Gregory F. Murphy dossier →

• Murphy has not held an open, in-person town hall — relying exclusively on telephone town halls with screened questions 851 days silent
  Expected position: As a representative in a safe R+23 district, Murphy would be expected to hold regular in-person town halls accessible to all constituents, similar to the format used by neighboring representatives. Constituents have explicitly demanded a 'real town hall, one that's not scripted.' Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: 50501 Greenville leader Michael Tann stated at the May 2025 rally: 'We want to encourage him to have a real town hall, one that's not scripted to let constituents ask questions of him so we can find out where his train of thought is and why he's voting the way he's voting.' Murphy's office responded by accepting a box of letters but did not commit to an in-person town hall. Murphy promoted an April 16, 2026 telephone town hall on social media, and has been active issuing press releases, introducing bills, and holding telephone town halls — proving he was communicatively active during this period, but through controlled formats. No open in-person town hall with unfiltered questions has been documented. The DCCC has characterized Murphy as not serving his constituents but rather 'himself and his fellow wealthy D.C. insiders.' Primary URL: https://www.witn.com/2025/05/02/educators-advocates-rally-may-day-urge-congressman-greg-murphy-defend-public-education/
• Murphy declined to attend the June 2025 Greenville town hall where constituents aired concerns about federal spending cuts; an empty chair was placed for him at the front of the room 0 days silent
  Expected position: As the elected representative of over 760,000 constituents in NC-03, Murphy would be expected to attend and engage with voters at town halls organized in his district's largest city, especially when constituents explicitly invited him to discuss federal cuts that eliminated jobs in his district. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: At a town hall at the Eppes Recreation Center in Greenville organized by 50501 Greenville, about 80 constituents aired concerns about federal spending cuts, including a former USAID contractor who lost her job. Murphy was invited but declined, citing a 'long-planned prior commitment.' Organizers placed an empty chair 'reserved' for the congressman at the front. Murphy was active on adjacent issues during this period: he had just voted for the 2025 Rescissions Act cutting USAID funding on June 12, and his office issued a press release applauding the bill on June 13. In May 2025, educators rallied outside his Greenville office urging him to hold a 'real town hall, one that's not scripted.' Murphy holds telephone town halls but has not held open in-person town halls with unfiltered constituent questions. Primary URL: https://local.newsbreak.com/the-daily-reflector-1593112/4055194607262-rep-murphy-constituents-raise-concerns-at-greenville-town-hall
• other candidates' committees
  Interested donors: Friends Of Community Oncology PAC, Huck PAC
  Friends Of Community Oncology PAC, Huck PAC (amounts: $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: other candidates' committees
• corporate pacs, industry unlisted
  Interested donors: Seaboard Corporation Political Action Committee, Emd Serono Inc. Political Action Committee, Trinity Industries Employee Political Action Committee (Sf) Inc., Ward And Smith. P.A. Political Action Committee, U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. PAC, Teamhealth Holding Inc PAC, Us Radiology Specialists PAC
  Seaboard Corporation Political Action Committee, Emd Serono Inc. Political Action Committee, Trinity Industries Employee Political Action Committee (Sf) Inc., Ward And Smith. P.A. Political Action Committee, U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. PAC, Teamhealth Holding Inc PAC, Us Radiology Specialists PAC (amounts: $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,300 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $6,000 (2024)) — interest area: corporate pacs, industry unlisted
• other / unclassified
  Interested donors: American Osteopathic Information Association, King & Spalding Nonpartisan Committee For Good Government, Society For Vascular Surgery PAC, Emergency Department Practice Management, National Council Of Textile Organizations Inc Political Action Committee, Emergeortho Pa PAC, Thoroughbred PAC, Federation Of Exchange Accomodators 1031 PAC, Aksm Urology PAC, Society For Cardiovascular Angiography And Interventions (Scai) PAC, Usacs PAC, Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC, American Revival PAC, American Urological Association, Inc. Political Action Committee (Auapac)
  American Osteopathic Information Association, King & Spalding Nonpartisan Committee For Good Government, Society For Vascular Surgery PAC, Emergency Department Practice Management, National Council Of Textile Organizations Inc Political Action Committee, Emergeortho Pa PAC, Thoroughbred PAC, Federation Of Exchange Accomodators 1031 PAC, Aksm Urology PAC, Society For Cardiovascular Angiography And Interventions (Scai) PAC, Usacs PAC, Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC, American Revival PAC, American Urological Association, Inc. Political Action Committee (Auapac) (amounts: $6,500 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $7,500 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $6,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: other / unclassified
• ideological & single-issue
  Interested donors: Healthcare Freedom Fund
  Healthcare Freedom Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue
• colleagues' leadership pacs
  Interested donors: Gridiron-PAC, Eye Of The Tiger PAC, Patriots In Action, First In Freedom PAC, Innovation PAC, Mr. Southern Missourian In The House PAC, Together Holding Our Majority PAC, Deciding Critical Races PAC (Dcr PAC), America Reloaded, Help Elect Republicans Now, Raptor PAC, Highwater PAC, Building A Republic America Deserves
  Gridiron-PAC, Eye Of The Tiger PAC, Patriots In Action, First In Freedom PAC, Innovation PAC, Mr. Southern Missourian In The House PAC, Together Holding Our Majority PAC, Deciding Critical Races PAC (Dcr PAC), America Reloaded, Help Elect Republicans Now, Raptor PAC, Highwater PAC, Building A Republic America Deserves (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs

