State Representative Jason Murphey (R-Guthrie) has learned that he will receive a rating of 100% from Oklahoma`s longest running conservative publication for his work during the 2009 legislative session.

The 100% rating was given to Murphey and one other Oklahoma Representative by The Oklahoma Constitution Newspaper. Each year since 1979, The Oklahoma Constitution has graded Oklahoma legislators and published a Conservative Index by which the constituents of the legislator can gauge how conservative or liberal their legislator votes.

Each year bills nominated for use on the Conservative Index are submitted to the Oklahoma Conservative PAC (OCPAC). The membership of OCPAC takes input from both lawmakers and citizens and uses that input to vote on the top ten issues by which the lawmakers are graded.

The ten issues and the rankings of the lawmakers are published in the Conservative Index. The index grades lawmakers on both their session score and their cumulative lifetime score in order to keep track of the voting habits of lawmakers during their entire time in office.

Murphey was graded on 10 issues including his votes against issuing more government debt and against liberalizing Oklahoma`s unemployment benefits to accept federal stimulus money. Murphey was given points for his votes for declaring English to be Oklahoma`s official language and for overturning a Gubernatorial veto on a key right-to-life issue.

"When I campaigned for office I ran on a platform of representing conservative values. I believe this ranking shows that I am keeping my word,"Murphey said.

Murphey remains the only Oklahoma Legislator to maintain a lifetime score of 100% having scored a 100% on the index in both 2007 and 2008.