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 ...

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 restauran ...

Mary Murphy, 85, died in hospice care on Christmas Day after recently suffering a stroke. Murphy was first elected in 1976 and was the longest-serving woman in the history of the Minnesota House.

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 ...

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 ...