Pat Murphy (Iowa politician)

See also: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa

On June 3, 2014, Murphy won the Democratic nomination in a five-way primary to replace four-term Democrat Bruce Braley in the 1st district, who was giving up the seat to run for United States Senate. Murphy lost to Republican nominee and fellow Dubuque resident Rod Blum in the general election on November 4. ^[1] Murphy was succeeded in the state house by one of his former pages, Abby Finkenauer, who would go on to unseat Blum in 2018.

Murphy ran again for the same seat in 2016, but lost the Democratic nomination to Cedar Rapids city councilmember Monica Vernon, who had also run for the Democratic nomination in 2014 and lost to Murphy. ^[2]

References

1. Democrat Pat Murphy Will Run for Braley's First Congressional Seat, Cedar Falls Patch, February 14, 2013
2. "Official Results" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved July 21, 2016.

External links

• Representative Pat Murphy at the Iowa General Assembly site
• Pat Murphy for Congress official campaign site
• Profile at Vote Smart

Pat Murphy
Member of the IowaHouseofRepresentatives from the 99th district
In office 1989–2015

Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by Bill Dieleman	35th District 1989 – 1992	Succeeded by Pam Jochum
Preceded by Thomas J. Jochum	36th District 1992 – 2002	Succeeded by Swati Dandekar
Preceded by Jackie Reeder	28th District 2002 – 2015	Succeeded by Abby Finkenauer