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Life in Brief Quick Summary Born: August 16, 1957 Harvard-educated investment banker deeply rooted in Democratic Party politics. Advanced Hometown: Needham, MA progressive causes with nonprofits after stints with the DNC and as Ambassador to Germany Current Residence: Monmouth County, NJ • Underwrote deals for German and Chinese telecom giants as part of 23-year international Education: tenure at • MBA, University of Wharton • Chaired task forces on national public School of Business, 1983 education and the 2005 New Jersey pension • BA, , 1979 crisis which springboarded him into NJ politics • Leveraged finance industry connections to raise Family: $300 million as the DNC’s finance chair • Wife: Tammy (Snyder) • Shrewd navigator of Germany’s political scene • Four children well-known within Atlanticist circles; embraced their dual apprenticeship education and Work History: infrastructure bank models • , 2018-present • Spearheaded nonprofit initiatives in public • Founder, New Way New Jersey, 2015-2016 health and economic development partnerships • Founder, New Start New Jersey, 2014-2015 • Ambitious governor who has made aggressive • US Ambassador to Germany, 2009-2013 moves to remake state’s tax programs and • National Finance Chair, Democratic National defied the Trump Administration on immigration Committee, 2006-2009

• Director, private philanthropy, 2003-2006 Approach and Motivations • Senior Director, Goldman Sachs, 1999-2003 Charismatic and results-oriented organizer • President of Goldman Sachs Asia, 1997-1999 whose paycheck-to-paycheck childhood • Head of Goldman Sachs , 1993-1997 motivated him to fight for economic justice • Banker, Goldman Sachs, 1983-1993 • Forged views while observing his father work

numerous odd jobs; Murphy ran a nonprofit to Past and Present Board and Advisory Roles help displaced workers find jobs and advocates • Chair, Democratic Association for raising and paid • Former board member, NAACP • Surrendered his dream of going into musical • Former Chairman, 180 Turney Lives Around theater for while putting • Former Trustee, Center for American Progress himself through college • Former Chair, New Jersey Benefits Task Force • President of a Harvard theater club who nd • Co-founder, 2 Floor leverages his theater roots in politics • Co-owner, Sky Blue (women’s soccer) • Talented speaker who attributes his success at Goldman to being a calm and abled mediator Electoral Overview • Walked the red carpet at film festivals and • Defeated the outgoing Lt. Governor Kim featured on mags as a diplomat in Germany Guadagno 56%-42%, driven by the • Raised his profile in NJ with a massive media unpopularity of previous governor campaign pushing a progressive narrative

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PHIL MURPHY (D-NJ) Governor of New Jersey

