Background
Murphy grew up in Mountain. Prospect and attended Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights.
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Matt Murphy
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University of Iowa.
Career
The 27th district includes parts of Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Inverness, Palatine, Wheeling, Prospect Heights and South Barrington. He has served as a Harper College Trustee and as a Trustee of the Greater Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce. He is a practicing attorney with Brian J. McManus & Associates, a law firm devoted to representing claimants in personal injury lawsuits.
In 2003, Murphy was elected to the Harper College Board of Trustees for a six year term.
Murphy was elected to the on November 7, 2006 defeating Peter Gutzmer to succeed retiring Republican Senator Wendell Jones. He was re-elected in 2008.
Murphy was narrowly defeated in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on February 2, 2010, by Jason Plummer. In 2013, Murphy decline to run to become the Chair of the Illinois Republican Party.
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