Lisa Murkowski
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About
Republican politician who was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski. She was also a Member of the Alska House of Representatives for four year before representing her state in the Senate.
Before fame
She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Georgetown University in 1980.
Trivia
In 2010 she became just the third person ever to win a United States Senate election through write-in votes.
Family life
She has two children with her husband Verne.
Associated with
She became the third sitting Republican to endorse same-sex marriage, after Rob Portman and Mark Kirk.
