Peter Murphy (Massachusetts)
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Peter Murphy is the District 4 representative on the Springfield Public Schools school board in Massachusetts. First elected in 2009, Murphy won a new term in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Murphy was a 2014 Democratic candidate for the Ninth Hampden District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was defeated in the primary election on September 9, 2014.[1]
Biography
Murphy earned a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and a J.D. from the Quinnipiac University School of Law.[2] Before founding his own law practice, he served as an assistant district attorney in Hampden County and as an associate city solicitor.[3]
Elections
2017
Six of the seven seats on the Springfield Public Schools School Committee in Massachusetts were up for general election on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Denise M. Hurst and newcomer LaTonia Naylor won election, defeating James Ferrera III and Ryan Hess for the at-large seats. Incumbent Barbara Gresham defeated Stephanie Murchison-Brown for the District 2 seat. Newcomer Maria Perez and incumbent Christopher Collins ran unopposed and won the District 1 and 3 seats, respectively. The District 4 race was won by incumbent Peter Murphy; he defeated challenger Zaida Govan.[4][5][6][7]
A primary election was held for the at-large and District 2 seats on September 19, 2017. Four candidates advanced to the general election from the at-large primary, and two candidates advanced from the District 2 primary.[4] James Anziano, LaMar Cook, Joesiah Gonzalez, and Michael Kocmiersky were defeated in the at-large primary, and Giselle Vizcarrondo was defeated in the District 2 primary.[6]
Results
| Springfield Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Peter Murphy Incumbent |
57.20% | 1,188 |
| Zaida Govan | 42.47% | 882 |
| Write-in votes | 0.34% | 7 |
| Total Votes | 2,077 | |
| Source: City of Springfield, "Returns: Nov. 7, 2017 Municipal Election," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
Funding
Murphy began the race with an existing account balance of $14.77 from his previous campaign. He reported $4,725.00 in contributions and $1,246.00 in expenditures to City of Springfield, which left his campaign with $3,493.77 on hand in the election.[8]
2014
Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on September 9, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Jose Tosado defeated Edward Collins, Jr. and Peter Murphy in the Democratic primary and defeated Robert J. Underwood (unenrolled Libertarian) in the general election.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jose Tosado |
78.6% | 7,396 | |
| Libertarian | Robert Underwood | 21.4% | 2,011 | |
| Total Votes | 9,407 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Jose Tosado |
41.8% | 1,386 |
| Peter Murphy | 31.8% | 1,053 |
| Edward Collins, Jr. | 26.4% | 873 |
| Total Votes | 3,312 | |
2013
Peter Murphy successfully ran against challenger Zaida Govan to keep his District 4 seat in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Springfield Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Murphy Incumbent |
63.2% | 1,606 | |
| Nonpartisan | Zaida Govan | 36.6% | 932 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.2% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 2,543 | |||
| Source: City of Springfield, Massachusetts, "Springfield Vote Counts: Nov. 5 City Election Night Results," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Murphy began the race with an existing account balance of $17.64 from his previous campaign. He reported $5,260.00 in contributions and $4,012.20 in expenditures to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, which left his campaign with $1,265.44 on hand in the election.[10]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Murphy in the election.
2009
| Springfield Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2009 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter M. Murphy |
72.3% | 3,480 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph M. Flebotte | 27.2% | 1,310 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.5% | 22 | |
| Total Votes | 4,812 | |||
| Source: Springfield, Massachusetts, "November 3, 2009 Municipal Election Returns," accessed September 24, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2013
Murphy's office website listed the following campaign themes for 2013:
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| —Peter Murphy (2013)[2] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Springfield Public Schools, Massachusetts
- Springfield Public Schools, Massachusetts elections (2017)
- Massachusetts House of Representatives Ninth Hampden District
- Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Springfield Public Schools elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "2014 Democratic Primary Candidates," accessed June 28, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Springfield Public Schools, "Peter Murphy," accessed September 24, 2013
- ↑ Facebook, "About," accessed September 24, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mass Live, "Here's who qualified for the 2017 Springfield School Committee election," August 2, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Gladys Oyola, City of Springfield, Massachusetts," August 3, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Springfield Election Office, "Returns: Sept. 19, 2017 Preliminary Election," September 19, 2017
- ↑ City of Springfield, "Returns: Nov. 7, 2017 Municipal Election," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ City of Springfield, "Campaign Finance Reporting," accessed October 31, 2017
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "2014 State Primary Candidates," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ Springfield, Massachusetts, "OCPF Information," accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Hampden County, Massachusetts | |
| Election date: | Primary election: September 19, 2017 • General election: November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Denise M. Hurst • James Anziano • LaMar Cook • James Ferrera III • Joesiah Gonzalez • Ryan Hess • Michael Kocmiersky • LaTonia Naylor District 1: • Maria Perez District 2: • Incumbent, Barbara Gresham • Stephanie Murchison-Brown • Giselle Vizcarrondo District 3: • Incumbent, Christopher Collins District 4: • Incumbent, Peter Murphy • Zaida Govan |
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