Policy Positions and Areas of Focus Core Communities

Focused on a diverse range of issues Communities deeply connected to his work

Economics: Pro-growth progressive; promotes National Democrats: Well connected to smarter tax incentives and raising taxes influential party brass • Ordered an audit of NJ incentive • Helped use the “Fifty State programs in first three days, revealing an Strategy” to rebuild the Democratic Party’s inefficient system paying $160k per job created grassroots efforts at the DNC from 2006-2009 • Calls for fairer, strategic incentives that invest in • Fundraised for Clinton-Gore campaigns as well people and communities; overhauled old credit Clinton’s 2016 bid, worked with John Podesta programs for ones that focus on urban centers, • Co-chaired an education task force with Janet apprenticeships, and underused resources Napolitano at Center for American Progress • Strongly pushes for a millionaire’s tax to pay for infrastructure and education priorities; sought to New Jersey Democrats: A relative newcomer raise the and new taxes on rideshare who continues to build his network • Seeks to create a state bank similar to North • Started progressive policy nonprofits that ran Dakota’s; created implementation board in 2019 events with activist and singer • Rickety rapport with State Senate leader Steve Education: Dramatically increases state funding Sweeney and Assemblyman ; • Half of his $41B 2020 budget earmarked for education dispute nearly shut down government education; boosted funding for pre-K and K-12 • Wrangles with wealthy education, expanded high school computer • Worked with former Governor at science programs, aided college affordability Goldman Sachs • Will fully fund the school aid formula by 2025 • Wants to eliminate standardized testing Goldman Sachs: Ties to influential executives • Worked closely with former Treasury Health: Prioritizes ACA and religious exemption Secretaries Rubin and Hank Paulson, • Supports protecting key areas of ACA in NJ and , and Peter Rose nixing the religious exemption for sexual health • Wife is a former Goldman colleague who ran • Pursues removing religious exemptions for civic orgs with and campaign’s finances for him childhood vaccines; supports law disallowing unvaccinated kids to attend public school Germany: Robust relationship with the country since first working there in the 1990s Civil Rights: Advocate for justice and welfare • Helped conduct the privatization of former • Resumed NJ oversight of refugee resettlement state-owned East-German assets, which landed • Created NJ office to advance integration of him membership to Atlantik-Brück; co-founded refugees and immigrants into state initiatives the nonprofit’s International Advisory Council • Limited the ability of state and local law • Ascended to celebrity status as Ambassador; enforcement to assist federal immigration close to German Marshall Fund President officials; sued by Justice Dept in 2020 Karen Donfried, frequented social events and • Champions women’s and LGBTQ rights; signed used soccer to relate to politicians the equal pay act in 2018 and outlawed the gay • Opened a Choose NJ office in to foster and trans panic defense for criminal homicide ties between Germany and the state in 2018

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PHIL MURPHY (D-NJ) Governor of New Jersey

Relevant Financial Information Publications, Media, and Speaking

Intricate financial connections to Democrats Strong and comfortable speaker since his theater days Biggest Industry Donors (Career) • Lawyers & Lobbyists, $565,881 Publications: Few outside of campaigning • Real Estate, $349,150 • Preferred Outlets: NYT, local NJ papers like the • General Trade Unions, $323,800 Bergen County Record, Dallas News, • Health Professionals, $205,933 • Favorite Subjects: Gun control, COVID-19, • Security & Investment, $182,315 , anti-Semitism, taxes • Public Sector Unions, $113,600 Media: Frequent appearances balanced across Biggest Corporate Donors (Career) national, local, and online outlets. Hosts Ask • AT&T (Dallas, TX), $8,600 Murphy, a call-in show for constituents • NJ Apartment Association, $8,600 • Preferred Outlets: National cable news like • NJ Shipping Association, $8,600 MSNBC and CNN; local news like the Star- • Airbnb, (San Francisco, CA), $8,600 Ledger and NJ.com, Sunday Talk Shows like • Fedway Associates, Inc (Basking Ridge, NJ), Face and This Week; online video $8,033 platforms like Now This • Favorite Subjects: Taxes, gun control, climate Biggest Individual Donors (Career) change, religious exemptions, jobs, economic • Alan & Susan Solomont, Attorneys, $8,600 security infrastructure, the ultra-wealthy • Evan Karzhevsky, who, $9,500 • Social Media Habits: Active on twitter and posts • Laurene Jobs, Emerson Collective, $8,600 some videos to Facebook • Henry van Ameringen, H. van Ameringen Foundation, $8,600 Speaking: Passionately discusses progressive • Jonathan Tisch, billionaire and former Loews issues, personal plans, and political theory CEO, $8,600 everywhere from rallies to academic panels • Favorite Subjects: Climate change, budgets, Political Donations: Gave nearly $1.5 million to economics, pensions, civil rights, , Democratic candidates by 2009 Germany-American relations, COVID-19 • Democratic Senatorial Committee, $400,250 • Preferred Audience: Academics at colleges and • Democratic National Committee, $389,900 other institutions like the Hertie School and the • (D), 1999-2008, $14,800 Princeton Adlinger Center; conferences like • (D), 2008, $4,600 TedX; DNC events; the public at venues like • Al Franken (D), 2008, $4,600 the Liberty Science Center; business groups like local chambers of commerce Miscellaneous: • Net worth estimated to be between $60 million Congressional Testimony: One appearance • Testified before The House Committee on and $100 million due to he and his wife’s long Transportation about funding for the Gateway tenure at Goldman Sachs Project to rebuild a tunnel linking NY and NJ • Made $2.2 million in 2018 while governor damaged by Superstorm Sandy, May, 2019 • A Super PAC that raised him $6.8m released its donor list after staying secret for two years; $4.5m from NJ Education Association

