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Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Murkowski

Incumbent
Assumed office 
December 20, 2002
Serving with Ted Stevens
Preceded by Frank Murkowski
Succeeded by Incumbent (2011)

Born May 22, 1957 (1957-05-22) (age 50)
Ketchikan, Alaska
Political party Republican
Spouse Verne Martell
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
Signature Lisa Murkowski's signature

Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is an American politician. She is currently the junior United States Senator from Alaska. She is the first U.S. Senator who was born in Alaska. She is Alaska's first female senator and the first woman ever elected to either chamber of Congress from Alaska. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (4042x5120, 1522 KB) Lisa Murkowski, US senator Source: http://murkowski. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Politics Portal      The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the... Official language(s) English[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ... For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ... is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Theodore Fulton Ted Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska. ... Francis Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Ketchikan (IPA: ) is the fifth most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska and the southeasternnmost sizable city in that state. ... Official language(s) English[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... A lawyer, according to Blacks Law Dictionary, is a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Politics Portal      The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the... Official language(s) English[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ...

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Early life, family, and career

Murkowski was born in Ketchikan, Alaska to Nancy R. Gore and Frank Murkowski; her paternal grandfather was of Polish descent.[1] As a child, she and her family moved all over the state due to her father's job. Lisa earned a B.A. in economics from Georgetown University in 1980, and a J.D. from Willamette University College of Law in 1985. Ketchikan (IPA: ) is the fifth most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska and the southeasternnmost sizable city in that state. ... Francis Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Georgetown University is an elite private research university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States. ... Doctor of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Juris Doctor (abbreviated J.D. or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a professional degree in law offered by universities in a number of countries. ... Willamette University College of Law is a private law school located in Salem, Oregon. ...


She became a member of the Alaska Bar Association in 1987. She was an attorney in Anchorage, Alaska from 1985 to 1998. She also served, from 1990 to 1991, on the mayor's task force on the homeless. Nickname: Motto: Big Wild Life Location in the state of Alaska Coordinates: , Borough Municipality of Anchorage Government  - Mayor Mark Begich (D) Area  - Municipality  1,961. ...


In 1998, she was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives and had been elected the House Majority Leader for the 2003–2004 session. Murkowski sat on the Alaska Commission on Post Secondary Education and chaired both the Labor and Commerce and the Military and Veterans Affairs Committees. In 1999 she introduced legislation establishing a Joint Armed Services Committee. She resigned from the House in December 2002, when she was appointed by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski, to his own unexpired senate seat, which he had vacated after being elected governor. The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. ...


Murkowski is married to Verne Martell. She has two children, Nic and Matt. Her father, Frank Murkowski, was Governor of Alaska from 2002 to 2006 in addition to being her immediate predecessor in the Senate. Francis Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. ...


U.S. Senate

She was elected to a full six-year term against former Governor Tony Knowles in the 2004 election, after winning a primary challenge by a large margin. Near the end of the general campaign, senior senator Ted Stevens shot campaign ads for Murkowski and warned the public that if a Democrat replaced Murkowski they were likely to receive fewer federal dollars. Official campaign photo of Tony Knowles Anthony Carroll Tony Knowles (born January 1, 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American Democratic politician and businessman who served as Governor of Alaska from December 1994 to December 2002. ... Results -- light red represents Republican holds, dark red Republican pickups, light blue Democratic holds, dark blue Democratic pickups. ... Theodore Fulton Ted Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska. ...


Murkowski is a member of The Republican Main Street Partnership and supports stem cell research. She is also a member of The Republican Majority For Choice, Republicans For Choice and The Wish List (Women in the Senate and House) a group of pro-choice women Republicans. The Republican Main Street Partnership is a group of social liberals and moderates in the United States Republican Party. ... Mouse embryonic stem cells. ... Republicans for Choice, an organization based in the Washington, DC area (Headquarters: 2760 Eisenhower Ave, Suite #260, Alexandria, Virginia 22314) is a political action committee (PAC) composed of members of the United States Republican Party who support legalized abortion. ... The Wish List is an organization whose acronym for Women In the Senate and House. ...


