Editing Lisa Murkowski (section)

== U.S. Senate ==
=== Appointment ===
In December 2002, Murkowski—while a member of the state House—was appointed by her father, Governor [[Frank Murkowski]], to fill his own U.S. Senate seat made vacant when he resigned from the Senate after being elected governor. The appointment caused controversy in Alaska. Many voters disapproved of the [[nepotism]]. Her appointment eventually resulted in a referendum that stripped the governor of the power to directly appoint replacement senators.<ref name="Volz4">{{cite news|last1=Volz|first1=Matt|title=Voters approve Senate vacancy initiative|url=http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/110304/elections_1103ele06001.shtml|access-date=July 28, 2017|work=peninsulaclarion.com|publisher=Peninsula Clarion|date=November 3, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729003938/http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/110304/elections_1103ele06001.shtml|archive-date=July 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Along with others eligible to be considered, future Alaska governor [[Sarah Palin]] interviewed for the seat.<ref name="Mitchell" /> Murkowski was sworn in on January 7, 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/01/08/daughter-fills-dads-senate-seat | title=Daughter fills dad's Senate seat | website=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=January 8, 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Senators of the United States |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/chronlist.pdf |website=[[United States Senate|senate.gov]] |access-date=7 December 2024 |page=74}}</ref>

=== Elections ===
[[File:Lisa_Murkowski_1.jpg|thumb|Murkowski in 2005]]
Murkowski has had several close challenges but has never lost a general election. She has won four full terms to the Senate; she won 48.6% of the vote in 2004, 39.5% in 2010, 44.4% in 2016 and 53.7% in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2016/11/22/lisa-murkowski-becomes-1st-three-time-us-senate-plurality-winner/|title=Lisa Murkowski Becomes 1st Three-Time US Senate Plurality Winner|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108231650/https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2016/11/22/lisa-murkowski-becomes-1st-three-time-us-senate-plurality-winner/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====2004====
{{See also|2004 United States Senate election in Alaska}}
Murkowski ran for a full Senate term against former Governor [[Tony Knowles (politician)|Tony Knowles]] in the 2004 election after winning a primary challenge by a large margin. She was considered vulnerable due to the controversy over her appointment, and polling showed the race was very close. The centrist [[Republican Main Street Partnership]], which wanted to run TV ads for Murkowski, was told no airtime was left to buy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/ussenate/2004-10-28-senate-races_x.htm|title=Crucial Senate races costly, caustic|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=May 21, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201854/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/ussenate/2004-10-28-senate-races_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Near the end of the campaign, senior U.S. Senator [[Ted Stevens]] shot ads for Murkowski and claimed that if a Democrat replaced Murkowski, Alaska would likely receive fewer federal dollars.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} Murkowski defeated Knowles by a narrow margin.

