Jason Murphey

Jason Murphey is an American politician and former Republican State Representative in the US state of Oklahoma. He represented District 31 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives; the district comprised portions of Logan and Oklahoma counties and includes the cities of Edmond and Guthrie.[1] Murphey currently serves as the chair of the Government Modernization Committee and was named to this position prior to the 2009 legislative session.[2][3] As chair, Murphy was the House author of Senator Glen Coffee's attempt to centralize the state's information technology systems and the Oklahoma Government 2.0 initiative, which resulted in the creation of data.ok.gov.

Jason Murphey
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
from the 31st district
In office
2006–2018
Preceded byDale Depue
Succeeded byGarry Mize
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
WebsiteOfficial web site

Legislative career

During his legislative career, Murphey's projects have included setting term limits on statewide elected officials, the creation of the data.ok.gov transparency portal, and the co-sponsorship of legislation to centralize of information technology systems in Oklahoma state government. During his first year in office, he authored legislation to lower legislative pay.[4][5] He is also the author of unsuccessful attempts to end lobbyist gift-giving to legislators and to remove the Oklahoma Legislature's exemption from the state's open records and open meeting laws.

In 2006, Jason Murphey was the only Oklahoma legislative candidate to defeat an incumbent in the 2006 primary/runoff election.[6]

In 2008, Murphey's 12,978 votes represented more votes than any other candidate for the House District 31 seat had received in the history of the district.[7]

In 2010, Murphey won re-election with more votes than any other Oklahoma State House Republican candidate that election season. Murphey's vote total was also the biggest vote tally for a Republican primary candidate in the history of House District 31.

In 2014, Government Technology magazine named Murphey as one of the Tech-Savviest Legislators in the U.S.[8]

On June 24, 2014, Murphey won re-election by capturing more votes than any other Oklahoma House Republican on the ballot that day. He scored the most votes of any State House candidate (3,623) and secured the highest percentage (82.9%).[9]

Murphey will be required to step down in 2018 due to term limits.[10]

Lobbyist reform

Murphey has been critical 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 that would have created a "no gift" list that legislators could use to refuse lobbyist gifts.[11] In 2016, he proposed legislation to end all lobbyist gift-giving to legislators.[12]

Term limits

Murphey authored a bill to let constituents vote on establishing term limits on all statewide elected officials.[13] The voters approved the proposal in November 2010.[14]

Openness

Murphey authored legislation to remove an exemption for the Oklahoma Legislature in the state's open meeting and open records laws.[15] As of 2016, his attempts have been unsuccessful.

Election history
November 8, 2016, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31
Candidates Party Votes %
Jason W. Murphey Republican Party 13,626 74.87%
John Tiller Democratic Party 4,574 25.13%
Source: Archived 2018-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
June 24, 2014, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31
Candidates Party Votes %
Jason W. Murphey Republican Party 3,623 82.9%
Andrew Muchmore Republican Party 626 17.1%
Source:
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: Archived 2012-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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%
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References
  1. "House Members - Oklahoma House of Representatives".
  2. okhouse.gov, Jerry J. Jansen - webmaster @. "Committee Members - Oklahoma House of Representatives". www.okhouse.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. "House Speaker announces new committee structure" OPEA.org (accessed April 16, 2013)
  4. Lawmaker wants to cut lawmaker pay, Edmond Sun, January 25, 2007 (accessed April 13, 2013).
  5. Mock, Jennifer. Legislation would tie lawmakers' salary to states per capita, Edmond Sun, January 26, 2007 (accessed April 13, 2013).
  6. Primary Election Results for 2006 Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine (accessed April 13, 2013)
  7. 2008 Primary Elections (accessed April 13, 2013)
  8. "Meet the Tech-Savviest Legislators in the U.S. (Interactive Map)". 10 April 2014.
  9. 2014 Primary Election Results (accessed August 6, 2014)
  10. Representative Murphey, Jason District 31 - Republican Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, Oklahoma House of Representatives Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. (accessed July 9, 2013)
  11. McNutt, Michael. Rules committee to hear 3 new measures, February 21, 2008 (accessed April 13, 2013)
  12. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18%20INT/hB/HB1004%20INT.PDF
  13. Oklahoma Capitol briefs term limit proposal heading to vote in Oklahoma Senate, April 15, 2009 (accessed April 13, 2013)
  14. http://www.jasonmurphey.com (accessed April 13, 2013)
  15. Dean, Bryan. Oklahoma legislators consider making themselves subject to openness laws, Oklahoman, March 11, 2012. (accessed April 16, 2013)
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