Jason Murphey

Jason Murphey
Jason Murphey
Oklahoma State Representative
In office 2006 – Present
Preceded by	Dale Depue
Constituency	31st House District
Personal details
Born	1 May 1977 (1977-05-01) Guthrie, Oklahoma
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Raleah
Children	Jarod, Jarel
Residence	Guthrie, Oklahoma
Alma mater	Charter Oak State College
Religion	Protestant
Website	Official Web site

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Jason Murphey is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He currently serves as House District 31 State Representative in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing Logan and Oklahoma Counties and the towns of Edmond, Guthrie, Meridian, Mulhall, Marshall, Cashion, Orlando, and Crescent.

Campaigns

In 2006, Oklahoma State Representative Jason Murphy was the only Oklahoma Republican candidate to defeat a Republican incumbent in the 2006 party primary.

In 2008, Murphey engaged a "down ballot campaign" supporting area Republican candidates. Murphey used his campaign to launch a voter registration drive targeted at "hastening" the Republican tide in that already heavy partisan district. As a result of the 2008 election, local level Logan County Republican candidates won all races taking 6 of the 8 county level seats (a majority for the first time in recent history) including all County Commission seats. Murphey's 12,978 votes represented more votes than any other candidate for the House District 31 seat received in the history of the district.

Murphey's 2010 campaign culminated in a record setting election day. Not having received a Democrat opponent, Murphey won re-election by defeating a Republican challenger and getting more votes than any other Oklahoma State House Republican candidate on that day. Murphey's vote total was also the biggest vote tally for a Republican primary candidate in the history of House District 31 and the second highest percentage. Murphey won every precinct which was the first time this has happened in a House District 31 Republican primary since at least the early 70s. Murphey's vote total record should stand for many years as the district will become much smaller as part of the constitutionally mandated 2011 re-districting process.

Committee Chairmanship

Preceding the 2009 legislative session Murphey was named as the Chairman of the House Government Modernization committee becoming the first House District 31 Representative to chair a standing committee.

In that role, Murphy was the House author of Senator Glen Coffee's attempt to centralize the state's IT systems and the Oklahoma Government 2.0 initiative (resulting in the creation of data.ok.gov) which is believed to be the first state-level codification of an omnibus Government 2.0 statutory framework.

Lobbyist Reform

Murphey has been an outspoken critic of the influence of lobbyists over state politicians. He has pledged to refuse personal gifts and campaign contributions from lobbyists and the groups that employ them. He proposed legislation creating "NO Gift" list that legislators can use to refuse lobbyist gifts. The proposal is being considered by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.

Term Limits

Murphey authored a bill to let the people vote on establishing term limits on all statewide elected officials. The proposal was approved by the voters in November of 2010.

Election History

July 27, 2010, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	3,981	74.92%
	AJ Jones	Republican Party	1,333	25.08%
Source: [1]

November 4, 2008, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	12,978	69.54%
	Jennifer Sherrill	Democratic Party	5,684	30.46%
Source: [2]

November 7, 2006, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	6,544	57.11%
	Thomas R. Cook	Democratic Party	4,914	42.89%
Source: [3]

August 22, 2006, Runoff election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	2,012	53.54%
	Dale Depue	Republican Party	1,746	46.46%
Source: [4]

July 25, 2006, Primary election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	1,792	49.53%
	Dale Depue	Republican Party	1,671	46.19%
	Wayne M. Hlincky	Republican Party	155	4.28%
Source: [5]

August 24, 2004, Runoff election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	1,805	46.69%
	Dale Depue	Republican Party	2,061	53.31%
Source: [6]

July 27, 2004, Primary election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	1,928	44.51%
	WILLIAM W. WHEELER	Republican Party	487	11.24%
	STEVEN FARLEY	Republican Party	732	16.90%
	Dale Depue	Republican Party	1,004	23.18%
	WAYNE M. HLINICKY	Republican Party	92	2.12%
	Bill Stoval	Republican Party	89	2.05%
Source: [7]

External links

• Official Campaign Website
• Official Website
• Professional Website
• Twitter Site
• Complete Bio, VoteSmart.org Retrieved May 6, 2009.