====2010====
{{See also|2010 United States Senate election in Alaska|Miller v. Campbell}}
Murkowski faced a challenge from [[Joe Miller (Alaska politician)|Joe Miller]], a former [[United States magistrate judge|U.S. magistrate judge]] supported by former [[Governor of Alaska|Governor]] [[Sarah Palin]],<ref>{{Cite news|agency=[[Associated Press]]|title=Murkowski Trails in Tight Alaska Primary|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murkowski-trails-in-tight-alaska-primary/|access-date=January 8, 2021|publisher=[[CBS News]]|language=en-US|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110111217/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murkowski-trails-in-tight-alaska-primary/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/us/politics/26primaries.html|title=Murkowski of Alaska Locked in a Tight Senate Race|last=Cave|first=Damien|date=August 25, 2010|work=[[New York Times]]|quote=Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, whose family has held a decades-long grip on one of the state's two Senate seats, was in a surprisingly tight race Wednesday morning against an insurgent candidate, a Tea Party favorite who received the backing of Sarah Palin.|access-date=August 25, 2010|archive-date=August 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825200125/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/us/politics/26primaries.html|url-status=live}}</ref> in the August 24, 2010, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] primary election. The initial results showed Murkowski trailing Miller, 51–49%, with absentee ballots yet to be tallied.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10PRIM/data/results.htm|title=State of Alaska 2010 Primary Election, August 24, 2010 Unofficial Results|date=August 25, 2010|work=[[Alaska Secretary of State]]|access-date=August 25, 2010|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425163117/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10PRIM/data/results.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> After the first round of absentee ballots was counted on August 31, Murkowski conceded, saying that she did not believe that Miller's lead could be overcome in the next round of absentee vote counting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/08/31/99960/alaska-absentee-count-looks-like.html|title=It's another Tea Party win as Alaska's Murkowski concedes|last=Cockerham|first=Sean|date=August 31, 2010|work=[[Anchorage Daily News]]|quote=Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski late Tuesday conceded the Republican primary election to Joe Miller, the Tea-Party backed challenger who maintained his Election Day lead after thousands of additional absentee and other ballots were counted through the day.|access-date=September 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901191632/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/08/31/99960/alaska-absentee-count-looks-like.html|archive-date=September 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="concession">{{Cite news|url=http://cbs2chicago.com/wireapnational/Murkowski.concedes.Alaska.2.1888296.html|title=Murkowski Concedes Alaska Primary Race|last=Joling|first=Dan|date=August 31, 2010|work=[[WBBM-TV]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901180953/http://cbs2chicago.com/wireapnational/Murkowski.concedes.Alaska.2.1888296.html|archive-date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> Miller received 55,878 votes to Murkowski's 53,872.<ref name="Results">{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10PRIM/data/results.pdf| title=State of Alaska 2010 Primary Election August 24, 2010 Official Results | work=State of Alaska Division of Elections | date=August 25, 2010 | access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref>

After the primary, the Murkowski campaign floated the idea of her running as a [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] in the general election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2012734997_alaska27.html |title=Libertarians an option for Murkowski |last=Memoli |first=Michael A. |date=August 27, 2010 |work=[[Seattle Times]] |quote=The state Libertarian Party told the Anchorage Daily News that it was open to the possibility of nominating Murkowski as a third-party candidate, a notion that her campaign is not embracing but has not ruled out. |access-date=August 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830155443/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2012734997_alaska27.html |archive-date=August 30, 2010 }}</ref> On August 29, 2010, the state Libertarian Party executive board voted not to consider Murkowski as its Senate nominee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adn.com/2010/09/07/1443217/libertarians-cool-to-senate-run.html|title=Libertarians cool to Murkowski candidacy|last=Cockerham|first=Sean|date=September 7, 2010|newspaper=[[Anchorage Daily News]]|access-date=August 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610144416/http://www.adn.com/2010/09/07/1443217/libertarians-cool-to-senate-run.html|archive-date=June 10, 2011}}</ref>

