Lisa Murkowski

LISA MURKOWSKI, Republican, of Anchorage, AK; born in Ketchikan, AK, May 22, 1957; education: attended Willamette University, Salem, OR, 1975-77; B.A., economics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1978-80; J.D., Willamette College of Law, Salem, OR, 1985; professional history: attorney, Anchorage District Court, 1987-89; attorney, private law practice, 1989-98; member, Task Force on the Homeless, 1990-91; member, Alaska House of Representatives, 1999-2002; election history: appointed to the U.S. Senate, on December 20, 2002, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 2, 2004; reelected to each succeeding Senate term.