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	Lisa Murkowski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was elected to a full six-year term against former Governor Tony Knowles in the 2004 election, after facing a primary challenge due to charges of nepotism and liberalism.
		Murkowski sat on the Alaska Commission on Post Secondary Education and chaired both the Labor and Commerce and the Military and Veterans Affairs Committees.
		Murkowski is known to be fairly moderate, and is one of ten Republican Senators who refused to commit to Bill Frist's "nuclear option" to end judicial filibusters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lisa_Murkowski (721 words)

	Frank Murkowski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Francis Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician who is the current lame duck Governor of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party.
		Murkowski's use of the jet over cheaper commercial air travel has caused controversy among citizens as well as legislators and the matter of business that he attends to - and the possible use of the jet for personal business[1].
		Governor Murkowski ran for re-election in 2006, but lost to former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin and Fairbanks businessman John Binkley in the Republican primary election on August 22, 2006 (Palin winning with 51% and Binkley taking second with 30% to Murkowski's 19%).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Murkowski (529 words)

	Robert's Virtual Soapbox
		Murkowski announced last Friday -- politicians always make their shady announcements on Fridays, hoping to minimize the negative publicity -- that he was appointing his own daughter to fill the remaining two years of his current six-year Senate term.
		Lisa Murkowski, according to the AP, is a Republican state representative who last month was re-elected to a third term.
		Murkowski, on the merits, would not be an implausible choice for some other Alaska governor to make, but elected officials stifle the competitive spirit of American politics when they appoint their own children to public office.
	blogs.salon.com /0001517/2002/12/26.html (622 words)

	Lisa Murkowski - Nepotism
		Lisa Murkowski faced a primary challenge Tuesday from three fellow Republicans who say she is not conservative enough and have denounced her rise to power as blatant nepotism.
		Murkowski, 47, is a former state lawmaker who was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, newly elected Gov. Frank Murkowski.
		Lisa Murkowski is likely to face a tight race in November against Democratic former Gov. Tony Knowles if, as expected, she wins the Republican primary on Tuesday.
	ruthlesshack.tripod.com /ruthlesshack (2925 words)

	Online NewsHour \| Vote 2004 \| Key Races \| Alaska Senate Race \| Lisa Murkowski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Republican Lisa Murkowski became Alaska's sixth U.S. senator on Dec. 20, 2002, when her father, former Republican Sen. Frank Murkowski appointed her to fill the remainder of his term after he was elected governor.
		Whitaker, an ally of Murkowski's in the Alaska House, said her appointment "is nepotism and therefore contrary to the democratic principles of representative government.
		Murkowski handily won her party's primary in August with 58 percent of the vote.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2004/key-races/ak_murkowski.html (544 words)

	U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski :: About Lisa
		Senator Lisa Murkowski is the first Alaskan born Senator to serve the State and only the sixth United States Senator from Alaska.
		Murkowski is a third generation Alaskan, born in Ketchikan and raised in towns across the state: Wrangell, Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage.
		Murkowski was elected to three terms in the Alaska State House of Representatives, beginning in 1998, and was named House Majority Leader during the 2003-2004 term.
	murkowski.senate.gov /about.html (512 words)

	Sabato's Crystal Ball - Alaska Senate 2004
		The seat is currently held by Republican Lisa Murkowski, who was appointed by her father, Frank Murkowski, who won the governor's mansion in 2002 and appointed her to his former spot in the Senate.
		Charges of nepotism have given Murkowski a disadvantage, in what is already a historically precarious position; only forty percent of Senators whom have been appointed in modern American history have survived their first bid to hold on to their seat, and Murkowski faces a formidable foe in former governor Tony Knowles.
		Lisa Murkowski, while in the state house of representatives, voted to approve increases on the alcohol tax to make it the highest in the country.
	www.centerforpolitics.org /crystalball/article.php?id=SAK2004102201 (549 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- In Alaska, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and former Gov. Tony Knowles win ...
		ANCHORAGE, Alaska –; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, appointed to the Senate in 2002 by the governor – who also happens to be her father – took a step closer to retaining her seat with a Republican primary win, and next faces a popular former two-term Democratic governor.
		Murkowski's victory was her first test in a statewide election.
		Murkowski's challengers made nepotism an issue in the race, along with attacking her credentials as a conservative.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/politics/20040825-0320-alaskasenate.html (472 words)