On September 17, 2010, Murkowski said she would mount a [[Write-in candidate|write-in]] campaign for the Senate seat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXP5SqYD7mXezWparpit8qa6EsrwD9IAC5801|title=Murkowski mounting write-in bid for Alaska Senate|last=Bohrer|first=Becky|date=September 18, 2010|agency=Associated Press|quote=Murkowski faces tough odds with her [[Write-in candidate|write-in]] candidacy. She has lost support from members within the Republican establishment, who are backing the Republican nominee, Joe Miller.|access-date=September 18, 2010|archive-date=September 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921070427/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXP5SqYD7mXezWparpit8qa6EsrwD9IAC5801|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her campaign was aided in large part by substantial funding from state teachers' and firefighters' unions and Native corporations and PACs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-18-la-na-alaska-senate-20101118-story.html|title=Lisa Murkowski claims victory in Alaska Senate election|last=Murphy|first=Kim|date=November 18, 2010|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=November 21, 2010|archive-date=November 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120212854/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/18/nation/la-na-alaska-senate-20101118|url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 17, 2010, the [[Associated Press]] reported that Murkowski had become only the second Senate candidate (after [[Strom Thurmond]] in [[1954 United States Senate election in South Carolina|1954]]) to win a write-in campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/17/lisa-murkowski-defeats-jo_n_784998.html|title=Murkowski Defeats Miller in 2010 Alaska Senate Race|last=Bohrer|first=Becky|date=November 17, 2010|work=Huffington Post|access-date=February 17, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306113008/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/17/lisa-murkowski-defeats-jo_n_784998.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Yardley|first=William|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/us/politics/18alaska.html|title=Murkowski Wins Alaska Senate Race|date=November 17, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 13, 2014|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717201134/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/us/politics/18alaska.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She emerged victorious after a two-week count of write-in ballots showed she had overtaken Miller.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Cillizza |date=November 17, 2010 |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/murkowski-wins-reelection.html |title=Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski wins write-in bid, AP says |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=November 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008064414/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/murkowski-wins-reelection.html |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="AP calls">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/11/17/131391244/ap-murkowski-wins-alaska-senate-race|title=AP: Murkowski Wins Alaska Senate Race|date=November 17, 2010|publisher=NPR|agency=Associated Press|author=AP staff reporter|access-date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206151549/http://www.npr.org/2010/11/17/131391244/ap-murkowski-wins-alaska-senate-race|archive-date=December 6, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Miller did not concede.<ref name="AP calls" /> U.S. Federal District Judge [[Ralph Beistline]] granted an injunction to stop the certification of the election due to "serious" legal issues and irregularities Miller raised about the hand count of absentee ballots.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-halts-certification-of-alaska-senate-election-as-miller-eyes-lawsuit/|title=Federal Judge Halts Certification of Alaska Senate Election as Miller Eyes Lawsuit|date=November 19, 2010|work=Fox News|agency=AP|access-date=November 21, 2010|archive-date=November 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121054511/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/19/federal-judge-halts-certification-alaska-senate-election-miller-eyes-lawsuit/|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 10, 2010, an Alaskan judge dismissed Miller's case, clearing the way for Murkowski,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Senate/2010/1211/Joe-Miller-Lisa-Murkowski-US-Senate-race-appears-to-be-over|title=Joe Miller-Lisa Murkowski US Senate race appears to be over|journal=Christian Science Monitor|date=December 11, 2010|publisher=CSMonitor.com|author=Brad Knickerbocker|access-date=August 10, 2011|archive-date=March 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311143351/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Senate/2010/1211/Joe-Miller-Lisa-Murkowski-US-Senate-race-appears-to-be-over|url-status=live}}</ref> but on December 13, Miller appealed the decision to the [[Alaska Supreme Court]]. The state Supreme Court rejected Miller's appeal on December 22.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/22/breaking-alaska-supreme-court-rules-against-miller|title=Breaking: Alaska Supreme Court rules against Miller|date=December 22, 2010|access-date=January 27, 2015|archive-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709012610/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/22/breaking-alaska-supreme-court-rules-against-miller/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On December 28, Beistline dismissed Miller's lawsuit. Governor [[Sean Parnell]] certified Murkowski as the winner on December 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adn.com/2010/12/28/1622554/federal-judge-overturns-miller.html |title=Court rejects Miller, lifts certification hold: 2010 Alaska U.S. Senate election &#124; Alaska news at |publisher=Adn.com |author=LISA DEMER ldemer@adn.com |access-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108092615/http://www.adn.com/2010/12/28/1622554/federal-judge-overturns-miller.html |archive-date=January 8, 2014 }}</ref>

====2016====
{{See also|2016 United States Senate election in Alaska}}
After securing the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nomination by a wide margin, Murkowski was again reelected to the Senate in 2016. [[Joe Miller (Alaska politician)|Joe Miller]], this time the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] nominee, was again the runner-up. The election was unusual in featuring a [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] nominee who endorsed the [[2016 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican presidential nominee]], [[Donald Trump]], running against a Republican incumbent who did not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2016/10/08/alaska-sen-dan-sullivan-calls-on-donald-trump-to-drop-out-of-presidential-race/|title=Alaska Sens. Sullivan and Murkowski call on Donald Trump to drop out of presidential race|first1=Nathaniel|last1=Herz|first2=Erica|last2=Martinson|website=Alaska Dispatch News|date=October 8, 2016|access-date=July 4, 2017|archive-date=October 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009025917/http://www.adn.com/politics/2016/10/08/alaska-sen-dan-sullivan-calls-on-donald-trump-to-drop-out-of-presidential-race/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Libertarian vice-presidential nominee, former [[Governor of Massachusetts]] [[Bill Weld]], endorsed Murkowski, citing Miller's support for Trump and "devoted social conservative" views as incompatible with [[libertarianism]].

