What is Lisa Murkowski?
{{Infobox Senator | name = Lisa Murkowski | image = Lisa Murkowski official photo.jpg | imagesize = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | jr/sr = Senior Senator | state = [[Alaska]] | alongside = [[Dan Sullivan]] | term_start = December 20, 2002 | term_end = | preceded = [[Frank Murkowski]] | succeeded = | office2 = Chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources]] | term_start2 = January 3, 2015 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = [[Mary Landrieu]] | successor2 = | order3= Member of the [[Alaska House of Representatives]]<br /> from the 14th district | term_start3 = January 19, 1999 | term_end3 = December 20, 2002 | preceded3 = Terry Martin | succeeded3 = [[Vic Kohring]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|05|22}} | birth_place = [[Ketchikan, Alaska]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | residence = | spouse = Verne Martell | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[Georgetown University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])</small><br />[[Willamette University]] <small>([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])</small> | religion = | signature = LisaMurkowskiSignature.png | website = {{URL|http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/}} }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Murkowski, Lisa|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001153|publisher=Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress|access-date=July 15, 2015}}</ref> 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. On February 13, 2021 Murkowski voted that former Republican [[Pr