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3. Murphy’s career craters
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He was elected to the state Senate in 1996, and easily defeated a Democratic opponent in 2002 to take a seat in the U.S. Congress.
Yet, in 2017, U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy’s political career went down in flames.
Not only was he named in a divorce case, but it came to light that the anti-abortion, married Republican congressman encouraged his mistress to seek an abortion during a pregnancy scare. Irish eyes weren’t smiling: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in October released a statement that Murphy, who originally wanted to serve out his term, had given two weeks’ notice, and the Republican politician from Upper St. Clair who was popular enough to run unopposed in the past two elections became persona non grata. Murphy’s Oct. 20 resignation meant there would be no investigation by the House Committee on Ethics.
A Republican nominating convention in November chose state Rep. Rick Saccone of Elizabeth Township as their candidate for a special election March 13 to fill the remainder of Murphy’s current term. A similar event among Democratic delegates resulted in the nomination of former federal prosecutor Conor Lamb of Mt. Lebanon.