Editing Lisa Murkowski (section)

==Early life, education, and early career==

Murkowski was born in [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]] in the [[Territory of Alaska]], the daughter of Nancy Rena (née Gore) and [[Frank Murkowski]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m001153 |title=MURKOWSKI, Lisa – Biographical Information |publisher=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-date=July 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711063701/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001153 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her paternal great-grandfather was of [[Polish American|Polish]] descent, and her mother's ancestry is [[Irish American|Irish]] and [[French Canadian Americans|French Canadian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/murkowski.htm|title=murkowski|publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com|access-date=June 20, 2010|archive-date=October 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007025137/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/murkowski.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a child, she and her family moved around the state with her father's job as a banker. She earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in [[economics]] from [[Georgetown University]] in 1980, the same year her father was elected to the U.S. Senate. She is a member of [[Pi Beta Phi]] sorority<ref name="Notable Pi Phis">{{cite web|url=http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/aboutus.aspx?id=172 |title=Notable Pi Beta Phis in Government and Politics |publisher=Pi Beta Phi |access-date=December 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122075308/http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/aboutus.aspx?id=172 |archive-date=January 22, 2009 }}</ref> and represented Alaska as the 1980 Cherry Blossom Princess.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/20816-queens-of-the-cherry-blossoms/|title=Queens of the cherry blossoms|last=Perks|first=Ashley|date=March 18, 2008|newspaper=TheHill|access-date=October 9, 2016|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625213819/http://thehill.com/capital-living/24023-queens-of-the-cherry-blossoms|url-status=live}}</ref> She received her [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree in 1985 from [[Willamette University College of Law]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2010/08/30/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-lisa-murkowski|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Lisa Murkowski|last=Kim|first=Mallie Jane|date=August 30, 2010|website=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406145436/https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2010/08/30/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-lisa-murkowski|url-status=live}}</ref> Murkowski subsequently failed the bar exam four times in a row, passing on her fifth attempt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-10-06 |title=Alaska's Murkowski failed bar exam 4 times {{!}} McClatchy |url=https://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/01/101501/a-lisa-murkowski-secret-revealed.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080920/https://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/01/101501/a-lisa-murkowski-secret-revealed.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-10-06 |access-date=2024-11-15 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Trinko |first=Katrina |date=October 4, 2010 |title=Murkowski Failed Bar Exam Four Times |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2010/10/murkowski-failed-bar-exam-four-times-katrina-trinko/ |website=National Review}}</ref>

Murkowski worked as an attorney in the Anchorage District Court Clerk's office from 1987 to 1989.<ref name="2010bar">{{cite news|first=Erika|last=Bolstad|title=Alaska's Murkowski failed bar exam 4 times|date=October 1, 2010|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24595630.html|work=[[McClatchy Newspapers]]|access-date=February 16, 2016|quote=Murkowski, who graduated in 1985 from Willamette University's College of Law in Oregon, wasn't admitted to the Alaska Bar until November 1987. She flunked the exam in July 1985, February 1986, July 1986 and again in February 1987. She passed on her fifth try in July 1987.|archive-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923163054/https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24595630.html|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1989 to 1998, she was an attorney in private practice in Anchorage. She served on the Mayor's Task Force for the Homeless from 1990 to 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m001153|title=MURKOWSKI, Lisa - Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=June 11, 2014|archive-date=July 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711063701/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001153|url-status=live}}</ref>