In Part 2, New Jersey Deputy Assembly Speaker Carol Murphy traces her unconventional path from the legal field and local recreation advocacy to state government and elected office. She discusses the legislation she is most proud of, including measures addressing healthcare access, public safety, disabilities and human trafficking. Murphy also reflects on the challenges of being a woman in the Legislature, the importance of leading with passion instead of anger and her growing role as an honest, tough-love mentor to the next generation of women in public service.

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Hosted by Stacy McCormack, Politics, Pubs, Parades, + the Parish is a series of interviews with people you most likely know - many of them in New Jersey politics - telling stories that seem to get better with age.

This is the second in a three-part series featuring Assemblywoman Murphy.

Please look for Part Three next Monday and look for other podcasts featuring other New Jersey political difference-makers in the coming weeks.

To listen to the first episode, please go HERE.