====2022====
{{main|2022 United States Senate election in Alaska}}
In 2017, Murkowski filed to run for a fourth term in 2022.<ref name="fec.gov">{{Cite web |url=https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/711/201705250200154711/201705250200154711.pdf |title=FEC Form 2: Statement of Candidacy |date=May 25, 2017 |publisher=FEC |access-date=November 19, 2020 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819180502/http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/711/201705250200154711/201705250200154711.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to her opposition to some of his initiatives, former President [[Donald Trump]] pledged in June 2020 to support a Republican challenger to Murkowski, saying: "Get any candidate ready, good or bad, I don't care. I'm endorsing. If you have a pulse, I'm with you!"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/trump-murkowski-campaign-mattis-302308|title=Trump vows to campaign against Murkowski after she backs Mattis|date=June 4, 2020|work=Politico|first=Andrew|last=Desiderio|accessdate=June 4, 2020}}</ref><ref name="CNN.Campaign">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/06/politics/murkowski-trump-endorsement-alaska-senate-race-2022/index.html|title=Trump says he'll campaign against Murkowski in Alaska next year|publisher=CNN|last1=Acosta|first1=Jim|last2=Pellish|first2=Aaron|date=March 6, 2021|accessdate=March 6, 2021}}</ref> She was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|his second impeachment trial]] in February 2021, and was the only one up for reelection in 2022. After her vote, Alaska's GOP censured Murkowski and demanded her resignation.<ref name=CNN.Campaign/> Despite Trump's pledge, Senate Minority Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] signaled Republican senators' commitment to back Murkowski's 2022 campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/politics/mitch-mcconnell-lisa-murkowski-support/index.html|title=McConnell says the GOP will back Murkowski's reelection despite Trump threat|publisher=CNN|last1=Raju|first1=Manu|last2=Barrett|first2=Ted|date=March 1, 2021|accessdate=March 6, 2021}}</ref> During her 2022 campaign, Murkowski was supported by Democratic colleagues, including [[Jeanne Shaheen]], and Independent Senator [[Angus King]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Democrats for Murkowski: Alaska Republican counts her fans across the aisle |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/18/democrats-murkowski-alaska-republican-fans-00046159 |access-date=August 8, 2022 |website=POLITICO |date=July 18, 2022 |language=en|first1=Burgess|last1=Everett}}</ref>

On June 18, 2021, Trump endorsed former [[Alaska]] Department of Administration commissioner [[Kelly Tshibaka]] for the Senate in 2022, calling her "[[Make America Great Again|MAGA]] all the way".<ref>{{cite news |last=Luzardo |first=Jay |date=June 18, 2021 |title='She is MAGA all the way': Trump endorses Kelly Tshibaka in race against Sen. Lisa Murkowski |url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/06/18/she-is-maga-all-way-trump-endorses-kelly-tshibaka-race-against-sen-lisa-murkowski/ |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |access-date=June 30, 2021}}</ref> Murkowski later called Tshibaka "apparently{{nbsp}}... someone with a pulse",<ref>{{cite news |last=Everett |first=Burgess |date=June 30, 2021 |title=Murkowski has the moxie to take on Trump. Will she? |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/murkowski-trump-alaska-senate-race-497043 |work=[[Politico|POLITICO]] |access-date=June 30, 2021}}</ref> referencing Trump's previous statement.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ruskin |first=Liz |date=June 4, 2021 |title=Trump vows to campaign for any Murkowski challenger with 'a pulse' after she echoes general's denouncement |url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/06/04/murkowski-takes-a-stand-against-trump-sort-of/ |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |access-date=June 30, 2021}}</ref> On July 10, 2021, the Alaska Republican Party endorsed Tshibaka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cordova |first=Gilbert |title=Alaska Republican Party endorses Kelly Tshibaka in the 2022 race for the US Senate seat held by Murkowski |url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/07/11/alaska-gop-leaders-endorse-challenger-us-sen-murkowski/ |access-date=March 23, 2022 |website=Alaska's News Source |date=July 11, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Murkowski won reelection by beating Tshibaka in both the first and final round of [[Ranked-choice voting in the United States#Alaska, 2022–present|ranked-choice voting]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski wins reelection in Alaska |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republican-sen-lisa-murkowski-wins-reelection-in-alaska |access-date=November 23, 2022 |website=[[PBS]] |language=en}}</ref> She received 53.7% of the vote after the ranked-choice tabulation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alaska Election Results 2022: Live Map {{!}} Midterm Races by County & District |url=https://www.politico.com/2022-election/results/alaska/ |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=www.politico.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Tenure and political positions ===
{{main|Political positions of Lisa Murkowski}}

