Rick Murphy (Arizona Congress)
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| Rick Murphy | ||
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| Candidate for | ||
| U.S. House, Arizona, District 4 | ||
| Party | Republican | |
| Personal | ||
| Place of birth | Parker, AZ | |
| Profession | Founder/Owner, Murphy Broadcasting | |
| Websites | ||
| Campaign website | ||
Contents |
Issues
Campaign themes
2012
Murphy 's campaign website listed the following issues:[1]
- Reduce Debt
- Excerpt: "A commitment to reduce the growing debt that threatens our children and grandchildren."
- States Rights
- Excerpt: "If the Constitution doesn’t give the Federal Government an authority, it belongs to the states!"
- Guns
- Excerpt: "I fully support the 2nd Amendment. "
- Social Security
- Excerpt: "Social Security represents a right and a promise, and everyone who has paid into the program deserves coverage so they may retire with dignity. Social Security is YOUR MONEY."
- National Security
- Excerpt: "We are the country with the economic, moral, and military might to provide global leadership and stability, and we must always act aggressively to protect our national interests."
Elections
2012
Murphy ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Arizona's 4th District. He was defeated by incumbent Paul Gosar in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012.[2][3]
Campaign donors
2012
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Murphy's reports.[4]
| Rick Murphy (2012) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[5] | July 13, 2012 | $0 | $9,600 | $(5,309.76) | $4,290.24 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[6] | August 16, 2012 | $18,764.06 | $32,900 | $(41,116.42) | $10,547.64 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $42,500 | $(46,426.18) | ||||||||
Recent news
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Rick Murphy News Feed
- School district scanned kids' eyes without parents' consent - Daily Caller
- Senate rejects amendment to build border fence - Daily Caller
- 'The largest Tea Party protest since 2010 is tomorrow' - Daily Caller
- 'Obama phones' given to people promising to sell them for drugs, money [VIDEO - Daily Caller]
- Brzezinski: 'I'm probably guilty' of hypocrisy on Bush-Cheney vs. Obama NSA ... - Daily Caller
- The Orange Couch Does Mad Men: S6E12, ?The Quality of Mercy? - Raw Story
- Five conservative message movies that don't suck - Daily Caller
- Magpul offers super hi-capacity magazines for sale ahead of state ban - Daily Caller
- The Center For Inquiry Likes Atheism's Cranky White Guy Image, So Screw You ... - Raw Story
- Union bosses threaten Hurricane Sandy cleanup contractors, their families - Daily Caller
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External links
References
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
- ↑ Official primary candidate list
- ↑ Associated Press primary results
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Rick Murphy's Summary Report," Accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Rick Murphy July Quarterly," Accessed August 23, 2012
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Rick Murphy Pre-Primary," Accessed August 23, 2012
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