Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator representing Alaska since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate and the Senate's second-most senior Republican woman. Prior to her Senate role, Murkowski served in the Alaska House of Representatives and was elected majority leader. In 2002, she was controversially appointed to the Senate by her father, who resigned his seat to become governor of Alaska. Murkowski completed her father's term and became the first Alaskan-born member of Congress. She has since been reelected multiple times.