What is Stephanie Murphy?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Stephanie Murphy |image = Stephanie Murphy official photo.jpg |state = [[Florida]] |district = {{ushr|FL|7|7th}} |term_start = January 3, 2017 |term_end = January 3, 2023 |predecessor = [[John Mica]] |successor = [[Cory Mills]] |birth_name = Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|16}} |birth_place = [[Ho Chi Minh City]], [[Vietnam]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (Before 2016)<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (2016–present) |spouse = Sean Murphy |children = 2 |education = [[College of William & Mary]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]]) |website = {{url|stephaniemurphy.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Stephanie Murphy''' (born '''Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung'''; September 16, 1978) is a [[Vietnam|Vietnamese]]-born [[United States|American]] politician. She represented [[Florida|Florida's]] [[Florida's 7th congressional district|7th congressional district]] from 2017 to 2023. Murphy is the first [[Vietnam]]ese-American woman to serve in Congress. She is the second overall, after [[Joseph Cao]]. She is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and used to be an [[Independent politician|Independent]]. ==Political career== Murphy announced her candidacy for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Florida]]'s [[Florida's 7th congressional district|7th congressional district]] in the 2016 elections. She ran against then-incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[John Mica]]. She was supported by President [[Barack Obama]], Vice President [[Joe Biden]], and former congresswoman [[Gabby Giffords]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-val-demings-endorsed-gabby-giffords-20160926-story.html|title=Val Demings, Stephanie Murphy endorsed by Gabby Giffords|first=Orlando|last=Sentinel|access-date=November 9, 2016|archive-date=October 30, 2016|a