In parts of the eastern part of the district, one side of the street was in the 18th while the other was in the 12th. The new district lines were harshly criticized, in part because in some areas portions of several neighborhoods-and even streets-were split between districts. However, the legislature re-drew the district after the 2000 Census in such a way that a large portion of Mascara's district ended up in the neighboring Johnstown-based 12th District, represented by 28-year incumbent John Murtha. The district had previously been the 20th, represented by four-term Democrat Frank Mascara. House of Representatives (2003–2017) Elections 2002Īfter redistricting, Murphy ran for the newly redrawn 18th Congressional District in 2002. He resigned his state senate seat on January 3, 2003. In 2002, the political website PoliticsPA named him to the list of "Smartest Legislators". Īs a state senator, Murphy wrote the Pennsylvania Patient Bill of Rights and supported public funding for medical research. In 2000, he won re-election to a second term, defeating Joseph Rudolph 64%–36%. In the general election, he defeated State Representative Greg Fajt 55%–45%. Murphy decided to run in Pennsylvania's 37th Senate district and won the Republican primary, defeating John Schnatterly 70%–30%. Michael Fisher decided not to run for re-election in order to run for Pennsylvania Attorney General. Murphy has been interviewed by reporters from Psychology Today, The Washington Post, USA Today, CBS Early Show, CNN, Face the Nation, C-SPAN, and others in the media on the topics of mental health, anger management and violence, parenting, and relationships. Overcoming Passive-Aggression received abundant reviews, including some from specialist mental health publications.
A few years later, he co-wrote Overcoming Passive-Aggression (2005), again with Loriann Hoff Oberlin, a writer/author and mental-health counselor. Murphy co-wrote The Angry Child (2002), which won the National Parenting Publications Award and was featured on Book TV. He also made regular appearances on KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh from 1979 to 1995 as a health-care expert. Upon leaving school, he became a practicing psychologist and an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. from Cleveland State University, and his Ph.D.
He received his Bachelor of Science from Wheeling Jesuit University, his M.A. Barnabas Catholic School and Walsh Jesuit High School. One of eleven children, Murphy was born in Cleveland and was raised in Northfield, Ohio, where he attended St. 3.7 Extramarital affair, office chaos and resignationĮarly life, education, and psychologist career.3.3 Mental health advocacy and legislation.1 Early life, education, and psychologist career.Subsequent reporting described endemic abuse and harassment in Murphy's congressional office. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that Murphy had tendered his resignation effective October 21, 2017. In October 2017, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Murphy, who had engaged in an extramarital affair, urged his mistress to have an abortion despite his strict public anti-abortion stance. Murphy consistently carried his district with at least 58% of the vote, including unopposed re-election bids in 20. It was later redrawn by order of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and became the 14th Congressional District which includes portions of Westmoreland and southern Allegheny County as well as Fayette, Greene and Washington Counties. The 18th district included several suburbs south of Pittsburgh. He is a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 37th Senate district, and a commander in the United States Navy Reserve. Representative for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district from 2003 until his resignation in 2017. Timothy Francis Murphy (born September 11, 1952) is an American psychologist, author, and former politician. Member of the United States House of Representatives
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