Murkowski is the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee on Water and Power and the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. She is a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, The Committee on Environment and Public Works, The Committee on Indian Affairs, and the Committee on Foreign Relations


In July 2007 Murkowski stated she would sell back a home she bought a day after a Washington watchdog group filed an Senate ethics complaint against her, alleging that Penney sold the property well below market value.[2] The Anchorage Daily News noted, "The transaction amounted to an illegal gift worth between $70,000 and $170,000, depending on how the property was valued, according to the complaint by the National Legal and Policy Center."[3] According to the Associated Press, Murkowski bought the home from two developers tied to the Ted Stevens probe.[4] The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Theodore Fulton Ted Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska. ...


Policy & issues

Murkowski is known to be fairly moderate, and is one of ten Republican Senators who refused to commit to Bill Frist's "nuclear option" to end judicial filibusters. Even though her voting record on abortion is mixed, Murkowski is one of a number of pro-choice Senate Republicans. She supports oil exploration in ANWR, whereas some other moderate Republicans do not. She has claimed that recent technological developments have reduced the environmental risks of drilling in ANWR. William Harrison Bill Frist, Sr. ... The nuclear option, also called the Constitutional option, is a parliamentary ruling by the presiding officer of the United States Senate to end debate and hold an immediate vote on a matter under consideration. ... Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Map The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge covers about 19,600,000 acres (79,318 km²) in northeastern Alaska, in the North Slope region. ...


She supports health care reforms, largely because health care costs for Alaskans are up to 70% higher than costs in the continental United States. The continental United States is a term referring to the United States situated on the North American continent. ...


She supported H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. This bill would have permitted the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support taxpayer-funded research on stem cells. She also supports the Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006, which would prohibit fetuses from being grown for research purposes.


Environmental record

For 2003, the nonpartisan watchdog group League of Conservation Voters rated Murkowski at 11% on environmental issues: "During her short time in the Senate," Murkowski, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, "has thrown her support behind efforts to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[5] For the 109th Congress, Republicans for Environmental Protection, a conservative group dedicated to environmental causes, issued Murkowski a rating of 2%, noting that in 2006 she voted:[6] Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The League of Conservation Voters is an American environmentalist lobby. ... The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) covers 19,049,236 acres (79,318 km²) in northeastern Alaska, in the North Slope region. ... The 109th United States Congress meets from January 4, 2005, to January 1, 2007. ... Republicans for Environmental Protection (or REP America), is a national organization of Republican voters formed in 1995 with the stated purpose of educating and advocating environmental issues and supporting efforts to conserve natural resources and protect human and environmental health. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

  • against S.C. Resolution 83, intended to bolster energy security and lower energy-related environmental impacts
  • against an amendment to S. 728 which would make the Army Corps of Engineers more accountable for the environmental and economic impacts of their projects
  • for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  • for offshore oil and gas drilling.

She acknowledges the existance of global warming and believes that Americans must commit to energy efficiency in order to combat the problem. United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 military men and women. ... An oil well is a laymans term for any perforation through the Earths surface designed to find and release both petroleum oil and gas hydrocarbons. ... Offshore drilling typically refers to the act of extracting resources, primarily oil, in an ocean or lake. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1850 to 2006 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected... In physics and engineering, including mechanical and electrical engineering, energy efficiency is a dimensionless number, with a value between 0 and 1 or with times 100 given in percent. ...


Electoral history

Alaska U.S. Senate Election 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Lisa Murkowski (Incumbent) 149,773 49.4
Democratic Tony Knowles 140,424 46.2

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See also

There have been 35 women in the United States Senate since the establishment of that body in 1789, meaning that out of the 1,895 Americans [1] who have served in the United States Senate since that time, 1. ...

Footnotes

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Preceded by
Frank Murkowski
United States Senator (Class 3) from Alaska
2002 – present
Served alongside: Ted Stevens
Incumbent
Persondata
NAME Murkowski, Lisa Ann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION United States Senator from Alaska
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH