of staff and his "hostile, erratic, unstable, angry, aggressive and abusive behavior", which led to an "inability to hire and retain competent staff, [and] abysmal office morale". On October 4, Murphy announced that he would not run for an eighth term in 2018. During the next 24 hours, several former staffers came forward with claims of an abusive environment in his office. By October 5, House Republican leaders concluded the allegations should be investigated by the House Ethics Committee. Fearing that a wave of unflattering stories would be published, creating a distraction, they pressed Murphy to leave immediately. Accordingly, he resigned from the House on October 21. In February 2018, Edwards announced that she intended to run for Congress and that she expected the affair with Murphy to be a campaign issue. However, she did not file the paperwork to run in the 2018 elections. Electoral history ★Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2002, write-ins received 13 votes. In 2006, write-ins received 189 votes. Personal life Murphy is married to Nanette Missig. They have one daughter, Bevin, and multiple grandchildren. References External links Donors and campaign contributions, from OpenSecrets Articles and videos Book TV, C-SPAN video archiveo, July 14, 2003 Publishers Weekly, October 31, 2005 Psychology Today, March 1, 2006 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on Murphy's alleged ethics lapses, October 27, 2006 Pittsburgh City Paper article regarding Murphy's use of staff to research writers of letters to the editor critical of Murphy, November 23, 2006 Official Website, Overcoming Passive-Aggression CNN, State of the Union with Candy Crowley takes a look at mental illness in the U.S., January 16, 2011 Face the Nation looks at mental illness and violence, February 25, 2013 Washington Journal, C-SPAN, March 5, 2013, discussion of mental health House Committee Energy & Commerce | Oversight and Investigations | Mental Illness and Violence, March 5, 2013 Chief of staff memo about abusive and erratic behavior, June 8, 2017 |- |- 1952 births 21st-century American politicians Cleveland State University alumni Living people Military personnel from Cleveland Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators People from Northfield, Ohio Politicians from Cleveland Politicians from Pittsburgh Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania United States Navy officers University of Pittsburgh alumni Wheeling University alumni United States Navy reservists