{{short description|Arizona politician}} '''Rick Murphy''' was a Republican member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 21 (previously District 9) from 2011 to 2015. He has been a realtor since 1992 and is a small business owner.
He served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010, where he served on numerous committees and was chairman of the Ways & Means Committee. In 2010 he was elected to the Arizona Senate, and re-elected in 2012. He was the chairman of the Senate Government Committee in 2012 and the Judiciary Committee for the 2013–2014 session.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rickmurphyaz.com/|title=I've Been Appointed AZ Senate Judiciary Chairman for 2013–14|work=Rick Murphy webpage|accessdate=27 May 2013}}</ref>
Murphy has been politically active since 1997, although his interest in politics and government began in childhood. He became a Republican precinct committeeman after the 1996 elections and held several state and district Republican Party leadership positions. He is also active in the community and non-partisan issue advocacy, particularly in the areas of taxpayer protection, chronic illness and foster care/adoption issues. He is a past chairman of the Arizona Federation of Taxpayers (now Americans for Prosperity-Arizona), which publishes the annual "Friend of the Taxpayer" rating of the Arizona Legislature. He was a founding and long-time member of the local Hemophilia Association's Camp Committee, which organizes a summer camp for Arizona children with bleeding disorders, served as a volunteer camp counselor for 15 years, and is a past board member. He is also a volunteer Youth Coach for both junior high and high school students in the non-denominational Christian church he attends with his family.
Murphy is a native of Phoenix and lives in Peoria, Arizona with his wife and five adopted children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=106&Legislature=51&Session_ID=110|title=Member page|work=Arizona State Legislature|accessdate=27 May 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [http://rickmurphyaz.com/ Rick Murphy's webpage]
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-az-hs}} {{s-bef|before=Phil Hanson}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the Arizona House of Representatives<br>from the 9th district|alongside=Bob Stump, Debbie Lesko|years=2005–2011}} {{s-aft|after=Rick Gray}} |- {{s-par|us-az-sen}} {{s-bef|before=Bob Burns}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the Arizona Senate<br>from the 9th district|years=2011–2013}} {{s-aft|after=Steve Farley}} |- {{s-bef|before=Steve Yarbrough}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the Arizona Senate<br>from the 21st district|years=2013–2015}} {{s-aft|after=Debbie Lesko}} {{s-end}}
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