Editing Lisa Murkowski (section)

=== 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>