MURPHY, PATRICK J.

D · house · bioguide M001168

FEC candidate id: H6PA08194
Internal id: e083d682-b998-41e5-b383-fa16471d6146
Status: challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), PA-08. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	768,757
People	Median age	43
Income	Median household income	$67,979
Income	Per-capita income	$37,215
Income	In poverty	13.9%
Income	Unemployed	6.0%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.457
Race	White alone	74.9%
Race	Black alone	6.7%
Race	Asian alone	2.0%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	15.1%
Race	Two or more races	9.9%
Origin	Foreign-born	9.1%
Language	Speaks English only at home	85.6%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	9.8%
Education	High school or higher	63.5%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	27.4%
Education	Advanced degree	10.8%
Household	Family households	62.6%
Household	Avg household size	2.42
Household	Never married (15+)	34.8%
Housing	Median home value	$213,300
Housing	Median gross rent	$1,063
Housing	Single-family detached	71.0%
Housing	Built before 1940	6.8%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	1.6%
Housing	Vacant units	18.7%
Service	Veterans (18+)	6.6%
Health	With a disability	16.1%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	88.9%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	8.7%
Commute	Drove alone	74.1%
Commute	Public transit	1.2%
Commute	Worked from home	11.0%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2012	$14,524	$35,239	$0	$0	$625
2010	$4,246,047	$4,287,244	$20,715	$1,014	$3,080,066
2008	$3,964,708	$3,917,419	$61,912	$103,975	$2,709,556
2006	$2,425,870	$2,411,248	$14,623	$45,085	$1,818,458

Elections

2006 general house · PA-8 — won
2008 general house · PA-8 — won
2010 general house · PA-8 — lost_general

Committees

DEMOCRATIC VETERANS FOR A SECURE AMERICA — joint_fundraising · type H
FIFTEEN SEATS — joint_fundraising · type H
IA VETS FOR CONGRESS — joint_fundraising · type N
JARED POLIS VICTORY FUND — joint_fundraising · type N
PATRICK MURPHY FOR CONGRESS — principal · type H
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE VICTORY 2006 — joint_fundraising · type H
PENNSYLVANIA VICTORY FUND 2008 — joint_fundraising · type N
SEPA VETERANS FOR CONGRESS — joint_fundraising · type N
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA VICTORY FUND — joint_fundraising · type H

Recent votes

No votes on file.

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 25.1%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
D (major party)	+10.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Connected on the graph

Outbound (9)

date	type	to	amount	source
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA VICTORY FUND	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	PENNSYLVANIA VICTORY FUND 2008	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	FIFTEEN SEATS	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	IA VETS FOR CONGRESS	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	SEPA VETERANS FOR CONGRESS	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	JARED POLIS VICTORY FUND	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE VICTORY 2006	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	DEMOCRATIC VETERANS FOR A SECURE AMERICA	—	candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	PATRICK MURPHY FOR CONGRESS	—	candidate_committees

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