title: Kevin J. Murphy (politician)
text: # Kevin J. Murphy (politician)
  
  Kevin J. Murphy is an American politician who served as city manager of Lowell, Massachusetts from 2014 to 2018 and from 1997 to 2014 was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Murphy is also an attorney and a member of the American Bar Association, Greater Lowell Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
  
  ## Committee assignments
  
  * Steering, Policy and Schedule
  * Public Health Joint Committee
  * Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Joint Committee
  
  ## Elections
  
  ### 2010
  
  Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, Eighteenth Middlesex District (2010) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Kevin J. Murphy | 4,782 | 99.60 |
  | | None | All others | 19 | 0.40 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,801 | 100 |
  | | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
  
  ### 2008
  
  Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, Eighteenth Middlesex District (2008) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Kevin J. Murphy | 6,604 | 69.35 |
  | | None | Kenneth Patrician | 1,289 | 13.53 |
  | | None | All others | 3 | 0.05 |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,626 | 17.07% | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,522 | 100 |
  | | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
  