Michael Murphy

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Mike Murphy is one of the Republican Party's most successful political media consultants. Murphy has been called a "media master" by Fortune magazine, the GOP's "hottest media consultant" by Newsweek, and the leader of a "new breed" of campaign consultants by Congressional Quarterly.

Murphy has handled strategy and advertising for over 26 successful senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns, including the successful gubernatorial races of Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, John Engler, Tommy Thompson, Christie Whitman, Dirk Kempthorne and Terry Branstad as well as the successful Senatorial races of Lamar Alexander, Slade Gorton, Spence Abraham, Jeff Sessions, Dirk Kempthorne, Steve Symms, Paul Coverdell, and Larry Pressler. In 2000, Murphy served as senior strategist for Sen. John McCain's Presidential campaign. In 2003 Murphy was senior strategist for Arnold Schwarzenegger's historic election as Governor of California.

In addition to his campaign work, Murphy advises several Fortune 500 corporations and leading interest groups. He has advised leaders in five foreign countries. He is a founding partner in the Washington DC based public policy management firm of DC Navigators.

Mike Murphy is a frequent commentator in the media. For the 2008 election, Murphy is serving as an analyst on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert. He also writes and performs radio commentary for NPR's All Things Considered and has appeared frequently on CNN, MSNBC, ABC's Nightline, PBS and in many major newspapers. Murphy was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2001 he was an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard's JFK School of Government. Murphy, 45, also works as a writer/producer in the entertainment industry. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

(Murphy's writings are available at www.mikemurphycommentary.com)