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Donald Murphy
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Basic facts
Organization:Marijuana Policy Project
Role:Federal Policy Analyst
Location:Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Education:University of Baltimore (B.S. real estate & finance)


Donald Murphy is a political consultant based in Maryland and is federal policy analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project. He is a former Maryland delegate, serving in the Maryland General Assembly House of Delegates from 1995 to 2003. He was mentioned as part of the "Influencers 500" list produced by Campaigns & Elections Magazine in 2013 (according to Campaigns & Elections, the list "is a collection of some of the top names in the consulting business state by state").[1]

Career

Donald Murphy grew up in Linthicum, Md. He attended the University of Baltimore and received a B.S. in real estate & finance in 1983.[2][3] He first entered the political sphere when he served as a campaign worker for Gerald Ford in 1976.[4]

Murphy served as president of Holmehurst Community Association from 1990 to 1991, and was a member of the Republican Central Committee for two years, starting in 1992. He also co-founded the Patapsco Valley Republican Club.[2][5]

In 1995, Murphy started work as a Republican legislator in Maryland's House of Delegates, and he became a member of the judiciary committee as well as the civil law & procedure subcommittee. He also worked as a member of the Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, beginning in 1999.[2]

Murphy was a delegate for the 2000 Republican National Convention a year later, and he worked as deputy minority whip in the House of Delegates from 2002 to 2003. That same year, he founded Republicans for Compassionate Access with a grant he received from the Marijuana Policy Project. He served as chair of the 2008 Republican National Convention’s Maryland delegation.[2][6][7]

In 2010, Murphy advised Eric Wargotz, who ran in a senatorial race against incumbent U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland), and also worked with Michael Pappas on his gubernatorial campaign during its beginning stages.[2][8][9][10]

Beginning in the early 2000s, Murphy worked as a partner for Glenn & Murphy LLC, a lobbying firm based in Annapolis, Md.[6][11] He then served as legislative liaison for the Anne Arundel County Executive.[6] As of December 2015, he works as a federal policy analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project.[12]

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