Murkowski is considered a [[Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates|moderate Republican]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Stolberg, Sheryl Gay|date=June 28, 2018|title=With Roe in the Balance, Two Republicans Hold High Court in Their Hands|language=en|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/collins-murkowski-supreme-court-abortion.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719172047/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/collins-murkowski-supreme-court-abortion.html|archive-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hawkins|first=Marcus|title=Republican Women in the US Senate|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/list-of-republican-women-in-the-us-senate-3303465|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218145637/https://www.thoughtco.com/list-of-republican-women-in-the-us-senate-3303465|archive-date=December 18, 2018|access-date=December 18, 2018|website=ThoughtCo}}</ref> Since she was reelected in 2010, some{{who|date=November 2024}} have deemed her voting record "more moderate" than that of her previous years in the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Epler, Patti|date=August 24, 2011|title=Murkowski delivers centrist message on debt|url=http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/murkowski-delivers-centrist-message-debt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903102931/http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/murkowski-delivers-centrist-message-debt|archive-date=September 3, 2013|access-date=October 9, 2016|website=Alaska Dispatch News}}<br />{{Cite web|title=Group labels Murkowski least conservative GOP senator|url=http://www.adn.com/2011/08/25/2031607/group-labels-murkowski-least-conservative.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004231032/http://www.adn.com/2011/08/25/2031607/group-labels-murkowski-least-conservative.html|archive-date=October 4, 2012|url-status=dead|website=Alaska Newsreader {{!}} ADN.com}}<br />{{Cite news|title=Murkowski shows independent streak|newspaper=POLITICO|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55808.html|url-status=live|access-date=October 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904032341/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55808.html|archive-date=September 4, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, the ''[[National Journal]]'' gave Murkowski a composite score of 56% conservative and 45% liberal,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Barnes |first1=James A.|title=The almanac of American politics 2016 : members of Congress and governors: their profiles and election results, their states and districts|last2=Keating|first2=Holland|last3=Charlie|first3=Cook|last4=Michael|first4=Barone|last5=Louis|first5=Jacobson|last6=Louis|first6=Peck|isbn=9781938518317|oclc=927103599}}</ref> and ranked her the 56th most liberal and 44th most conservative member of the Senate.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Do Alaska Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski vote together 80 percent of the time?|language=en|work=@politifact|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/jul/17/mark-begich/do-alaska-senators-mark-begich-and-lisa-murkowski-/|url-status=live|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721022806/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/jul/17/mark-begich/do-alaska-senators-mark-begich-and-lisa-murkowski-/|archive-date=July 21, 2018}}</ref> According to [[Roll Call|''CQ Roll Call'']], Murkowski voted with President [[Barack Obama]]'s position 72.3% of the time in 2013; she was one of only two Senate Republicans to support Obama's position over 70% of the time.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Lesniewski|first1=Niels|date=February 4, 2014|title=Collins, Murkowski Most Likely Republicans to Back Obama|language=en|work=Roll Call|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/collins-murkowski-most-likely-republicans-to-back-obama|url-status=live|access-date=March 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324162433/https://www.rollcall.com/news/collins-murkowski-most-likely-republicans-to-back-obama|archive-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[The New York Times]]'' arranged Republican senators by ideology and ranked Murkowski the second-most liberal Republican.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Parlapiano|first=Alicia|title=Where Senators Stand on the Health Care Bill|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 22, 2017 |language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/22/us/politics/senate-health-care-whip-count.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723093535/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/22/us/politics/senate-health-care-whip-count.html|archive-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Parlapiano|first=Alicia|title=How Each Senator Voted on Obamacare Repeal Proposals|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 25, 2017 |language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/us/politics/senate-votes-repeal-obamacare.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723185628/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/25/us/politics/senate-votes-repeal-obamacare.html|archive-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> According to [[GovTrack]], {{as of|2018||lc=y}}, Murkowski was the second-most liberal Republican senator, to the left of all Senate Republicans except [[Susan Collins]], and to the left of Democratic Senator [[Joe Manchin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lisa Murkowski, Senator for Alaska - GovTrack.us|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/lisa_murkowski/300075|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718234628/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/lisa_murkowski/300075|archive-date=July 18, 2018|access-date=July 18, 2018|website=GovTrack.us|language=en}}</ref> According to [[FiveThirtyEight]], Murkowski had voted in accordance with President Donald Trump's position approximately 72.6% of the time {{As of|2021|January|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=January 30, 2017|title=Tracking Lisa Murkowski In The Age Of Trump|language=en-US|work=FiveThirtyEight|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/lisa-murkowski/|url-status=dead|access-date=March 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324162236/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/lisa-murkowski/|archive-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref> According to FiveThirtyEight, as of January 2023, Murkowski had voted with President Joe Biden's position about 67% of the time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bycoffe|first=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron|date=April 22, 2021|title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422123731/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2021|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=FiveThirtyEight|language=en}}</ref> In 2023, the Lugar Center ranked Murkowski seventh among senators for bipartisanship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Work |url=https://www.thelugarcenter.org/ourwork-85.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.thelugarcenter.org}}</ref>

