ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mary Murphy, the longest-serving woman and second-longest-serving member of the Minnesota House, died on Christmas Day at the age of 85, according to Democratic House Speaker Melissa ...

Longtime Northland state representative Mary Murphy (DFL) has died. Murphy was longest-serving female legislator and the second longest-serving representative ever in the Minnesota House. The ...

ST. PAUL — A former lawmaker who is the longest-serving woman in the history of the Minnesota House has suffered a stroke. Former Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown, experienced a stroke last week and ...

Former Minnesota state Rep. Mary Murphy, a Duluth-area Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmaker who was the longest-serving woman legislator in Minnesota history, has entered hospice care after suffering a ...

Minnesota's longest-serving female state representative has died. Mary Murphy carried out the role for 46 years, first elected in 1976 before finally losing that seat in 2022. Not only was Murphy ...

DULUTH – On Fridays, Mary Murphy lunched. The longest-serving woman in the Minnesota House, retired just two years, routinely sat alongside other politicians and laborers at a downtown restaurant and ...