Christopher Murphy

Votes Cast

25

Yea Rate

12.0%

Bills Sponsored

10

Missed Votes

0.0%

Chris Murphy is Connecticut's junior Democratic senator since 2012, a leading national advocate for gun violence prevention and foreign policy reform.

Christopher Scott Murphy, a Democrat first elected to the Senate in 2012 after three House terms and re-elected in 2018 and 2024, brings a strong record of advocacy on gun violence, mental health, and foreign policy. A Connecticut native and Williams College and University of Connecticut Law School graduate, Murphy served in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly before Congress. He became a nationally prominent gun-safety advocate following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in his former House district and was a principal architect of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major federal gun-safety law in nearly three decades. In the Senate, Murphy serves on Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and HELP committees. In 2025, he and Senator Richard Blumenthal joined 39 colleagues in reintroducing the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, continuing his focus on violence prevention, foreign relations in Europe and the Middle East, and mental health as interconnected public policy challenges.