Republican · North Carolina's 3rd District · 2026
Greg Murphy
Murphy grew up in Raleigh and became a urologic surgeon, building his practice in Greenville after medical training at UNC and Kentucky.
Biography
Greg Murphy and his wife, Wendy, settled in Greenville after his surgical residency, and they have three children.1 Raised in Raleigh, he graduated from Davidson College in 1985 and earned his medical degree at the University of North Carolina before training in urology and kidney transplantation at the University of Kentucky.2
His medical career included leading Eastern Urological Associates and serving as an affiliate professor of surgery and chief of urology at East Carolina University's medical school.2 He also spent three years as chief of staff at Vidant Medical Center and has volunteered on medical missions in India, Africa, Nicaragua and Haiti.2
Murphy served in the state House from 2015 to 2019, chairing health policy and health appropriations committees.2 He was a primary sponsor of the STOP Act, enacted in 2017 to place limits on opioid prescribing.34 He also helped develop the HOPE Act, addressing prescription drug diversion.2
He entered Congress in 2019 and serves on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs and House Administration.2 He also cochairs the House Republican Doctors Caucus and the Academic Medicine Caucus.2 In 2026, he introduced legislation seeking more predictable Medicare payments for physicians, including limits on unintended reimbursement reductions.5 He faces Democrat Raymond Smith Jr.6