Michael Murphy Campaign Release
Michael Murphy, Representative for Kansas 114th district, filed to run for the 34th Senate district currently held by Senator Mark Steffen. Senator Steffen informed Rep. Murphy several weeks ago he did not intend to run for reelection. After prayer and consideration, the decision was made to file.
Rep. Murphy is currently serving his second term in the Kansas House. During his tenure he has served on Water, Education, Agriculture and Legislative Modernization committees.
“While passing good legislation is important, stopping bad legislation is perhaps even more important. Our Declaration and Constitution remind us that government is instituted to secure rights, not give or establish or infringe on these rights,” Murphy says. “I have tried to do my job in Topeka with this in mind. Our district deserves solid Christian conservative representation in Topeka. I have delivered that as a representative and will in the senate.”
During the 2021 term, Rep. Murphy introduced a bill to help assure high school students could not only take technical courses, but leave high school with a certificate. That ended as a pilot program, but in 2022 he made sure to get the full bill across the finish line. It became law July 1st. Also in 2021, Rep. Murphy took the lead with a consumer protection bill relating to ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) criteria being forced on Kansans. 2021 was a year to inform, and in 2022 the legislature did pass a portion of the bill which protects all state deposits and KPERS.
Rep Murphy says, “I answer to God, my wife, our constitutions and my constituents, not to special interests.”
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