Lisa Murkowski

Extracted Attributes

• Award

  Guardian of Small Business by National Federation of Independent Business

• Gender

  Female

• Children

  Two

• Education

  J.D., Willamette University (1985)

• Full Name

  Lisa Ann Murkowski

• Occupation

  Attorney, Politician

• Citizenship

  United States

• Distinction

  Second U.S. senator ever elected by write-in vote

• Date of Birth

  1957-05-22

• Committee Role

  Vice Chair, Senate Indian Affairs Committee (since 2021)

• Current Office

  Senior United States Senator from Alaska

• Place of Birth

  Ketchikan, Alaska, United States

• Political Party

  Republican Party

• Political Pledge

  Signer of Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge

• Political Stance

  Moderate Republican, crucial swing vote

• Senate Tenure Start

  2002

• Committee Membership

  Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

Timeline

• Born in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. (Source: Summary)

  1957-05-22

• Received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Georgetown University. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1980

• Received a Juris Doctor from Willamette University. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1985

• Married Verne Martell. (Source: web_search_results)

  1987

• Served as an Anchorage District Court attorney. (Source: web_search_results)

  1987-1989

• Worked in private legal practice. (Source: web_search_results)

  1989-1996

• Served on the Mayor's Task Force on the Homeless. (Source: web_search_results)

  1990-1991

• Served in the Alaska House of Representatives. (Source: Summary)

  1999-2002

• Appointed to the U.S. Senate by her father, Frank Murkowski, to fill his vacant seat. (Source: Summary)

  2002-12

• Elected to a full term as U.S. Senator from Alaska. (Source: Summary)

  2004

• Honored with a Congressional Leadership Award by the National Congress of American Indians. (Source: web_search_results)

  2009

• Served as Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2009-2010

• Lost the Republican primary but successfully ran as a write-in candidate and was re-elected to the U.S. Senate. (Source: Summary)

  2010

• Voted with President Barack Obama's position 72.3% of the time. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2013

• Served as Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2015-2021

• Re-elected to the U.S. Senate. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2016

• Voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. (Source: web_search_results)

  2017-12-02

• Opposed Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. (Source: Summary)

  2018

• Voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. (Source: Summary)

  2021

• Censured by the Alaska Republican Party for her vote to convict Donald Trump. (Source: Summary)

  2021

• Serves as Vice Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021-Present

• Supported Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court. (Source: Summary)

  2022

• Re-elected to the U.S. Senate. (Source: Summary)

  2022

• Known for bipartisan work, including support for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. (Source: Summary)

  Ongoing

Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski ( mər-KOW-ski; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from the state of Alaska, having held the seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the U.S. Congress and is the Senate's second-most senior Republican woman. Murkowski became dean of Alaska's congressional delegation upon Representative Don Young's death. Murkowski is the daughter of former U.S. senator and governor of Alaska Frank Murkowski. She was appointed to the Senate by her father, who resigned his seat in 2002 to become Alaska's governor. Murkowski became the first Alaskan-born member of Congress and completed her father's unexpired Senate term, which ended in January 2005. Before her appointment to the Senate, she had been a member of the Alaska House of Representatives since 1999. Murkowski ran for and won a full term in 2004 with 48% of the vote. After losing the 2010 Republican primary to Tea Party candidate Joe Miller, she ran as a write-in candidate and defeated both Miller and Democrat Scott McAdams in the general election. Murkowski was reelected in 2016 and again in 2022. She was vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference from 2009 to 2010 and chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee from 2015 to 2021. She has served as vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee since 2021. Murkowski is often described as one of the Senate's most moderate Republicans and a swing vote. According to CQ Roll Call, she voted with President Barack Obama's position 72.3% of the time in 2013; she was one of only two Republicans to vote with Obama over 70% of the time. She opposed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination in 2018 and supported Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination in 2022. In 2021, she was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial; the Alaska Republican Party censured her for that vote. Murkowski was a pivotal Republican vote for the first Trump administration's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the second Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Web Search Results

• Lisa Murkowski | Biography, Congress, & Facts - Britannica

  Senate confirms Trump lawyer Emil Bove for appeals court, pushing past whistleblower claims • July 29, 2025, 10:08 PM ET (AP) The Latest: Trump’s EPA moves to repeal finding that underpins US climate regulation • July 29, 2025, 9:38 PM ET (AP) Lisa Murkowski (born May 22, 1957, Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S.) is an American politician who was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate from Alaska in 2002 and took office the following year. She was elected to that body in 2004. [...] Her father, Frank Murkowski, was an Alaskan banker turned politician who later served as a U.S. senator (1981–2002) and as governor (2002–06). After studying economics at Georgetown University (B.A., 1980), Lisa Murkowski received a law degree (1985) from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She then moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where she worked in the district court and in private legal practice. In 1987 she married Verne Martell, and the couple later had two children. [...] SUBSCRIBE Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos Quick Facts In full: : Lisa Ann Murkowski Born: : May 22, 1957, Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S. (age 68) Title / Office: : United States Senate (2002-), United States Political Affiliation: : Republican Party See all related content ## News •

