Sen. Chris Murphy was spotted at a Washington, DC, watering hole on a date with a progressive media mogul and strategist who’s boosted his efforts as a leading anti-Trump politician in Congress — just months after the Connecticut Democrat announced he and his wife were separating.
Murphy, 51, was caught “cuddling” with Courier Newsroom publisher Tara McGowan, 39, last Monday by the bar at the Red Hen, located just one mile north of Capitol Hill in the district’s Bloomingdale neighborhood, a source told The Post, sharing a photo of the pair’s romantic rendezvous.
The source said Murphy wrapped his arm around McGowan’s shoulder at one point, and the two were “being cutesy” while scanning the menu together for rustic Italian fare.
The cozy outing took place the night before President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, which the senator sat out.
The Democratic lawmaker is apparently still married to his wife, Cathy Holahan, a lawyer based in Washington, as neither has filed for divorce in Connecticut or DC, per public court records. The couple announced they were parting ways last November.
A DC Dem insider told Semafor that McGowan is having a love affair with the senator