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PHIL MURPHY (D-NJ) Governor of New Jersey

Family and Personal Background Criticisms and Controversies

Early life Controversies involving Ambassadorship and • Grew up around Boston where he describes his staffing decisions family as “middle class on a good day” • His parents were engaged in politics and he Leaked memos during time as Ambassador • Was central to the United States diplomatic recounts one of his most influential memories as cables leak in 2010 when the NFL decided to continue to play • In the memos, published by Wikileaks, Murphy games in the aftermath of JFK’s assassination called German Chancellor • A lack of financial security turned him away from “insecure” and gave her the name “Teflon” for musical theater at Harvard, where he was her pattern of avoiding political conflict and president of Hasty Pudding Theatrics, to called their foreign minister , pursuing a career in finance “incompetent, vain, and critical of the United • His wife, Tammy, also worked at Goldman States” Sachs before becoming engaged with civic life; • The incident soured relations between the U.S. she was recruited by to be a founding and Germany for a period member of the Climate Reality Project • Murphy apologized for the incident and took responsibility for the leak • The couple amassed wealth of more than $50M

– his tax filings often exceed 300 pages – and Hiring of a top staffer with known sexual assault have four children whom have attended elite allegations private schools, like • In 2018, Katie Brennan, a former campaign volunteer, made a rape allegation against Al Public Figure Alvarez, a Murphy campaign official • Helped run a nonprofit that supports victims of • The administration hired Alvarez for a key sexual assault and domestic abuse position in the Schools Development Authority • Several times served as the grand marshal of despite the serious allegations against him the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Rumson, NJ • Brennan repeatedly made attempts to bring the • Was a in the 2008 Democratic administration’s attention to the matter and primary investigation began into the lack of addressing issue pre-hiring

• Murphy said he was unaware of the hiring and Sports supported the inquiry; also denied knowing that • Developed a lifelong interest in sports, which he his aides tried to restrict the investigation believes builds community, despite taking heat • The legislative panel found in June of 2019 that for rooting for Boston teams over ones from NJ Murphy’s staff “failed her at every step of the • Counts Bill Russell as his sports mentor, whom way” and that “it is highly unusual that several he admired for “both ends of the court” of the governor’s top aides were aware of the • Worked for the U.S Soccer Foundation after sexual assault allegations, which they believed becoming obsessed with soccer in Germany to be true, but failed to mention it to him during • Working hard to bring the World Cup to NY/NJ the ten-month period • Scandal was highly publicized and is ongoing • Runs 3-5 times a week; completed one

marathon and three half marathons with his wife

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PHIL MURPHY (D-NJ) Governor of New Jersey

COVID-19 Response Capable organizing of a response plan as Governor in an early hot spot state

Actions: Organized a cautious, collaborative approach • Formed a task force to prepare a response on 2/3 and was able to provide more tests quicker relative to other states • Suspended jury trials and canceled public events of more than 250 attendees on 3/12 • Closed schools on 3/16; enacted a stay-at- home order for non-essential businesses on 3/21; orders have been strictly enforced • Signed a package of emergency bills on 3/21; authorized telehealth services, mandated worker protections, and delayed elections • Ordered evictions and foreclosures to halt during the pandemic; limited short-term rentals • Gave the State Police the ability to command medical supplies from private companies • Formed an advisory council with northeast states to help guide reopening post-virus • Resolute in leading NJ’s response to COVID- 19, despite having a tumor removed mid- outbreak

Messaging: Calm but forceful in guiding state • Co-wrote op-ed with Massachusetts Governor criticizing the federal government’s response • Urged Trump Administration to mandate manufacturing of ventilators, respirators and PPE • Stresses the importance of the National Governors Association and close working relationship with , , , and • Inspired by the collective response and the ability of politicians to bridge partisanship

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