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Lisa Ann Murkowski (/ m ər ˈ k aʊ s k i / mər-KOW-skee; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alaska, having held the seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate and is the Senate's second-most senior Republican woman.
In November 2013, along with Republican Susan Collins and Democrats Joe Donnelly and Joe Manchin, Murkowski sent a letter to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions that called for the committee to address the Forty Hours is Full Time Act in its budget conference. The Forty Hours is Full Time Act was a ...
Alaska's United States Senate seats belong to class 2 and class 3. The state's current senators are Republicans Lisa Murkowski (serving since 2002) and Dan Sullivan (serving since 2015). A total of eight people have represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate. Ted Stevens was Alaska's longest serving U.S. senator, serving from 1968 to 2009.
Oct. 27—Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she's voting for neither former President Donald Trump nor Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. Murkowski, who in 2011 was adopted into the ...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, aghast at Donald Trump’s candidacy and the direction of her party, won’t rule out bolting the GOP.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said before the vote. ... Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Susan Collins, R-Maine, were the only Republicans to vote in favor of the measure. Schumer ...
William Egan and Ernest Gruening were elected to the Senate on October 6, 1956 for the 84th Congress but did not take the oath of office and were not accorded senatorial privileges, since Alaska was not yet a state. [7] Alaska's current senators, both Republicans, are Dan Sullivan, in office since 2015, and Lisa Murkowski, in office since 2002.
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said she cannot back her party's nominee for the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump, and did not rule out becoming an independent. "I wish that as ...