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Greg Murphy
U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 3rd congressional district (since 2019)
Greg Murphy, a Republican urologist who has represented North Carolina's 3rd congressional district since 2019, seeks re-election in 2026 against Democrat Raymond Smith Jr., a former state representative.
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NC voters indicted for falsely claiming citizenship
The article profiles U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC-03), a Greenville urologist and former ECU Health-affiliated physician, focusing on potential conflicts of interest as he seeks reelection.
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Decision 2026: Third Congressional District candidates discuss healthcare
Topic: 2026 debate on healthcare for North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District featuring Republican Rep. Greg Murphy.
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New Legislation Offers Hope to Urological / Ostomy Providers
The article reports that U.S. Representatives Greg Murphy (R-NC, NC-03) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation to pause for five years the inclusion of ostomy and urological supplies in the DMEPOS…
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Murphy helped secure funding and facilitated Ways and Means Committee visits to ECU Health facilities.
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- Born
- March 5, 1963
- Birthplace
- Tarrytown, New York
- Education
- Needham B. Broughton High School
Davidson College
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (medical school)
Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Greg Murphy was born Gregory Francis Murphy in Tarrytown, New York, on March 5, 1963, and was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he attended Needham B. Broughton High School. He went on to Davidson College and completed medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After a residency in urology and renal transplantation at the University of Kentucky, Murphy and his wife settled in Greenville, North Carolina, where he began his medical practice.
Career
During his medical career, Greg Murphy served as president of a medical practice and as chief of staff of Vidant Medical Center, taught on the faculty of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, and did medical missionary work in India and, after the 2010 earthquake, in Haiti.
He was appointed to the North Carolina General Assembly in November 2015 to finish the term of Brian Brown in the 9th district, won the seat in 2016 with 57.52% of the vote, and was re-elected in 2018.
As senior chair of health policy he introduced the STOP Act and the HOPE Act, which addressed opioid misuse and drug trafficking.
Murphy entered the 2019 special election for the 3rd congressional district after the death of Walter B. Jones Jr. He won the Republican runoff on July 9, 2019, against pediatrician Joan Perry, 59.7% to 40.3%, and defeated former Greenville mayor Allen M. Thomas in the September 10 general election, 61.7% to 37.5%.
In the 119th Congress he serves on the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee on House Administration, and the Joint Committee on Printing.
2026 race
The 3rd district was redrawn on October 22, 2025, and now includes all of Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Jones, Onslow, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson counties along with most of Sampson County. Greg Murphy, the Republican incumbent, was re-elected in 2024 with 77.4% of the vote and is again his party's nominee.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Democrat Raymond Smith Jr., a former state representative for the 21st district who won the Democratic primary with 56.7% of the vote over Allison Jaslow, and Libertarian Daniel Cavender, a technician.