Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski 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.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Born:  Lisa Ann Murkowski, May 22, 1957, Ketchikan, Alaska Territory, U.s.
• Age:  69 Years
• Political party:  Republican
• Spouse(s):  Verne Martell
• Children:  2
• Relatives:  Frank Murkowski (Father)
• Education:  Georgetown University (Ba), Willamette University (Jd)
• Born:  22 May 1957
• Wikidata description:  United States Senator From Alaska Since 2002
• Wikidata label:  Lisa Murkowski
• Wikidata aliases:  Lisa Murkowski, Lisa Ann Murkowski

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