30 Facts About Tammy Murphy

Tammy Murphy is an American political figure and activist who has been the first lady of New Jersey since 2018.

Tammy Murphy was born Tammy Snyder in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Tammy Murphy has sat on the boards of her children's schools, the private Rumson Country Day School and the boarding school Phillips Andover, as well as on that of the Count Basie Center for the Arts, among others.

Tammy Murphy was appointed to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors in 2015.

Tammy Murphy grew up in a Republican family and continued to vote as a registered Republican in primary elections until 2014.

Tammy Murphy donated to George W Bush's presidential campaigns in 2004 and 2000, as well as to Rick Lazio's Senate campaign against Hillary Clinton in 2000.

Tammy Murphy has given to more than 300 candidates and committees since 2000, including Bush, Lazio, and the New Jersey Republican Party.

Tammy Murphy has made donations to Democratic candidates, including Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, and Bob Torricelli.

Tammy Murphy served as one of New Jersey's 14 presidential electors for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

Tammy Murphy was active in her husband's 2017 campaign for Governor of New Jersey.

Tammy Murphy participated in campaign events with and without her husband.

Phil Tammy Murphy was elected governor on November 7,2017, and sworn into office on January 16,2018.

Tammy Murphy said that she and her husband were not aware of the allegations until The Wall Street Journal contacted them.

Governor Tammy Murphy additionally gave her an office, down the hall from his.

Notwithstanding the lack of an official role for first spouse in New Jersey, Governor Tammy Murphy has listed his wife on the Office of the Governor's official government website as a member of his administration.

Tammy Murphy is known in the state for advocating on behalf of pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.

Governor Tammy Murphy has named his wife the "founder" of a state-funded entity for maternal health known as Nurture NJ.

In 2021, Governor Phil Tammy Murphy signed legislation to launch a statewide, universal home visitation program for newborns.

At her US Senate campaign launch, Tammy Murphy discussed her initiatives that targeted New Jersey's high maternal mortality rate, especially among minority women.

Tammy Murphy noted New Jersey's raise from national rankings on maternal death rates.

The editorial asserted that, while Tammy Murphy had made herself a "sturdy advocate" for maternal health, "there is some resentment in the Black community from leaders and advocates who feel pushed aside by the governor's wife, and sometimes ignored," including some Black lawmakers in the state, as well as qualified public health professionals in the field more generally.

In 2021, during her husband's term, Tammy Murphy was appointed Honorary Chair of the New Jersey Council on the Green Economy.

On November 15,2023, Tammy Murphy announced her candidacy in the 2024 United States Senate election in New Jersey against incumbent Bob Menendez and Democratic US House Representative Andy Kim.

Tammy Murphy had in the past been the chair of a dark money organization called Stronger Fairer Forward to promote the governor's record.

In February 2024, Tammy Murphy released a campaign ad filmed in front of National Rifle Association headquarters in which she pledged to support various gun control measures; the Kim campaign then criticized Tammy Murphy for donations she had made to the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign.

Kim criticized Tammy Murphy for continuing to vote for anti-gun-safety Republican candidates following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, which killed 28 children and educators.

Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy worked with the New Jersey State Ethics Commission to set up a voluntary blind trust that complies with the rules that govern New Jersey elected officials.

Similarly, the Washington Post reported that "insiders and members of the state party" anonymously raised concerns about how Tammy Murphy received these endorsements.

On March 24,2024, Tammy Murphy suspended her campaign for Senate.

Tammy Murphy reached out to Phil in 1993 after the death of his brother and the two had dinner.