State Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown, right, speaks during debate on a flood relief bill as Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, looks on at the Capitol in St. Paul on August 24, 2012.

Murphy, a DFLer, served Northern Minnesota for more than 45 years as a member of the Minnesota House. She was the second-longest-serving lawmaker and the longest-serving woman at the state capitol.