Political Consultant, Writer/Director/Producer
Greater Los Angeles Area
Political Consultant, Writer/Director/Producer
Greater Los Angeles Area
Mike Murphy is one of the Republican Party’s most successful political media consultants. Murphy has been called a “media master” by Fortune magazine, the GOP’s “hottest media consultant” by Newsweek, and the leader of a “new breed” of campaign consultants by Congressional Quarterly.
In 2000, Murphy served as senior strategist for Sen. John McCain’s Presidential campaign. In 2003 Murphy was senior strategist for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s historic election as Governor of California. Murphy has also handled strategy and advertising for over 26 successful senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns, including the successful gubernatorial races of Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, John Engler, Tommy Thompson, Christie Whitman, Dirk Kempthorne and Terry Branstad as well as the successful Senatorial races of Lamar Alexander, Slade Gorton, Spence Abraham, Jeff Sessions, Dirk Kempthorne, Steve Symms, Paul Coverdell, and Larry Pressler.
In addition to his campaign work, Murphy advises several Fortune 500 corporations and leading interest groups. He has advised leaders in five foreign countries. He is a founding partner in the Washington DC based public policy management firm of DC Navigators.
Mike Murphy is a frequent writer for the Weekly Standard and writes and performs radio commentary for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. He serves as a regular election analyst on NBC’s Meet the Press with Tim Russert. Murphy has also appeared on Crossfire, Hardball, Nightline, Face the Nation and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Murphy was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2001 he was an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard's JFK School of Government. Murphy, 45, also works as a writer/producer in the entertainment industry.
Political Campaigns, Crisis Management, Public Policy Advertising, Communications Strategy. Writing and producing content for television and motion pictures.