Mike Murphy Joins NBC News and MSNBC as Contributor

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By Felix Gillette

July 11, 2008 | 12:13 p.m

Mike Murphy (right) faces off against Democratic strategist Steve McMahon on Meet the Press.

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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.

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.

Mike 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, 46, also works as a writer/producer in the entertainment industry. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.