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Christopher Murphy

D Democrat · Senator, Connecticut
9
Low self-dealing
4/6 components have data
#172 of 193 scored

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) presents as a comparatively clean record on self-dealing metrics. He does not trade individual stocks, removing the highest-risk category entirely, and his estimated net worth is modest-to-negative (anchored by two mortgages), showing no enrichment beyond salary. His strongest signal is fundraising-related: Securities & Investment was the top industry to his 2024 joint Victory Fund and Soros Fund Management his top donor, but this is correlation only, weakened by the fact that he sits on Appropriations, HELP, and Foreign Relations rather than committees with securities jurisdiction. He maintains a strong voting-attendance record (1.2% missed, better than median), and no credible reporting was found alleging personal use of campaign funds or family/revolving-door lobbying tied to his office. Several categories returned insufficient data and were scored zero per the no-penalty-for-absence rule.

Public record

In Congress since
2007
Committees
Appropriations
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Missed votes, 119th Congress
2.7% (25 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$13M raised · 0% from PACs & committees · $11M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
S. 1879

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
0
No individual-stock trading. Multiple trackers (Quiver, MarketBeat) and reporting show Murphy does not own or trade individual stocks; his disclosed assets are mortgages, mutual/index funds, and book royalties. No STOCK Act transaction trail, so no volume, timing, or committee-overlap concerns.
Murphy does not trade individual stocks; profile shows no individual-stock transactions.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Reporting confirms Murphy avoids individual stock trading, removing STOCK Act disclosure obligations.Data aggregatorfinbold.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
0
No evidence of net-worth growth beyond salary/market. Estimated net worth is modest and frequently negative (~ -$4.65M to +$575K range on the 2023 disclosure; Quiver est. ~$904K), driven by two mortgages. He is among the less wealthy senators, not enriching beyond his salary over tenure.
2023 disclosure implies net worth between -$4.65M and +$575K, anchored by two mortgages; Quiver estimates ~$904K.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Book royalties (~$150K since publication) are the notable non-salary income; otherwise modest.Data aggregatorfinbold.com ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
30
Correlation, not proof. Securities & Investment was the top industry to his joint Victory Fund in 2024 (~$35,800; top donor Soros Fund Management ~$21,600). However, Murphy sits on Appropriations, HELP, and Foreign Relations — not the Banking/securities-jurisdiction committees — limiting any direct quid-pro-quo inference. No specific aligned-vote pattern tied to these donors was found.
Securities & Investment was the top industry to Chris Murphy Victory Fund in 2024 (~$35,800); Soros Fund Management top donor (~$21,600).Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Murphy's committees are Appropriations, HELP, and Foreign Relations — outside banking/securities jurisdiction.Official recordmurphy.senate.gov ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No evidence found of campaign or leadership-PAC funds used for personal benefit, and no FEC complaint or reporting alleging personal use surfaced. Absence is not penalized.
FEC committee records for Murphy's committees show no reported personal-use enforcement matter.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
—
No evidence of family lobbying or contracts tied to his office. His (now-separated) wife Cathy Holahan is an education-policy attorney, not a registered lobbyist on matters before him. No documented staff-to-lobbyist pipeline controversy surfaced. Absence is not penalized.
Cathy Holahan is a principal attorney working on education policy/advocacy, not a registered federal lobbyist tied to his office.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
5
Strong attendance. Missed 58 of 4,929 roll-call votes (1.2%) over his career through June 2026, better than the senatorial median of 2.8%. He fundraises actively (joint Victory Fund) like most senators, but no pattern of skipping votes for fundraising or paid speeches was found.
Missed 1.2% of roll-call votes career-to-date, better than the 2.8% median for sitting senators.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 4 data aggregator · 3 reference database · 2 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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