In 2018, Murkowski stated her opposition to the confirmation of Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. Nevertheless, she voted "present" on the nomination as a favor to Senator [[Steve Daines]], who supported the nomination but was unavailable to attend the vote because of his daughter's wedding.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://time.com/5417656/murkowski-vote-present-kavanaugh/ |title=Sen. Lisa Murkowski Voted 'Present' Instead of 'No' on Kavanaugh as Favor to GOP Colleague |publisher=[[Time, Inc.]] |author1=Kin Chipman |author2=Steven T. Dennis |agency=Bloomberg |date=October 8, 2018 |access-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107141941/https://time.com/5417656/murkowski-vote-present-kavanaugh/ |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, she voted against procedural motions to accelerate [[Amy Coney Barrett]]'s confirmation to that court, though she later voted to confirm Barrett.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/24/murkowski-says-shell-vote-yes-judge-barretts-confi/ |title=Murkowski says she'll vote 'yes' on Judge Barrett's confirmation |website=[[Washington Times]] |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025021838/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/24/murkowski-says-shell-vote-yes-judge-barretts-confi/ |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> On April 7, 2022, she voted to confirm [[Ketanji Brown Jackson]] to the Supreme Court, with only two other Republicans, Collins and [[Mitt Romney]], joining her.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/news/senate/3262119-five-high,lights-from-jacksons-senate-confirmation-vote/ |title=Five highlights from Jackson's Senate confirmation vote |website=[[The Hill (magazine)|The Hill]] |author=Caroline Vakil |date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

In a March 2019 op-ed for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Murkowski and [[Joe Manchin]] wrote that climate change debate in Congress was depicted as "an issue with just two sides—those who support drastic, unattainable measures to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and those who want to do nothing", and affirmed their support for "adopting reasonable policies that...build on and accelerate current efforts [and] ensure a robust innovation ecosystem."<ref>{{cite news|date=March 8, 2019|title=Lisa Murkowski and Joe Manchin: It's time to act on climate change — responsibly|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lisa-murkowski-and-joe-manchin-its-time-to-act-on-climate-change--responsibly/2019/03/08/2c4025f2-41d1-11e9-922c-64d6b7840b82_story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107064502/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lisa-murkowski-and-joe-manchin-its-time-to-act-on-climate-change--responsibly/2019/03/08/2c4025f2-41d1-11e9-922c-64d6b7840b82_story.html|archive-date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 4, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

During the [[first impeachment trial of Donald Trump]], Murkowski called Trump's actions "shameful and wrong, but said "she cannot vote to convict" Trump and that his personal interests did not take precedence over those of the nation. She joined almost all Senate Republicans in voting to acquit Trump on both articles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foran |first=Clare |date=February 3, 2020 |title=Murkowski says she 'cannot vote to convict,' but calls Trump's actions 'shameful and wrong' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/politics/lisa-murkowski-trump-impeachment-vote/index.html#:~:text=The%20House%20could%20have%20pursued,all%20instances%2C%E2%80%9D%20she%20said. |access-date=November 29, 2023 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

