David Murphy eyes return to Northampton City Council DAVID MURPHY NORTHAMPTON — A longtime former city councilor is returning to run for an at-large position. David Murphy announced his candidacy after at-large City Councilor Gina-Louise Sciarra announced a mayoral campaign Tuesday and fellow at-large City Councilor William Dwight announced Wednesday that he would not seek another term. “Both of those positions are open, so I’m going to take a shot and run for them,” Murphy said Wednesday afternoon. “I did spend 14 years there, so I pretty much got the councilor thing down,” he said, adding that he is currently on the city’s Board of Assessors. “I’m not out of municipal government. I do know municipal finance really well.”