• Lisa Murkowski | Archives of Women's Political Communication

  Murkowski was born May 22, 1957, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Her father is former U.S. senator and governor of Alaska Frank Murkowski. She graduated from Georgetown University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and from Willamette University in 1985 with a Juris Doctor. Prior to her political career, Murkowski was an Anchorage District Court attorney from 1987-1989 and a private practice attorney from 1989-1996. She served on the Mayor's Task Force on the Homeless from 1990-1991 and on the [...] Archives of Women's Political Communication Menu Search # Lisa Murkowski | | | --- | | Born: | May 22, 1957 (age 68) | | Career: | U.S. Senate, 2002-present Alaska House of Representatives, 1999-2002 | | State: | Alaska | | Party: | Republican | | Education: | B.A., Georgetown University J.D., Willamette University College of Law | [...] Lisa Murkowski has served in the U.S. Senate for Alaska since 2002. Murkowski was the first elected Alaska-born senator and first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate.

• MURKOWSKI, Lisa - Bioguide Search

  MURKOWSKI, Lisa,(Daughter of Frank Hughes Murkowski), a Senator from Alaska; born in Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 22, 1957; attended public schools in Fairbanks, AK; attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, 1975-1977; B.A. in Economics, Georgetown University 1980; J.D., Willamette College of Law 1985; attorney; member, Alaska Bar Association; Anchorage District Court attorney 1987-1989; private practice 1989-1996; Mayor's Task Force on the Homeless 1990-1991; Anchorage Equal Rights

• Political positions of Lisa Murkowski

  Murkowski is an active member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and served as Vice Chairman of the committee during the 110th Congress. She is the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the Committee on Appropriations, and has a continuing role on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. In 2009, she was honored with a Congressional Leadership Award by the National Congress of American Indians. She is the first Alaskan to receive the [...] Murkowski is a signer of Americans for Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge. The National Federation of Independent country Business named Murkowski a Guardian of Small Business for her "outstanding" voting record on behalf of small business owners. On December 2, 2017, Murkowski voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, citing her desire for job growth and tax reduction. [...] Murkowski was one of five Republican senators who voted with Democrats "Democratic Party (United States)") for the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

• MURKOWSKI, Lisa | US House of Representatives

  MURKOWSKI, Lisa, (Daughter of Frank Hughes Murkowski), a Senator from Alaska; born in Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 22, 1957; attended public schools in Fairbanks, AK; attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, 1975-1977; B.A. in Economics, Georgetown University 1980; J.D., Willamette College of Law 1985; attorney; member, Alaska Bar Association; Anchorage District Court attorney 1987-1989; private practice 1989-1996; Mayor's Task Force on the Homeless 1990-1991; Anchorage Equal Rights [...] Image 12: MURKOWSKI, Lisa 1957– Office Senator State/Territory Alaska Party Republican Congress(es) 107th (2001–2003), 108th (2003–2005), 109th (2005–2007), 110th (2007–2009), 111th (2009–2011), 112th (2011–2013), 113th (2013–2015), 114th (2015–2017), 115th (2017–2019), 116th (2019–2021), 117th (2021–2023), 118th (2023–2025), 119th (2025–2027) Jump To Concise Biography Bibliography/Further Reading Concise Biography [...] View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress ( Bibliography / Further Reading "Lisa Murkowski," in _Women in Congress, 1917-2006_. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2006. Murkowski, Lisa, with Charles Wohlforth. _Far from Home: An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington D.C_. New York: Forum Books, 2025.

• Award

  Alaska Women's Hall of Fame

• Image

  

• Gender

  female

• Educated At

  Georgetown University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  lawyer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  5/22/1957

• Place Of Birth

  Ketchikan

Lisa Ann Murkowski (/mɜːrˈkaʊskiː/ mur-KOW-skee; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator for Alaska, having held that seat since 2002. Murkowski is the second-most senior Republican woman in the Senate, after Susan Collins of Maine. She became the dean of Alaska's Congressional delegation upon Representative Don Young's death. Murkowski is the daughter of former U.S. senator and governor of Alaska Frank Murkowski. Before her appointment to the Senate, she served in the Alaska House of Representatives and was elected majority leader. She was controversially appointed to the Senate by her father, who resigned his seat in December 2002 to become governor of Alaska. Murkowski completed her father's unexpired Senate term, which ended in January 2005, and became the first Alaskan-born member of Congress. Murkowski ran for and won a full term in 2004. After losing the 2010 Republican primary to Tea Party candidate Joe Miller, Murkowski ran as a write-in candidate and defeated both Miller and Democrat Scott McAdams in the general election. She is the second U.S. senator (after Strom Thurmond in 1954) to be elected by write-in vote. Murkowski was elected to a third term in 2016 and a fourth term in 2022, running as a Republican. Murkowski was vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference from 2009 to 2010. She served as chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee from 2015 to 2021, and has served as vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee since 2021. Murkowski is often described as one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate and a crucial swing vote. According to CQ Roll Call, Murkowski voted with President Barack Obama's position 72.3% of the time in 2013, one of only two Republicans voting for his positions over 70% of the time. In recent years, she opposed Brett Kavanaugh and supported Ketanji Brown Jackson in their respective nominations to the Supreme Court. On February 13, 2021, Murkowski was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial. Following this vote, she was censured by the Alaska Republican Party.