Politicians
- Michael Murphy, activist husband of Clare Daly and veteran anti-bin tax campaigner
- Michael Murphy (Indiana politician) (born 1957), member of the Indiana House of Representatives
- Michael Murphy (Irish politician) (1919–2000), Irish Labour Party politician
- Mike Murphy (New Brunswick politician) (born 1958), Canadian lawyer and Liberal politician
- Michael Murphy (New Jersey politician) (born 1949), New Jersey lobbyist, former Prosecutor and candidate for Governor
- Mike Murphy (political consultant) (born 1962), American Republican political consultant
- Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician) (born 1942), nationalist politician in Northern Ireland
- Mike Murphy (Washington politician), Democratic Treasurer of the State of Washington
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