	Sabato's Crystal Ball - 2004 Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Lisa Murkowski will also be fighting history in '04: Just 40 percent of appointed senators throughout modern American history have been able to win election to the Senate on their own.
		Lisa Murkowski's task has been made all the harder by her father's recent breaking of his campaign pledge not to raise taxes.
		While Murkowski is still a favorite in the primary, this is a major setback, forcing her to deal with charges of "nepotism and liberalism" from a fellow Republican.
	www.centerforpolitics.org /crystalball/2004/senate/?state=AK (1379 words)

	Lisa Murkowski - dKosopedia
		Republican Lisa Murkowski served in the Alaska house of representatives from 1998-2002.
		She had already been chosen as the house majority leader for the 2003-2004 session when she was appointed by her father Frank Murkowski to serve in the Senate seat he vacated after being elected Governor of Alaska in 2002.
		Democrat and former 2-term governor Tony Knowles challenged Murkowski in the 2004 elections, and led her in many opinion polls.
	www.dkosopedia.com /w/index.php?title=Lisa_Murkowski&printable=yes (164 words)

	Governor Frank Murkowski
		Gov. Murkowski noted that he has been consistent in his desire to select a replacement who shares his values and political philosophy, could win re-election to the seat in 2004, is young enough to serve long-term and build seniority, and is a strong proponent for the issues important to Alaskans.
		Lisa Murkowski, 45, is a life-long Alaskan who was born and raised in Southeast Alaska and who has lived in Anchorage for the past 25 years.
		Sen. Murkowski said she was looking forward to working with U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and U.S. Rep. Don Young in addressing the opportunities and challenges facing Alaska in the Congress and confirmed her plans to run for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
	www.gov.state.ak.us /archive.php?id=242&type=1 (641 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Sen. Murkowski's Big Problem: Dad, the Governor
		Murkowski, too, said that a principal reason why Alaskans should return her to Washington is her relationship with Stevens.
		Murkowski, though, touts a distinction that Knowles is hard-pressed to dispute.
		Murkowski's brief tenure in Congress could outweigh Knowles's charisma as a campaigner, his depth of expertise on issues and the loyalty he garnered as a relatively popular governor, according to Jerry A. McBeath, a professor of political science at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A52838-2004Aug9?language=printer (1367 words)

	USATODAY.com
		Lisa Murkowski was chosen to fill the vacant seat left by her father in the U.S. Senate over a long list of prominent Alaska Republicans, raising the ire of some in the GOP.
		Lisa Murkowski voted against a ban on "therapeutic abortions" and against a resolution urging Congress to repeal the Brady Bill.
		Murkowski is expected to face the presumptive Democratic challenger Tony Knowles, a popular former two-term governor.
	asp.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/CandidateProfile.aspx?ci=1799&oi=S (303 words)

	AKLegislature.com: Murkowski names daughter to U.S. Senate
		Lisa Murkowski said she would dedicate the next two years to meeting the expectations of the office and "filling the big shoes" left by her father, who has held the seat since 1980.
		Murkowski, 45, worked with the bipartisan fiscal policy caucus last session in an effort to craft a comprehensive long-range fiscal plan for the state.
		Murkowski said at today's press conference that he interviewed 11 of 26 candidates on the list of potential successors within the last two weeks.
	www.aklegislature.com /stories/122002/murkowski.shtml (828 words)

