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Lisa Ann Murkowski ( / mərˈkaʊski / mər-KOW-skee; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator representing Alaska, having held that seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate and the Senate's second-most senior Republican woman, after Susan Collins of Maine.
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Official Photo. Biography. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator, is a third generation Alaskan proudly serving as the first Alaskan born senator. Murkowski was born in Ketchikan and raised in towns across the state, including Wrangell, Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage. She is married to Verne Martell and they have two grown sons.
Lisa Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is an American politician. She is a member of the U.S. Republican Party. On December 20, 2002, she became a United States Senator from Alaska. In 2009, she became the senior senator from Alaska. She was in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002.
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- Republican Primary
- Democratic–Libertarian–Independence Primary
- Third Party and Independent Candidates
- General Election
After Republican U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski was elected Governor of Alaska in 2002, he appointed his daughter Lisa to the Senate to replace him. She was elected to a full term in 2004 but was defeated in the Republican primary in 2010 by Tea Party challenger Joe Miller. She ran as a write-in candidate in the general election and was re-elected to...
As Murkowski was defeated in the Republican primary in 2010, it had been speculated that she would be challenged from the right again in 2016.
Candidates from the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Partyappear on the same ballot, with the highest-placed candidate from each party receiving that party's nomination.
Declared
1. Breck Craig (Independent) 2. Ted Gianoutsos (Independent), founder of the Veterans Party of Alaska and perennial candidate 3. Margaret Stock(Independent), attorney and retired Army Lt. Colonel
Failed to qualify
1. Sid Hill (Independent) 2. Bruce Walden (Veterans Party), retired army sergeant and Republican candidate for the state house in 2006 3. Jed Whittaker (Independent), commercial fisherman, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1992 and Green Party nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996
Declined
1. Mark Begich (write-in), former U.S. Senator
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Oct 12, 2015 · Energy & Industry. The rise of Lisa Murkowski. Alaska’s pragmatic senator wants to reshape America’s energy policy. Krista Langlois October 12, 2015. Print. Email. Save Article. More. On...
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