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Gregory Murphy

U.S. Representative (since 2019)RINCUMBENT

Race
U.S. House · North Carolina's 3rd District
Result
Not yet called
Opponents
Raymond Smith Jr. (D); Daniel Cavender (LIB)
Research
Basic

Party line24 votes tracked

21With Republicans
0Against
3Didn't vote

With party = voted the same way as most Republicans who voted.

Said vs. did3 statements · 24 votes

We do not have to choose between a clean environment and unleashing energy dominance; we must choose between a commonsense approach to energy policy or enabling the lucrative fearmongering of the Green New Deal movement.

Faster transition away from fossil fuels

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On the ballotU.S. House · 3

2026-11-03

Gregory Murphy Rincumbent
Raymond Smith Jr. Dchallenger
Daniel Cavender LIBchallenger

Said vs. did

Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.

Faster transition away from fossil fuelsOpposes
We do not have to choose between a clean environment and unleashing energy dominance; we must choose between a commonsense approach to energy policy or enabling the lucrative fearmongering of the Green New Deal movement.

Says the U.S. should adopt an "all-of-the-above" energy approach using traditional sources and new technologies, and criticizes the "Green New Deal movement."[4]

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[5][6]
  • NOBuild Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19; 2022-08-12), which would have funded clean-energy tax credits.[7][8]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to voteSupports

Cosponsored H.R. 22, the SAVE Act (119th Congress), which would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

Documented position[9]

  • YESSAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).[10]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Stricter gun lawsOpposes

Cosponsored H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (119th Congress), which would require states to honor other states' concealed-carry permits.

Documented position[11]

  • NOAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808, 2022-07-29), which would have banned the sale of many semiautomatic assault weapons.[12]
  • NOBipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938, 2022-06-24), which expanded background checks for buyers under 21 and funded state red-flag programs.[13]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Expand immigration enforcement and deportations

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESLaken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22).[14]
  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[5][6]
  • YESSecure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11).[15]
  • NOAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6, 2021-03-18).[16]
Expand public health coverage

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements.[5][6]
Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[5][6]
  • NOInflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, 2022-08-12), which added a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a stock-buyback excise tax.[8]
Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroad

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities (H. Con. Res. 86, 2026-06-03), which directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization.[17]
Universal, publicly funded child care

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOBuild Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19), which would have funded universal pre-K and child-care subsidies.[7]
Protect legal access to abortion

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 2021-09-24).[18]
  • NOWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 (H.R. 8296, 2022-07-15).[19]

Biography

Gregory Murphy is the Republican U.S. representative for North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, and is seeking re-election. A urologic surgeon and former state legislator, he served in the North Carolina House from 2015 to 2019 and has represented the district in Congress since a 2019 special election. He serves on the House Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and House Administration committees.[1][2][3]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Gregory Murphy was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he grew up, and graduated magna cum laude from Davidson College in 1985.[1][3] He earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, graduating with honors and as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, then completed a surgical residency in urology and renal transplantation at the University of Kentucky.[1][3]

Murphy practiced as a urologist in Greenville, North Carolina. His official biography says he was president of Eastern Urological Associates, an affiliate professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Urology at the East Carolina University School of Medicine, and chief of staff of Vidant Medical Center for three years.[3] According to that biography, he has served as a medical missionary on trips to countries including India, Nicaragua, Haiti, and several in Africa, and was Davidson College's alumni president and a member of its board of trustees.[3]

Murphy served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, District 9, from 2015 to 2019. His official biography says he was Senior Chair of Health Policy and Chair of Health and Human Services Appropriations and was primary author of the STOP Act and HOPE Act, state opioid-response measures.[1][3] He won the July 9, 2019 Republican primary runoff over Joan Perry in the special election to succeed the late Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., and was sworn into the U.S. House on September 15, 2019.[1][3] In Congress he serves on the House Ways and Means Committee (Health and Trade subcommittees), the Veterans' Affairs Committee (Health Subcommittee), and the Committee on House Administration (Oversight Subcommittee).[2][3] He co-chairs the House Republican Doctors Caucus and the Academic Medicine Caucus, and describes himself as the only actively practicing physician in Congress.[3]

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Recent votes

DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207
2026-02-11No votevoted didn't voteResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210
2026-02-03With partyvoted yesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21
2026-01-08No votevoted didn't voteBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196
2025-12-17No votevoted didn't voteWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212
2025-12-10With partyvoted yesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1
2025-11-12With partyvoted yesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2

Showing the 8 most recent of 24 votes.

