Jason Murphey

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Jason Murphey
Jason Murphey
Oklahoma State Representative
In office 2006 – Present
Preceded by	Dale Depue
Constituency	31st House District

Born	1977 Guthrie, Oklahoma
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Raleah
Children	Jarod, Jarel
Residence	Guthrie, Oklahoma
Religion	Protestant
Website	http://www.housedistrict31.com

Jason Murphey is an Republican politician State Representative for House District 31 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing Logan and Oklahoma Counties and the towns of Edmond, Guthrie, Meridian, Mulhall, Marshall, Cashion, Orlando, and Crescent.

[edit] Campaign

In 2004 Murphey ran in an open race for House District 31 and placed first in the six candidate Republican primary with 44% of the vote, with incumbent Dale Depue receiving 24% of the vote. Murphey defeated Depue in the run-off election, and was the only Oklahoma Republican candidate that year to defeat a Republican incumbent in the party primary.

[edit] Election Results

**July 27, 2004, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31**
Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	1,928	44.51%
	WILLIAM W. WHEELER	Republican Party	487	11.24%
	STEVEN FARLEY	Republican Party	732	16.90%
	Dale Depue	Republican Party	1,004	23.18%
	WAYNE M. HLINICKY	Republican Party	92	2.12%
	Bill Stoval	Republican Party	89	2.05%
Source: [1]

**August 24, 2004, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31**
Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	1,805	46.69%
	Dale Depue	Republican Party	2,061	53.31%
Source: [2]

**July 25, 2006, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31**
Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	1,792	49.53%
	Dale Depue	Republican Party	1,671	46.19%
	Wayne M. Hlincky	Republican Party	155	4.28%
Source: [3]

**August 22, 2006, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31**
Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	2,012	53.54%
	Dale Depue	Republican Party	1,746	46.46%
Source: [4]

**November 7, 2006, Election results for Oklahoma State Representative for District 31**
Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Jason W. Murphey	Republican Party	6,544	57.11%
	Thomas R. Cook	Democratic Party	4,914	42.89%
Source: [5]

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51st Oklahoma legislative session (2007–2009)

Oklahoma House of Representatives	Oklahoma Senate
Speaker – Chris Benge Speaker pro Tempore - Gus Blackwell Majority Floor Leader – Greg Piatt Minority Floor Leader – Danny Morgan Republicans (Majority): 57 Democrats (Minority): 44	President of the Senate – Lt. Governor Jari Askins President Pro Tempore – Mike Morgan Co-President Pro Tempore – Glenn Coffee Republican Co-Floor Leader - Owen Laughlin Democrat Co-Floor Leader - Charlie Laster Democrats: 24 Republicans:24