Erin Murphy (Massachusetts)
Erin Murphy is an at-large member of the Boston City Council in Massachusetts. She assumed office on December 1, 2021. Her current term ends on January 3, 2028.
Murphy ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Boston City Council in Massachusetts. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2025)
General election
General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Boston City Council At-large on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan) | 19.2 | 54,885 |
| ✔ |  | Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 16.7 | 47,770 |
| ✔ |  | Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 16.4 | 46,709 |
| ✔ |  | Henry Santana (Nonpartisan)  | 15.5 | 44,206 |
 | Frank Baker (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 28,526 | |
 | Alexandra Valdez (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 23,468 | |
 | Marvin Mathelier (Nonpartisan) | 7.4 | 21,101 | |
| Will Onuoha (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 17,540 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,170 | ||
| Total votes: 285,375 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Boston City Council At-large on September 9, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan) | 18.7 | 45,761 |
| ✔ | | Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 17.4 | 42,518 |
| ✔ | | Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 16.0 | 39,216 |
| ✔ | | Henry Santana (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 30,874 |
| ✔ | | Frank Baker (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 26,407 |
| ✔ | | Alexandra Valdez (Nonpartisan) | 7.8 | 19,074 |
| ✔ | | Marvin Mathelier (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 13,916 |
| ✔ | Will Onuoha (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 11,295 | |
 | Yves Mary Jean (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 7,489 | |
| Rachel Miselman (Nonpartisan) | 2.9 | 7,203 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 994 | ||
| Total votes: 244,747 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Murphy in this election.
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (2024)
General election
General election for Suffolk County Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court
Allison Cartwright won election in the general election for Suffolk County Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Allison Cartwright (D) | 97.8 | 226,144 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.2 | 5,127 | ||
| Total votes: 231,271 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Suffolk County Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court
Allison Cartwright defeated Erin Murphy in the Democratic primary for Suffolk County Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court on September 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Allison Cartwright | 58.9 | 33,531 |
| Erin Murphy | 40.8 | 23,244 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 138 | ||
| Total votes: 56,913 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Murphy in this election.
2023
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2023)
General election
General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Boston City Council At-large on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan) | 20.3 | 44,641 |
| ✔ | | Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 43,548 |
| ✔ | | Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 39,817 |
| ✔ | | Henry Santana (Nonpartisan) | 15.5 | 34,151 |
| Bridget Nee-Walsh (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 26,775 | ||
 | Shawn Nelson (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 10,512 | |
 | Clifton Braithwaite (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 10,299 | |
 | Catherine Vitale (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 8,560 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 1,662 | ||
| Total votes: 219,965 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Murphy in this election.
2021
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2021)
General election
General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Boston City Council At-large on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Flaherty (Nonpartisan) | 17.4 | 62,602 |
| ✔ | | Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 17.3 | 62,058 |
| ✔ | | Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 54,898 |
| ✔ | | Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 12.0 | 43,076 |
 | David Halbert (Nonpartisan) | 11.9 | 42,765 | |
| Carla Monteiro (Nonpartisan) | 11.1 | 39,876 | ||
| Bridget Nee-Walsh (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 27,591 | ||
 | Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 25,078 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,350 | ||
| Total votes: 359,294 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Boston City Council At-large on September 14, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Flaherty (Nonpartisan) | 15.0 | 41,509 |
| ✔ | | Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 38,919 |
| ✔ | | Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 33,546 |
| ✔ | | Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 22,938 |
| ✔ | Carla Monteiro (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 18,911 | |
| ✔ | | David Halbert (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 17,012 |
| ✔ | | Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 16,906 |
| ✔ | Bridget Nee-Walsh (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 15,191 | |
| Kelly Bates (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 12,787 | ||
| Alexander Gray (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 11,320 | ||
| Jonathan Spillane (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 11,217 | ||
 | Said Abdikarim (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 7,767 | |
 | Domingos DaRosa (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 7,011 | |
 | Donnie Palmer (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 6,861 | |
 | Roy Owens (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 5,265 | |
| James Colimon (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 4,693 | ||
| Nick Vance (Nonpartisan) | 1.4 | 3,968 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 873 | ||
| Total votes: 276,694 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2019)
General election
General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Boston City Council At-large on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Wu (Nonpartisan) | 20.7 | 41,664 |
| ✔ |  | Annissa Essaibi George (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 34,109 |
| ✔ | | Michael Flaherty (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 33,284 |
| ✔ | | Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 22,492 |
 | Alejandra St. Guillen (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 22,491 | |
| Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 8.4 | 16,867 | |
| Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 16,189 | |
| David Halbert (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 13,214 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 704 | ||
| Total votes: 201,014 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Boston City Council At-large on September 24, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Wu (Nonpartisan) | 19.4 | 26,663 |
| ✔ | | Annissa Essaibi George (Nonpartisan) | 13.8 | 19,020 |
| ✔ | | Michael Flaherty (Nonpartisan) | 13.7 | 18,788 |
| ✔ | | Alejandra St. Guillen (Nonpartisan) | 8.7 | 11,929 |
| ✔ | | Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 7.9 | 10,817 |
| ✔ | | Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 9,737 |
| ✔ | | Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 9,398 |
| ✔ | | David Halbert (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 6,547 |
| Martin Keogh (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 6,249 | ||
| Jeffrey Ross (Nonpartisan) | 3.7 | 5,084 | ||
| Priscilla Flint-Banks (Nonpartisan) | 3.0 | 4,103 | ||
| Domingos DaRosa (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 2,843 | |
| Michel Denis (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 2,113 | ||
 | William King (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 1,811 | |
| Herb Alexander Lozano (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 1,511 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 767 | ||
| Total votes: 137,380 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Erin Murphy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2024
Erin Murphy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Erin Murphy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Erin Murphy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Erin Murphy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
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