Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Murkowski is, to my mind, one of the more genuinely independent figures in American politics. From the remote port of Ketchikan, Alaska, through Georgetown law, she became the first woman to represent Alaska in Congress and stayed there since 2002. What I respect is her willingness to break with her party when conscience demands it, a rarity in an era of lockstep voting. That spine has cost her politically and won her admirers across the aisle. I'm less interested in left versus right than in officials who actually think for themselves, and on that measure she earns my attention.

Name (English)

Lisa Murkowski

Name (Japanese)

リーサ・マーカウスキー

Reading

りーさ・まーかうすきー

Born

May 22, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Origin

Ketchikan, Alaska, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer

High school

Monroe Catholic High School

University

Georgetown University

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Alaska Women's Hall of Fame
• 2021 Knights of the Order of the Falcon

• Official sitehttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/senlisamurkowski/
• Xhttps://x.com/lisamurkowski
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Murkowski
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22360

Tags

• Alaska
• politician
• lawyer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.