All 24 recorded votes
DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted noWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
2026-02-11No votevoted didn't voteResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
2026-02-03With partyvoted yesConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
2026-01-08No votevoted didn't voteBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
2025-12-17No votevoted didn't voteWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
2025-12-10With partyvoted yesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
2025-11-12With partyvoted yesContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
2025-07-17With partyvoted yesCLARITY Act — digital asset market structureH.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · roll call ↗Democrats 78–134 · Republicans 216–0The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
2025-07-17With partyvoted yesGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulationS. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · roll call ↗Democrats 102–110 · Republicans 206–12The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
2025-07-03With partyvoted yesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passageH.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 218–2H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
2025-06-12With partyvoted yesRescissions Act of 2025H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–208 · Republicans 214–4The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
2025-05-22With partyvoted yesOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passageH.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 215–2H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
2025-04-10With partyvoted yesSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registrationH.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 4–208 · Republicans 216–0The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
2025-03-11With partyvoted yesFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 1–212 · Republicans 216–1The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
2025-01-22With partyvoted yesLaken Riley Act — final passageS. 5 · Passed 263–156 · roll call ↗Democrats 46–156 · Republicans 217–0The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.
2023-05-11With partyvoted yesSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passageH.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–211 · Republicans 219–2Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.
2022-08-12With partyvoted noInflation Reduction Act — final House passageH.R. 5376 · Passed 220–207 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–0 · Republicans 0–207Enacted clean-energy and climate tax credits, a 15% minimum tax on large corporations' book income, a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks, and Medicare drug-price negotiation.
2022-07-29With partyvoted noAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passageH.R. 1808 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 215–5 · Republicans 2–208Would have banned the sale, manufacture and import of many semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
2022-07-15With partyvoted noWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passageH.R. 8296 · Passed 219–210 · roll call ↗Democrats 219–1 · Republicans 0–209Passed after Dobbs; would have created a federal statutory right to abortion services and limited state restrictions.
2022-06-24With partyvoted noBipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passageS. 2938 · Passed 234–193 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–0 · Republicans 14–193Expanded background checks for buyers under 21, funded state red-flag and crisis-intervention programs, and narrowed the "boyfriend loophole."
2021-11-19With partyvoted noBuild Back Better Act — House passageH.R. 5376 · Passed 220–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–1 · Republicans 0–212Would have funded clean-energy tax credits, universal pre-kindergarten and child-care subsidies, and extended health-coverage subsidies; it did not pass the Senate.
2021-09-24With partyvoted noWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passageH.R. 3755 · Passed 218–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 218–1 · Republicans 0–210Would have created a federal statutory right for providers to offer, and patients to receive, abortion services, limiting state restrictions.
2021-03-18With partyvoted noAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passageH.R. 6 · Passed 228–197 · roll call ↗Democrats 219–0 · Republicans 9–197Would have created a path to permanent legal status for many undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and for certain TPS and DED holders.

On the record

Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.

  • action2025 · Serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on House Administration (Elections Subcommittee), and the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.[20]

In their own words

Priorities

  • Expanding school choice so parents can choose the best educational path for their children, whether traditional public, private, charter, online school, or homeschooling.[21]
  • An "all-of-the-above" energy policy using traditional and clean energy sources to improve baseload capacity and lower costs.[4]
Campaign money$2.4M raised · 49% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30

Totals this cycle

Raised$2.4M
Spent$1.2M
Cash on hand$2.7M

Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.

Who gave

  • Individuals $1.0M
  • PACs & committees $1.0M

Largest committee contributions

  1. Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. Political Action Committee PAC$10K
  2. American Academy of Dermatology Association Political Action Committee (Skinpac) PAC$10K
  3. American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac) PAC$10K
  4. Build Political Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders (Buildpac) PAC$10K
  5. National Community Pharmacists Association - PAC PAC$10K
  6. American College of Radiology Association PAC PAC$10K
  7. United Parcel Service, Inc. PAC (Upspac) PAC$10K
  8. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Ent PAC PAC$10K
  9. Eli Lilly and Company Political Action Committee PAC$10K
  10. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee PAC$10K

Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗

Profile: /people/gregory-f-murphy

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 8 of 404 party-divided votes on file.

Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (6), Foreign affairs & defense (3), Climate & energy (3)

  • Amendment (Grothman) to H.R. 8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

    A yes vote supported an H.R. 8800 amendment that requires the Secretary of Defense to report within 180 days on options for cutting Defense Department civilian employment by 200,000. (AI-written)

    What it does: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 This bill sets forth policies and authorities for FY2027 for Department of Defense (DOD) programs, activities, and military construction as well as the national…

    Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 1–210, Republicans 174–43

    Jul 22, 2026Official record ↗

  • Amendment (Roy) to H.R. 8595 — Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.

    A yes vote supported an H.R. 8595 amendment that bars any funds in the bill from being made available to the United Nations. (AI-written)

    What it does: National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for national security, the Department of State, and related programs.

    Voted no · most Republicans voted yes · Democrats 0–210, Republicans 136–80

    Jul 15, 2026Official record ↗

  • Ukraine Support Act

    What it does: Ukraine Support Act This bill addresses the war between Russia and Ukraine by (1) providing assistance to Ukraine and certain European countries, and (2) establishing penalties for Russia and certain foreign persons (…

    Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 207–1, Republicans 18–194

    Jun 4, 2026Official record ↗

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 1.Gregory Murphy · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.Committees and Caucuses · Office of Rep. Gregory Murphy · 2026-09-25 Official record
  3. 3.Biography - Dr. Murphy · U.S. House of Representatives (Rep. Greg Murphy) · 2026-10-21 Official record
  4. 4.Energy | Congressman Greg Murphy · Office of Rep. Gregory Murphy · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
  5. 5.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  6. 6.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  7. 7.Roll call: Build Back Better Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-11-19 Official record
  8. 8.Roll call: Inflation Reduction Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-08-12 Official record
  9. 9.H.R. 22, the SAVE Act (SAVE Act) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  10. 10.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  11. 11.H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  12. 12.Roll call: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-29 Official record
  13. 13.Roll call: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-06-24 Official record
  14. 14.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  15. 15.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  16. 16.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-03-18 Official record
  17. 17.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  18. 18.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-09-24 Official record
  19. 19.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-15 Official record
  20. 20.Committees and Caucuses · Office of Rep. Gregory Murphy · 2026-09-25 Official record
  21. 21.Education | Congressman Greg Murphy · Office of Rep. Gregory Murphy · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words