Lisa Murkowski
Republican senior Senator of Alaska
Senator
Alaska
January 7, 2003 - January 3, 2005
Senator
Alaska
January 4, 2005 - January 3, 2011
Senator
Alaska
January 5, 2011 - January 3, 2017
Senator
Alaska
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2023
Senator
Alaska
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2029
11
Congresses Served
5
Senate Terms
January 1, 1957 (68 years old)
Birthday
- First woman to represent Alaska in the Senate
- Served as the senior United States senator from Alaska since 2002
- Daughter of former U.S. senator and governor of Alaska, Frank Murkowski
- Served in the Alaska House of Representatives before being appointed to the Senate
- First Alaskan-born member of Congress
- Won a full term in the Senate in 2004, and re-elected in 2010, 2016, and 2022
- Second U.S. senator to be elected by write-in vote
- Held positions such as vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference and chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Described as one of the Senate’s most moderate Republicans and a crucial swing vote
- Voted to convict Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial
- Supported controversial projects like the Willow oil drilling project
- Advocates for the Equal Rights Amendment
- Has a background in law, with a J.D. degree from Willamette University College of Law
- Married with two sons and practices Roman Catholicism
- Involved in a property sale controversy, which she resolved by selling back the land
- Has a net worth of more than $1.4 million as of 2018