	Sen. Lisa Murkowski Introduces Bill to Roll Back Surveillance Provisions of PATRIOT Act, 7/31/03.
		Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced S 1552 [21 pages in PDF], the "Protecting the Rights of Individuals Act", or PRI Act.
		At the time, Lisa Murkowski was a third term legislator in the Alaska state House.
		Murkowski's introduction of this bill may indicate the emergence of a Republican advocate of civil liberties in debates over the appropriate scope of government search, seizure and surveillance authority in the fight against terrorism.
	www.techlawjournal.com /topstories/2003/20030731.asp (963 words)

	Anti-abortion group backs Murkowski foe=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Still, Murkowski, who was appointed to the seat by her father and immediate predecessor, Gov. Frank Murkowski (R), remains the prohibitive favorite.
		Murkowski’s campaign manager, Justin Stiefel, said that Alaska Right to Life was trying to carve out a political niche for itself by endorsing the senator’s primary challenger.
		Murkowski was appointed to the Senate by her father, Alaska Gov. and former Sen. Frank Murkowski.
	www.hillnews.com /campaign/042904_murkowski.aspx (682 words)

	Lisa Murkowski News
		Lisa Murkowski News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is voicing her objections to Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns over the amount of foreign-harvested fish included in the national School Lunch Program.
		Senator Lisa Murkowski is objecting to the use of foreign harvested fish in the national school lunch program.
	www.topix.net /us-senate/lisa-murkowski (672 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Lisa Murkowski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski Reels in a 63-P...
		Born in Ketchikan, Alaska and of Polish-American extraction, Murkowski earned a B.A. in economics from Georgetown University in 1980, and a J.D. from Willamette University College of Law in 1985.
		In 1998, she was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives and had been elected the House Majority Leader for the 2003-2004 session, but she resigned from the House in December 2002, when she was appointed by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski, to his own unexpired senate seat because he had been elected governor.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/lisa_murkowski (771 words)

	Alaska GOP senator most at risk of losing seat - Politics - MSNBC.com
		Lisa Murkowski was appointed in '02 by her father, state's governor
		Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, waves at passing traffic as she and a group of volunteers campaign in Anchorage, Alaska.
		Murkowski's appointment to the seat has been a substantial drag on her campaign, said Carl Shepro, an associate professor of political science at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/6299043 (988 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce: Lisa Murkowski wants early vote on energy bill 01/20/04
		Murkowski was appointed to Senate in December 2002 by her father, Frank Murkowski, after he stepped down from the Senate and was elected governor of Alaska.
		Murkowski compared the effort to other major energy projects such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Bonneville Power Authority in the Northwest.
		Murkowski said the first part of the coming session also will involve a lot of political wrangling over funding for the Highway Reauthorization bill.
	www.alaskajournal.com /stories/012004/foc_20040120013.shtml (807 words)

	anwr.org - Sen. Murkowski Addresses Alaska Legislature
		Juneau — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, while saying the time is now to effect real change and grow through the development of Alaska’s resources, today urged Alaska lawmakers to finalize plans for a natural gas pipeline and to continue to aid in efforts to open ANWR to responsible oil and gas exploration.
		Murkowski, during her third annual update to the Alaska Legislature on the status of Alaska issues in Congress, said she is working to pass ANWR, promote trade, improve health care and education, and address issues such as global climate change and Social Security.
		Murkowski also noted that tankers are being built in East Asia and the Pacific to carry foreign natural gas to the U.S. “America needs our gas and Congress believes that tax dollars should provide incentives to building a line.
	www.anwr.org /archives/sen_murkowski_addresses_alaska_legislature.php (3676 words)

	Republicans searching to fill (Lisa)Murkowski's vacancy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 45-year-old Anchorage lawmaker was named by her father, Gov. Frank Murkowski, to assume the seat he has held for 22 years.
		Lisa Murkowski had been readying herself to return to Juneau after winning a third term in office and being picked by House Republicans as Majority leader.
		For those of you who don't know anything about Lisa Murkowski, here's a little info (not good), she is a pro-abortion and death penalty liberal republican slightly to the left of Lincon Chaffee.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/810980/posts (1143 words)

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