Mike Murphy

Republican strategist Mike Murphy joins NBC News and MSNBC as a contributor, it was announced today by Phil Griffin, Senior Vice President, NBC News and executive in charge of MSNBC.  Murphy will provide political analysis to "NBC Nightly News," "Meet the Press," "Today," and MSNBC.

Murphy is one of the Republican Party's most successful political media consultants, having handled strategy and advertising for more than 26 successful gubernatorial and Senatorial campaigns.  In 2000, Murphy served as senior strategist for Sen. John McCain's Presidential campaign.  In 2003, Murphy was senior strategist for Arnold Schwarzenegger's historic election as Governor of California.  Other Murphy clients include the successful gubernatorial races of Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, John Engler, Tommy Thompson, Christie Whitman, Dirk Kempthorne and Terry Branstad as well as the successful Senatorial races of Lamar Alexander, Slade Gorton, Spence Abraham, Jeff Sessions, Dirk Kempthorne, Steve Symms, Paul Coverdell, and Larry Pressler.

In addition to his campaign work, Murphy advises several Fortune 500 corporations and leading interest groups.  He has advised leaders in five foreign countries.  He is a founding partner in the Washington DC based public policy management firm of DC Navigators.

Murphy is a frequent writer for the Weekly Standard and writes and performs radio commentary for National Public Radio's All Things Considered.  Murphy was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.  In 2001 he was an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard's JFK School of Government. 

Murphy also works as a writer/producer in the entertainment industry.  He lives in Los Angeles, Calif.