Washington, Room 305
Phoenix, AZ 85007-2890
Phone: 602-926-4444
Fax: 602-417-3009

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