Political Career
Murphy served as Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs from 1974 to 1978. In September 1979 President Jimmy Carter named her to the chairmanship of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. In 1982 Murphy sought the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, losing to John Kerry. In 1983 she was appointed Secretary of Economic Affairs, a position she held until 1985.
In 1986 Murphy ran for Lieutenant Governor against State Senator Gerald D'Amico in the Democratic primary, winning by 374,714 votes (60.10%) to 248,671 votes (39.89%) for D'Amico. In the general election, the Dukakis-Murphy team garnered 1,157,786 votes (65.15%) versus 525,364 votes (19.56%) for George Kariotis and Nicholas Nikitas. Murphy served in office from 1987 to 1991.
Murphy was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for Governor of Massachusetts in 1990. She withdrew a week before the primary and endorsed former Lt. Governor and former Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti who ended up losing the nomination to John Silber.
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