Sen. Chris Murphy and Tara McGowan. (Getty Images)
McGowan has long held ties with the Democratic Party, working on former President Barack Obama's re-election campaign before serving in top positions at Priorities Action USA, a Democratic super PAC, and ACRONYM, a Democrat-focused digital advocacy group.
The Murphy-tied strategist founded Courier Newsroom, a left-leaning media group that has received millions from the Fund for Policy Reform, an advocacy group founded by Soros.
In 2021, Gabby Deutch, who the Washington Post described as "the Washington correspondent for NewsGuard, a New York-based nonpartisan organization that reviews news sites to combat misinformation," penned an op-ed criticizing Courier Newsroom as a "political operation" and argued it is "exploiting the widespread loss of local journalism to create and disseminate something we really don’t need: hyperlocal partisan propaganda."
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Sen. Chris Murphy speaks during a news conference with former Education Secretary Arne Duncan and education advocates at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Feb. 13, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
Murphy and McGowan were spotted getting close at a Washington, D.C., watering hole earlier this month, according to the New York Post, with a source telling the outlet the pair was getting "cutesy."
The outlet reported that Murphy is still married to his wife, Washington, D.C., lawyer Cathy Holahan, and that neither has filed for divorce in Connecticut nor Washington, D.C. The couple did announce they were separating in November, shortly after Murphy won re-election.
Murphy has positioned himself as one of the most prominent Democrat critics of President Donald Trump, which has caused many to speculate he is interested in a run for the White House in the future.
"Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump," a recent New York Times headline read with an article that was reposted on Murphy's website.
Fox News Digital reached out to McGowan for comment.
Fox News Digital's Cameron Cawthorne contributed to this post.
Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.
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