New District Assemblywoman Carol Murphy Sworn In

The first Democrat from Mount Laurel to ever serve in the state legislature and the first Assemblywoman to represent the district in 20 years was sworn into her first term in the New Jersey State Assembly on Tuesday. Carol Murphy will represent the 7th Legislative District, which includes Cinnaminson, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Beverly, Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Burlington City, Burlington Township, Delanco, Delran, Edgewater Park, Fieldsboro, Florence, Palmyra, Riverside, Riverton, and Willingboro.

She was elected to office in November, running alongside Herb Conaway. She won the seat vacated by Troy Singleton, who captured the State Senate Seat that belonged to Republican Diane Allen. Allen retired on Tuesday. Murphy was one of five new Democrats sworn in on Tuesday when the new legislature reorganized. The Democratic majority is now 54-26, its largest since 1974.

“I understand the challenges facing working families in New Jersey,” Murphy said in a prepared statement. “Having lived paycheck-to-paycheck, having paid my own way through college, having served as a caregiver to both of my parents before they passed, I can relate to the struggles many people in our state face on a daily basis. One of the reasons I ran for Assembly is so that I could channel these experiences into real life solutions to address the rising cost of living in this state, the crushing burden of student loan debt, and the everyday needs of our working families. Today that work begins.”

Murphy will serve on the Budget Committee, the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee and the Judiciary Committee. Conaway will serve on the Appropriations Committee, the Health Committee and the newly established Science and Technology Committee.

Murphy is the daughter of a Bronze Star US Army Veteran. She learned the importance of public service from an early age and has dedicated her life to making a difference. She has worked in state government for the last 14 years.

She first served as Community Relations Manager for the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, where she established a transparent government records division and worked closely with the community to address local and environmental concerns that resulted in the building and modernizing of public schools across New Jersey.

More recently, she served as a policy director for the state legislature. She focused on issues such as pay equity, raising the minimum wage, funding women's healthcare, fully funding education, growing the economy, reducing the property tax burden, standing up for LGBTQ rights, and reducing gun violence. This included the establishment of a law that she worked with state lawmakers and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords on that removes domestic violence abusers’ access to firearms.

Murphy is married to her husband, Michael. She serves as a member of the Girl Scouts Trefoil Society, as a Girl Scouts Delegate for Burlington County, and as the founder of Maria’s Women United, a South Jersey organization dedicated to supporting Democratic women.

The attached head shot of Carol Murphy was provided by the New Jersey Assembly Democrats