Norm Murdock is an automobile racing driver and owner of a high performance and restoration car parts company.

Norm earned undergraduate degrees in literature and journalism, and graduated Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1985.

He worked in the IT industry for two years before launching a career in government relations in Columbus, Ohio.

Norm has assisted clients in the Transportation, Education, Healthcare, and Public Infrastructure sectors.

Some of his advocacy achievements include codifying a new Ohio Commercial Passenger Vehicle Inspection Program, working with the Public Utilities Commission and the Ohio State Highway Patrol; passing legislation to establish the Ohio Board of Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Counselors; writing and executing a US DOT grant to demonstrate taxpayer savings of competitive contracting in public transit procurement; and implementing guidance of Financial Disclosure reporting for 800 Ohio school district executives.

Norm's racing successes have come in professional and club racing with IMSA, SCCA, SVRA, and HSR. He participated in the Columbus 500 IMSA SS street race, earned two SCCA Divisional championships, scored the top points nationally in his vintage racing class, and won the overall prize and course record at the Chattanooga downtown time trials. He has raced on track with luminaries such as Jack Hanna, Walter Payton, Bobby Unser, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, and David Hobbs.

Norm has two sons and is an occasional farmer, writer, motorcyclist, globetrotter, and cook.