In December 2020, during his [[Lame duck (politics)|lame-duck period]], Trump vetoed the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021]].<ref name="Kcaw2020-12-28" /> The veto left new [[USCG|Coast Guard]] [[USCG cutters|cutters]] that were scheduled to be homeported in Alaska without port facilities to maintain them.<ref name="Kcaw2020-12-28" /> Murkowski issued a press release that said, in part, "It’s incredible that the President chose to veto the annual National Defense Authorization Act, particularly because his reason for doing so is an issue not related to national defense."<ref name="Kcaw2020-12-28" />

After Trump supporters [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attacked the United States Capitol]] on January 6, 2021, Murkowski said Trump should resign for inciting the insurrection. With this, she became the first Senate Republican to say that Trump should leave office before [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Joe Biden was inaugurated]].<ref name="Brooks">{{cite web|last=Brooks|first=James|date=January 8, 2021|title=Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls on President Trump to resign, questions her future as a Republican|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/01/08/alaska-sen-lisa-murkowski-calls-on-president-trump-to-resign-questions-her-future-as-a-republican/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108215519/https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/01/08/alaska-sen-lisa-murkowski-calls-on-president-trump-to-resign-questions-her-future-as-a-republican/|archive-date=January 8, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2021|work=Anchorage Daily News}}</ref> On February 13, she was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump in his [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|second impeachment trial]]. That vote failed for lack of a two-thirds majority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00059 |access-date=February 14, 2021 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> On May 27, along with five other Republicans and all present Democrats, Murkowski voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol attack. The vote failed for lack of 60 required "yes" votes.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Marquette|first1=Chris|date=May 28, 2021|title=Republican senators torpedo Jan. 6 commission|work=[[Roll Call]]|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2021/05/28/republican-senators-torpedo-jan-6-commission/|access-date=May 29, 2021}}</ref>

Along with all other Senate and House Republicans, Murkowski voted against the [[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021]].<ref name="BipartisanshipDead">{{cite news|author=Carl Hulse|date=March 6, 2021|title=After Stimulus Victory in Senate, Reality Sinks in: Bipartisanship Is Dead|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/politics/stimulus-senate-bipartisanship-biden.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/politics/stimulus-senate-bipartisanship-biden.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On September 30, 2021, she was among the 15 Senate Republicans to vote with all Democrats and both Independents for a temporary spending bill to avoid a [[Government shutdowns in the United States|government shutdown]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Palmer|first=Ewan|date=October 1, 2021|title=Full list of 15 Republican senators who voted to avoid a government shutdown|url=https://www.newsweek.com/republican-senators-voted-against-government-shutdown-1634546|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cochrane|first=Emily|date=September 30, 2021|title=Biden signs a short-term spending bill swiftly passed by Congress, averting a government shutdown.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/us/politics/senate-spending-bill-government-shutdown.html|access-date=October 6, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On October 7, Murkowski voted with 10 other Republicans and all members of the Democratic caucus to break the filibuster of raising the [[United States debt ceiling|debt ceiling]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senate votes to raise debt limit after 11 Republicans join Democrats to break filibuster|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-set-vote-break-filibuster-raise-debt-limit/story?id=80455636|access-date=October 8, 2021|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Paul LeBlanc|title=Here are the 11 Senate Republicans that joined Democrats to break the debt limit deal filibuster|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/republican-debt-ceiling-filibuster-list/index.html|access-date=October 8, 2021|website=CNN|date=October 8, 2021 }}</ref> but also voted with all Republicans against the bill to raise the debt ceiling.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meyer|first=Mal|date=October 8, 2021|title=Sen. Collins joins vote to break filibuster, but against $480B increase to debt ceiling|url=https://wgme.com/news/local/sen-collins-joins-vote-to-break-filibuster-but-against-480b-increase-to-debt-ceiling|access-date=October 10, 2021|website=WGME}}</ref>

