North Carolina's 3rd District sends Republican Greg Murphy to the U.S. House, and he seeks another term on November 3, 2026. He took the seat on September 17, 2019. When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act first passed the House on May 22, 2025, the margin was 215 to 214, and Murphy was a yes. He voted yes again on July 3, 2025, when the final law cleared. By KFF's math, North Carolina's federal Medicaid funding drops $22.5 billion across the decade.
About Greg Murphy
- Full name
- Gregory F. Murphy, a Republican who goes by Greg; the House Clerk's member profile lists him as Gregory F. Murphy, North Carolina, 3rd District
- Current role
- U.S. House, North Carolina's 3rd District; committee seats on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs and House Administration
- In office since
- Has represented North Carolina's 3rd District since September 17, 2019
- Seeking
- A new term in North Carolina's 3rd District; voters decide on November 3, 2026
- Key votes
- The 2025 budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 14 (February 25, 2025); the one-vote House passage of H.R. 1 (May 22, 2025); the law's final passage (July 3, 2025); H.Res. 1156, praise for its tax provisions (April 16, 2026)
What Greg Murphy Is Responsible For
- Medicaid. Murphy's yes was indispensable when the House bill passed 215 to 214 in May 2025, and his July yes helped make it law. North Carolina gives up $22.5 billion in federal Medicaid money. Expansion adults face work rules by January 1, 2027. In the 3rd District, Medicaid covered 266,600 people, a third of residents, in 2025. Statewide, 300,000 more people will be uninsured in 2034, KFF projects.
- Hospitals and rural health. Murphy voted in July 2025 for the law's caps on the payments states direct to hospitals. KFF finds North Carolina hospital care draws $3.44 billion a year in federal money above those caps. Rural parts of the state lose $6.37 billion in federal Medicaid funds over ten years.
- Food assistance. Under the law Murphy voted for, SNAP shrinks by $187 billion through 2034, a record cut, by CBPP's count. North Carolina's caseload has dropped by more than 110,000 since September 2025. Counties there are covering about $52 million in new administrative costs.
- Medicare. KFF says the law Murphy voted for in July 2025 is the first ever to strip Medicare from people already eligible. Refugees and asylees are among those cut off; under CMS's proposed timeline, coverage ends February 1, 2027 for people already flagged. The state counted 2,228,458 people on Medicare in 2024.
- Nursing homes. The law Murphy voted for sidelines the federal minimum staffing rule for nursing homes through September 30, 2034. In North Carolina, 60% of the 35,329 nursing-facility residents rely mainly on Medicaid, the program the law cuts.
- Social Security. Murphy's votes added $168.6 billion to Social Security's costs through 2034, the chief actuary estimates, and pulled the retirement fund's shortfall into late 2032. In December 2024, Social Security checks went to 187,641 people in the 3rd District.
- The child tax credit. About 56,000 children in North Carolina's 3rd District, 37%, cannot claim the full credit under the law Murphy voted for, since their parents' earnings fall short, Columbia researchers estimate.
- Veterans. Murphy's July 2025 vote ended veterans' exemption from SNAP's three-month limit. About 47,000 North Carolina veterans live in households on SNAP. In Medicaid, the work rule's only veteran-specific exemption requires a total disability rating.
- Student loans. The Repayment Assistance Plan began in the House bill Murphy's May 2025 vote carried. A North Carolina borrower switched to it from SAVE pays $1,767 a year more, on average. Graduate PLUS loans no longer exist under the final law.
- Taxes. The law Murphy voted for pays the richest tenth of households about $13,600 a year. The poorest tenth comes out about $1,200 behind, Thomson Reuters reported from the Congressional Budget Office's estimate. Murphy later voted for a 2026 resolution dubbing it the "Working Families Tax Cuts."
- Energy bills. The law Murphy voted for ends home energy credits and winds down wind and solar credits. Energy Innovation projected that by 2035, North Carolina households could pay an average of about $490 more each year for energy as a result.
- Jobs. Energy Innovation projects "760,000 lost jobs by 2030" from the energy provisions of the final law Murphy voted for in July 2025. A Commonwealth Fund worst case, as WRAL reported, ties up to 30,000 North Carolina layoffs to the Medicaid cuts.
- Planned Parenthood. Murphy's July 2025 vote cut off Planned Parenthood's Medicaid payments for one year. During that year, close to 30 of its health centers shut down, and its Medicaid visits dropped by a quarter, over 250,000 visits, the group reported.
- Immigration enforcement. Murphy voted for a law that "directs $170.7 billion toward immigration and border enforcement," in the American Immigration Council's tally. ICE detention reached "nearly 70,000 people" by March 2026, NPR reported.
- The consumer bureau. Murphy's vote nearly halved the ceiling on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding, to 6.5% of a Federal Reserve measure from 12%. For fiscal 2025 that means roughly $446 million rather than $823 million, the Congressional Research Service calculates.
- Silencers. Under the law Murphy voted for, silencers and short-barreled guns no longer carry the $200 federal tax. A federal judge then ruled the repeal erased the constitutional basis for registering them. On October 9, 2026, the ATF dropped the registration requirement.
How This Page on Greg Murphy Is Sourced
Each vote on this page links to the House Clerk's roll call, such as the one-vote passage of H.R. 1 on May 22, 2025. North Carolina and 3rd District numbers link to the underlying data, including KFF's state Medicaid estimates and the Social Security Administration's district counts. National numbers link to the Congressional Budget Office, KFF, CBPP and others, and the page was last updated October 27, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions About Greg Murphy
What is Greg Murphy's record under Trump?
Greg Murphy voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's budget resolutions, rules and House passage in 2025, and both 2025 budget resolutions and the May 22, 2025 House passage turned on his vote. The final law, which he also voted for, cuts North Carolina's federal Medicaid funding by $22.5 billion and SNAP by $187 billion nationally. In April 2026, Murphy added his vote to a resolution celebrating it.
How did Greg Murphy vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act?
Greg Murphy voted yes on House passage on May 22, 2025, when it won 215 to 214, and yes on final passage on July 3, 2025, when it won 218 to 214. He also voted for the budget resolution behind it in February and April 2025, both by margins his switch would have erased.
Did Greg Murphy vote to cut Medicaid in North Carolina?
Greg Murphy did, on July 3, 2025. By KFF's reading of the Congressional Budget Office estimate, his state's federal Medicaid funding falls $22.5 billion, or 11%, over the decade. North Carolina's HASP hospital payment program loses about $32 billion in federal support over a decade, the North Carolina Medical Journal reports.
Did Greg Murphy vote to end Medicare for some people already enrolled?
Greg Murphy did, on July 3, 2025. Lawfully present immigrants without green cards, refugees and asylees included, lose Medicare under the law. KFF calls it the first time Congress has eliminated Medicare coverage for people who were eligible.
What do Greg Murphy's votes mean for North Carolina's 3rd District?
Greg Murphy's votes reach a district where Medicaid covered 34% of residents in 2025 and 37% of children miss the full child tax credit under the law. In December 2024, 187,641 district residents drew Social Security, a program whose costs the law raises by $168.6 billion.
Did Greg Murphy vote to cut food stamps?
Greg Murphy did, on July 3, 2025, when he voted for the law that cuts SNAP by $187 billion. Before that, his deciding February 2025 budget vote gave SNAP's committee a savings target of at least $230 billion. North Carolina's caseload has since dropped by more than 110,000.
Last updated: 2026-10-27