• H.R. 2550 ↗ NAY 2025-12-11
  Protecting America's Workforce Act (restoring collective bargaining rights for over one million federal workers)
  why contradicted?

  [against_constituent] Murphy voted against restoring collective bargaining rights for federal workers. His district includes Camp Lejeune, MCAS Cherry Point, and MCAS New River — major federal installations employing thousands of civilian DoD workers. The AFL-CIO gave Murphy a 0% lifetime score. This vote went against the material interest of thousands of federal-employee constituents in his military-heavy district.
• H.R. 1 ↗ YEA 2025-07-03
  One Big Beautiful Bill Act (budget reconciliation — Medicaid/SNAP cuts, tax reform)
  why contradicted?

  [against_constituent] Murphy cast a decisive vote (218-214 final passage) for legislation the AFL-CIO assessed would enact devastating cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. His district has 10.6% poverty and Medicaid is critical for rural Eastern North Carolina. As a physician who still treats Medicaid patients, Murphy claimed the bill 'protects Medicaid benefits,' directly contradicting independent analyses. His vote is against_constituent: the median constituent in NC-03 — with $64,452 median income and high reliance on Medicaid-funded rural hospitals — stood to lose coverage and healthcare access.
• H.R. 4 ↗ YEA 2025-06-12
  Rescissions Act of 2025 (cutting USAID, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and foreign aid)
  why contradicted?

  [against_constituent] Murphy voted for the rescissions package that eliminated jobs in his own district — a former USAID contractor from Greenville testified at the June 2025 town hall that she was among hundreds laid off. Murphy had previously done medical missionary work in India, Africa, Nicaragua, and Haiti. Constituents noted the contradiction between his missionary past and cutting foreign aid. Murphy praised the bill as 'eliminating wasteful spending' while his constituents faced direct economic harm from the cuts.

No documented broken promises on file.

• position_evolution SCORE 60
  Murphy's Ukraine stance evolved from opposing various Ukraine aid bills in 2023 (voting against H.R. 5692 and supporting amendments to strip Ukraine funding) to becoming one of the 101 House Republicans who voted for the $60B Ukraine supplemental in April 2024. He framed his 2024 vote in stark historical terms ('We're in 1939 right now'), representing a shift from his earlier skepticism of Ukraine funding. Republicans for Ukraine graded him a 'C — Mediocre.' The two votes address the same policy question (Ukraine military aid) but under different bills and political circumstances.
• statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 60
  Murphy — the only physician in Congress who continues to see Medicaid patients — claimed H.R. 1 'protects Medicaid benefits for those who are most vulnerable,' while the AFL-CIO and independent analysts assessed the bill would enact devastating Medicaid cuts and cause millions to lose coverage. Murphy's assertion that the bill protects Medicaid contrasts with the broad consensus among labor, healthcare advocacy, and budget watchdog groups that the bill's work requirements and funding caps would reduce coverage. Both sources are from different outlets: Murphy's official House press release and the AFL-CIO legislative scorecard.
• same_source_inconsistency SCORE 30
  [auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] In July 2025, Murphy stated foreign-trained physicians practicing without American training was 'extremely disturbing' and 'patients will suffer.' Three weeks later, he reversed and called H-1B visas 'critical' for addressing the physician shortage. Critics alleged the reversal was prompted by donations or lobbying pressure from Indian workers in his district. Murphy's tweet accumulated 5.4 million views and widespread backlash. Both claims come from the same Breitbart article reporting on Murphy's own X (Twitter) posts.