By Gisela Valencia / FIU News – Chatting with a former congressman during class is a bucket list item for many students studying politics and policy. A group of students recently checked it off the list. Former Congressman and current Senior Fellow at the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs Patrick Murphy […]

By Ali Schmitz / TC Palm – Former Treasure Coast congressman Patrick Murphy, a clean-water advocate, said his appointment as Fried’s transition committee chair proves her dedication to the cause. Murphy joked his job will be “easy” because Fried is already committed to clean water and well-informed about water policies and projects. “I don’t need […]

By Jess Bidgood and Liz Goodwin / Boston Globe – The brief House career of Patrick Murphy, a former congressman from Florida, offers a case in point. He was elected in 2012 at the age of 29. But he quickly realized there would be no way for him to move up the ranks anytime soon, […]

By Amy Gardner / Washington Post – All of it has created an uproar among voting-rights advocates, who say that untrained election workers are tossing eligible ballots, often with no chance for the voter to object or fix the ballot. “I had zero recourse here,” said Patrick Murphy, a former Democratic congressman from Palm Beach […]