Lisa Murkowski
Republican · AK · U.S. Senate
Bio
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.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 23.7 years
- First took office
- 2003 (5 terms)
- Seniority
- 21 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 69
- Senate class
- 3 · senior senator
- daughter of Frank Hughes Murkowski
- Anchorage, AK · 907-271-3735
- Juneau, AK · 907-586-7277
- Ketchikan, AK · 907-225-6880
- Soldotna, AK · 907-262-4220
- Wasilla, AK · 907-376-7665
- Fairbanks, AK · 907-456-0233
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $1.5M – $3.9M
- Liabilities
- $0 – $0
- Net worth
- $1.5M – $3.9M
- Since 2018
- +$1.2M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Lisa Murkowski's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 28 members
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcescenter · 20 members
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensionscenter · 23 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
US Senators question legality of Trump's deal to allow Russian oil importsA bipartisan group of US Senators have questioned the legality of President Donald Trump's decision to allow diesel imports from Russia, contending that it ran counter to a law banning such trade till Moscow ends the war in Ukraine. On Friday, after a phone c…
Business Standard · Yesterday
6 senators call for White House to 'immediately reverse course' on Russian diesel planWASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump's administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. Trump shocked lawmakers…
Yahoo Entertainment · October 11, 2026
'I've done a bad job': Trump acknowledges voter anger as GOP braces for disasterPresident Donald Trump admitted this week he's failed to convince Americans the economy is actually working, as Senate Republicans head home for the midterms carrying real fear that the party hasn't done enough to address voters' financial pain.Despite passin…
Raw Story · October 1, 2026
One Republican Blocks Attempt to Save Kennedy Center From TrumpUtah Senator Mike Lee was the only lawmaker to vote against a bipartisan bill that would have banned the demolition of presidential memorials such as the Kennedy Center without congressional approval.The bill in question—the Protecting Presidential Memorials …
The New Republic · September 29, 2026
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