Timothy Murphy (Indiana)
Timothy Murphy (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 19. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026.[source]
Murphy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Timothy Murphy graduated from Lone Oak High School. Murphy earned a bachelor's degree from Centre College in 2004, graduated from the Eden Theological Seminary in 2007, and earned a Ph.D. from the Claremont School of Theology in 2014. Murphy's career experience includes working as a pastor.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 5, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 19
Timothy Murphy (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 19 on May 5, 2026.
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Republican primary
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Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 19
Incumbent Travis Holdman (R) and Blake Fiechter (R) are running in the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 19 on May 5, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Timothy Murphy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Murphy's responses.
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This is the first time that I have run for office. It wasn’t something I thought I would do. My full-time work is serving as a pastor of a local church. I was satisfied focusing on helping improve people’s lives through building community, speaking to their deepest values, and advocating for a more just society from the outside.
However, the unresponsive and unrepresentative state of our current democracy demanded something else. I believe that everyone deserves to live lives of dignity, where they have a chance to thrive and no one has so much more resources and power that they can silence the legitimate concerns of others. Our society is wildly out of balance when it comes to inequality, opportunity, and having a voice in the decisions that affect us the most.
I’m not afraid to take on difficult odds. The deck may feel stacked against us, but I’m ready to help make the impossible possible!- Our economic and political system does not work for most people, and we need to fix our representative democracy in Indiana so that we can solve the policy problems that are hurting so many Hoosiers.
- We need to make it easier for Hoosiers to pursue their dreams and have a good quality of life by having a strong safety net in our state. This includes universal child care in every county, paid parental leave, paid sick leave, affordable health care, good paying jobs, an option to form and join a union, and a living wage, funded through a progressive state income tax.
- The efforts of some people to demonize and scapegoat certain minority groups, including migrants and religious and sexual minorities, is an intentional distraction to keep people mad and not address the ways their lives are made worse off by policies that only benefit the well-off and well-connected.
Policy areas include democratic reform, economic justice, taxes, supporting families, and an environment we can all enjoy for generations to come.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 20, 2026