On February 5, 2022, Murkowski joined Arkansas Governor [[Asa Hutchinson]] in condemning the [[Republican National Committee]]'s [[censure]] of Representatives [[Adam Kinzinger]] and [[Liz Cheney]] for supporting and participating in the Select Committee of the U.S. House that was tasked with investigating the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]].<ref name=riot>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-murkowski-hutchinson-slam-rncs-censure-cheney-kinzinger-1676581 |title=Republicans Murkowski, Hutchinson Slam RNC's Censure of Cheney, Kinzinger |website=[[Newsweek]] |author=Natalie Colarossi |date=February 5, 2022}}</ref>

Murkowski supports the [[Equal Rights Amendment]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Congress|url=https://www.equalrightsamendment.org/incongress|access-date=August 1, 2021|website=Equal Rights Amendment|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, she and 11 other Senate Republicans voted for the [[Respect for Marriage Act]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mourtoupalas and Blanco |date=November 29, 2022 |title=Here's which senators voted for or against the Respect for Marriage Act |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/senator-vote-count-respect-for-marriage-act/}}</ref> As of 2023, Murkowski supports ConocoPhillips's controversial Willow oil drilling project on [[North Slope Borough, Alaska]].<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news |last=Nilsen |first=Ella |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska | work=CNN Politics |language=en |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/politics/willow-alaska-oil-biden-environmental-study-climate/index.html |access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref>

In 2021, when asked whether she would remain a Republican, Murkowski replied, "if the Republican Party has become nothing more than the party of Trump, I sincerely question whether this is the party for me",<ref name="Brooks"/> but added, "I have absolutely no desire to move over to the Democratic side of the aisle. I can't be somebody that I'm not."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Everett|first=Burgess|date=January 22, 2021|title='No way': Murkowski rules out switching parties|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/murkowski-party-switch-461341|access-date=|website=[[Politico]]}}</ref> In 2024, when asked if she intended to remain a Republican, Murkowski replied that she was "independently minded". Asked whether that meant she might drop her party affiliation, she responded: "I am navigating my way through some very interesting political times. Let's just leave it at that."<ref>[https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/lisa-murkowski-donald-trump-gop-b2518369.html Lisa Murkowski says she's considering quitting Republican Party because of Trump], ''[[The Independent]]'', John Bowden, March 25, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.</ref> She later added that she was "not attached to a label" and was "more comfortable with that identity [...] than with an identity […] as a Republican, as a party person", but that she would remain a registered Republican.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title=Murkowski: 'I'm not attached to' Republican label |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/12/congress/lisa-murkowski-trump-00193988 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nitzberg |first=Alex |date=2024-12-13 |title=GOP Sen. Murkowski says she's 'not attached to' GOP label, but is 'still a Republican' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-sen-murkowski-says-shes-not-attached-to-gop-label-still-republican |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-13 |title=Alaska's Lisa Murkowski says she's 'not attached' to Republican label |url=https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/alaskas-lisa-murkowski-says-s-not-attached-republican-label-rcna184131 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}}</ref> Murkowski has criticized [[Department of Government Efficiency|DOGE]], saying she refuses to compromise her integrity by remaining silent. In April 2025, when questioned about the political climate, she said, "We are all afraid", adding, "retaliation is real".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ewing |first=Giselle Ruhiyyih |date=2025-04-17 |title='We are all afraid': Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is 'real' |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/17/lisa-murkowski-trump-retaliation-00295852 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref>

=== 119th United States Congress Committee assignments ===
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Committee Assignments of the 119th Congress |url=https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm#TubervilleAL |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>
* [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Committee on Appropriations]]
* [[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Committee on Energy and Natural Resources]]
** Subcommittee on National Parks
** Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
* [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions|Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions]]
** Subcommittee on Education and the American Family
** Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
* [[United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs|Committee on Indian Affairs]] (Chair)

===Caucus memberships===
* [[Senate Oceans Caucus]] (co-chairwoman)
* Senate Cultural Caucus
*[[Afterschool Caucuses]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policyCongressionalCaucuses.cfm|publisher=Afterschool Alliance|access-date=April 17, 2018|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427115234/http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policyCongressionalCaucuses.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Senate Republican Conference]]
* Senate Arctic Caucus (chairwoman)
* [[Congressional Coalition on Adoption]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.ccainstitute.org/about/about-us |website=www.ccainstitute.org}}</ref>