August 5th, 2009 at 4:59 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
5th District Congressional Candidate Mike Murphy sent out an e-mail message today with a small error that he may want to correct.
The electronic flyer says the Republican Murphy helped “spurn” $1.5 billion dollars in new investment as a state Representative. I think he meant “spur.”
The dictionary says spurn means “to reject with disdain; scorn.” That’s what Murphy wants voters to do to incumbent GOP Congressman Dan Burton.
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July 15th, 2009 at 10:13 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Quarterly fundraising numbers are in for the Republican candidates looking to oust incumbent Dan Burton in the 5th Congressional District and Luke Messer is out front by a considerable distance.
Messer has $175,000 on hand. Mike Murphy has almost $81,000. Brose McVey has $80,000 and John McGoff $33,000.
Dan Burton has $418,000.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:24 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Mike Murphy issued a news release today to announce that three Shelby County Republicans support his opponent. Really, he did.
The Murphy release states that Shelbyville Mayor Scott Furgeson and two others…, well, just read what the release said:
“All three officials continue in their support of Congressman Dan Burton, but each said if voters are looking for an alternative, Rep. Mike Murphy would be the clear choice.”
May 29th, 2009 at 10:17 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Today’s IWIR topics:
The state budget (revenue forecast and related matters), the Obama Administration’s auto dealer loan plan, Richard Mourdock’s challenge to the Chrysler bankruptcy, the Energy Summit, Mike Murphy for Congress and Tony George on the hot seat.
March 30th, 2009 at 4:32 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
The battle to unseat GOP Congressman Dan Burton officially gets more crowded on Thursday.
Look for former state Representative Luke Messer to be in Shelbyville to make a formal announcement of his Republican candidacy in the 5th.
He joins Brose McVey in that field with Rep. Mike Murphy and John McGoff also giving the race serious consideration.
January 30th, 2009 at 5:05 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
State Representative Mike Murphy (R-Indianapolis) began fundraising this week for a potential challenge to Republican Congressman Dan Burton. He follows Republican Brose McVey who earlier filed his own exploratory committee.
We talked earlier how this could be a big field but clearly the there is an effort to by Murphy and McVey (look for Luke Messer to follow suit soon) to scare off others with fundraising success.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:20 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Look for a study committee on immigration reform to be named this week at the Statehouse and look for someone other than Sen. Mike Delph to take a lead role.
Meantime, opponents of the controversial Delph proposal (to punish employers) from last year continue to work to preserve their position. I attended a get together Saturday for the Venezuelan Association of Indiana and Rep. Mike Murphy and Rep. Vanessa Summers were honored guests seated at a VIP table. They led the fight against the Delph proposal.
Rep. Murphy, meantime, easily won a challenge for re-election where immigration played a big role.
