Funding profile
Christopher Murphy
Democrat · Senator from Connecticut
Career totals · 4 elections · 2012–2030
$54.3 million
raised by Murphy’s campaigns, everything from 2012 to 2030 added together.
7%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $3.6 million from PACs, plus donations that organizations collected and directed.
$1.3 million
was spent about Murphy by outside groups. These are ads for or against them that their campaign cannot control, and none of it is part of the money above.
Every number on this page comes from Federal Election Commission filings, read on August 24, 2026. An election still under way keeps raising money, so its figure will have grown since. Check Murphy on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Murphy’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.89%$48.5 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.7%$3.6 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.4%$2.3 million
Money bundled through organizations
Not every “individual” donation arrives on its own. An organization can collect checks from its members, already earmarked for Murphy, and deliver them in a bundle. The law counts that as individual money, but the organization still chose where it went.
$77,000
reached Murphy this way, <1% of everything they raised from individuals. Each donation came from a real person. The organization picked who got it.
- JStreetPAC$55,000
- NORPACA New Jersey-based pro-Israel PAC that bundles member donations for candidates of both parties.$22,000
We can only count the organizations we have measured, so the real figure could be higher than this, never lower. Bundling is legal and widely used, and appearing here is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Who gave the most
Committee contributions from the 2024 and 2026 election periods, grouped by how the FEC classifies each giver. This covers a slice of the career total, and giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary.
- Corporation11%$16,000
- Trade association4%$6,000
- Labor union34%$50,000
- Membership organization2%$3,544
- Corporation without capital stock7%$10,000
- Unclassified43%$64,000
Which industries
- Banking & finance100% · $10,000
The FEC records that a committee is a corporation; it does not record its industry. Those labels are ours, kept in a published list anyone can check. Where we have not labeled a giver we say “Other” rather than guessing.
Largest committee givers
- 1National Education AssociationThe largest teachers' union in the United States.$12,000
- 2Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company$10,000
- 3Branch 193 National Association of Letter Carriers Political Action Committee$10,000
- 4International Association of Fire Fighters$5,000
- 5Laborers' International Union of North America$5,000
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- 6Blue Hen Federal PAC$5,000
- 7International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers$5,000
- 8American Bankers Association (ABA)$5,000
- 9Blackrock Funds Services Group LLC$5,000
- 10National Air Traffic Controllers Association$5,000
“Unclassified” means the FEC records no organization type for that committee, which usually means a leadership PAC. We show it as unclassified rather than guessing which industry it belongs to.
Money spent about this member
Outside groups, usually super PACs, may spend without limit on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign. Murphy has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Murphy. It was spent on advertising about Murphy, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$1.3 million
has been spent for or against Murphy by outside groups. $1.2 million supported Murphy; $98,000 opposed Murphy.
Largest outside spenders
Summed across 3 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.
Spent supporting
$1.1 millionAds urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- CONNECTICUT'S FUTURE PAC INC$344,000
- WORKING FOR US POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC$289,000
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND$199,000
- ARDA-ROC$126,000
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- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$48,000
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND$43,000
- UNITE HERE TIP STATE & LOCAL FUND$33,000
Spent opposing
$85,000Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION$85,000
Election by election
The career figures above are the sum of these elections. Each row links to the Commission’s page for that election, where the numbers match line for line.
| Election | Raised | From PACs | Outside spending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030in progress | $13.3 million | $0 0% | none | FEC |
| 2024 | $15.3 million | $63,000 <1% | $170 | FEC |
| 2018 | $15.2 million | $1.8 million 12% | $38,000 | FEC |
| 2012 | $10.5 million | $1.7 million 16% | $1.2 million | FEC |
Raised is everything the campaign took in for that election. From PACs is the slice of it given by political action committees. Outside spending is what other groups spent on ads about the race, for and against—it is not part of “Raised”. An election marked in progress is still raising money, so its figures are not final.
We never publish the names of individual donors, and anything we cannot source stays off the page. The methodology explains every such choice.