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Chris Murphy

Party
Democrat
Office Held:
US House, CT
Office Sought:
US Senate, CT
State Candidancy or Office Held:
See also: State profile for Christopher Murphy

Christopher Scott Murphy (born August 3, 1973) is the U. S. Representative for Connecticut's 5th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$81,873 Received
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through candidate's December 31, 2012 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.
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  • Summary

    overview of how much the candidate raised and spent, and who contributed it
    Total Raised:
    $81,873 #1000 of 1592 House candidates
    Total Spent:
    $117,047 #932 of 1592 House candidates
    Cash on Hand:
    $0 #1150 of 1592 House candidates

  • Contributions Over Time

    reflects only contributions over $200, as smaller contributions are not individually reported. For some candidates a significant portion of their fundraising may not be captured by this chart.

  • Independent Expenditures

    outside groups that spent money supporting or opposing the candidate
    Committee Name Support/Oppose Total Spending
    Working for Us PAC
    Support
    		 $627,768
    Environment America
    Support
    		 $166,438
    Arda-Roc
    Support
    		 $125,869
    Planned Parenthood
    Support
    		 $101,654
    Planned Parenthood Votes
    Support
    		 $96,914
    Humane Society of the US
    Support
    		 $90,217
    NFIB The Voice of Free Enterprise Inc.
    Oppose
    		 $21,384
    Fsa PAC
    Support
    		 $13,267
    Right to Life
    Oppose
    		 $9,660
    Freedomworks For America
    Oppose
    		 $7,500
note: data comes from latest FEC filings and has not been cleaned or standardized. See section below for standardized data.

Donor Information

covers roughly through Q4 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Industries

    OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.
    85% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry.

  • In State vs. Out of State

    contributions from individuals, in dollars

  • Top Contributors

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    PAC
    Includes contributions from an organization’s employees, their family members and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Chris Murphy Sources: OpenSecrets.org Party Time