EDMOND - 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 2007 legislative session.

The 100% rating was given to Murphey and two other Oklahoma Representatives 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 tax cuts, immigration reform, inappropriate government spending, the right-to-life of the unborn, tort reform and gun owners rights. Murphey also received points based on his vote against a massive 139 million dollar spending bill which many conservatives felt was unconstitutional legislative logrolling.

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

The freshman lawmaker becomes the only Representative to maintain a lifetime score of 100%.

The other two recipients of the 100% designation in the House of Representatives were Broken Arrow Republican John Wright and Moore Republican Paul Wesselhoft. Owasso Republican Randy Brogden was the lone Senator to receive a 100% score.