Lisa Murkowski
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Lisa Murkowski | |
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United States Senator from Alaska | |
Assumed office December 20, 2002 Serving with Dan Sullivan | |
Preceded by | Frank Murkowski |
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources | |
Assumed office January 3, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Mary Landrieu |
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 14th district | |
In office January 19, 1999 – December 20, 2002 | |
Preceded by | Terry Martin |
Succeeded by | Vic Kohring |
Personal details | |
Born | Ketchikan, Alaska | May 22, 1957
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Verne Martell |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Georgetown University (B.A.) Willamette University (J.D.) |
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Website | www |
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.[1]
Murkowski was born on May 22, 1957 in Ketchikan, Alaska. She studied at Georgetown University and at Willamette University. She is married to Verne Martell. They have two children.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Murkowski, Lisa". Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Lisa Murkowski at Wikimedia Commons