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Lisa Murkowski

Republican. Alaska’s Senate seat, on the ballot November 7, 2028.

Age on Election Day 2028
71
On November 7, 2028. Born May 22, 1957.
Lean
R+6
Lean Republican. Statewide, 2025 Cook PVI.
In the Senate since
2002
Took office December 20, 2002.7
Approval
46%
43% disapprove. Morning Consult.3

Overview

Cash on hand
$1,564,310
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report12

Last election
53.7%
Share of the vote. The final round of Alaska’s ranked-choice count. She had 43.4% of first choices.11

The state in 2024
Trump won Alaska in 2024.
Earlier offices
  • Alaska House of Representatives, 1999 to 2002
2028 plans
Has not said whether she will run in 2028: “What I’m trying to do is not win elections. I am just trying to do the best that I can for Alaskans.” Source: Alaska Public Media (opens in a new tab), August 4, 2025.

Lean is the state’s 2025 Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI): R+5 to R+9 is lean Republican, R+10 and up solidly Republican, and D+ leans Democratic. Approval is the latest published Morning Consult rating, from its quarterly survey of registered voters in each state. Last election is the share of the vote the senator won. Cash on hand is the campaign’s money at the end of the reporting period named.

Sources (7)
  1. 1Lisa Murkowski, official page Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4Alaska Public Media, August 4, 2025 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)

In the Senate

In the Senate since
December 20, 2002
Leadership posts
  • Chaired the Indian Affairs Committee, 119th Congress
Committees
  • Indian Affairs
  • Appropriations
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A gold mark names a leadership post. The posts and committees are the 119th Congress’s, as senate.gov lists them: a chair led a full committee for the majority, a ranking member was the senior member of the minority on it. The 120th Congress, which Democrats control, names its own in January 2027.

The filibuster

The senator’s own public position, from a recorded vote or a dated statement. A talking filibuster requires senators to hold the floor to block a vote.

Ending the legislative filibuster

Opposes

“I will vote against any motion to weaken the filibuster or create carveouts within it.”

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Senate floor statement (opens in a new tab), January 12, 2022.

A talking filibuster

Opposes

Voted against the January 19, 2022 rules change that would have required a talking filibuster on the voting-rights bill.

Senate roll call vote (opens in a new tab), January 19, 2022.

Sources (2)
  1. 8Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Senate floor statement, January 12, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 9Senate roll call vote, January 19, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

Alaska’s other Senate seat is not on the 2028 ballot.

Leads the count
Mary Peltola
Party
Democrat
Next on the ballot
2032The current term ends January 3, 2033.

The two seats are on different ballots: this one in 2028, the other in 2032. From the 120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py (opens in a new tab) dataset, retrieved November 5, 2026.

Sources (1)
  1. 10120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset Retrieved November 5, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Election history

2022 election
Won with 53.7% of the voteThe final round of Alaska’s ranked-choice count. She had 43.4% of first choices.Official results (opens in a new tab)
2028
Six-year term. The seat is on the ballot November 7, 2028.
Sources (1)
  1. 11Official results, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

Cash on hand
$1,564,310

Cash on hand from the latest Federal Election Commission filing of the senator’s campaign committee.

Sources (1)
  1. 12Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

GOP Platform (opens in a new tab) 2025
56
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.

Progressive scorecards, out of 100

Progressive Punch (opens in a new tab) lifetime, all votes
28
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.

Mirrored for every senator of either party: the League of Conservation Voters’ lifetime score, read from the senator’s page; Progressive Punch’s lifetime score on all votes, read from its Senate table; and Democracy Defenders Action’s Stop Corruption Now score for the 119th Congress (September 16, 2026), its total on 10 anti-corruption and pro-democracy votes and cosponsorships, shown out of 100. No score means none was published.

Each out of 100, as the group publishes it: Heritage Action and Turning Point Action (the senator’s lifetime scores), Club for Growth (the senator’s lifetime rating) and GOP Platform (2025), which measures agreement with the national Republican Party platform and is published by the Institute for Legislative Analysis.

“No score published” means the group published none, not zero.

How to read this

Each group’s name links to the senator’s own page on its scorecard, or to the scorecard’s list for the state where the line under it says so, opened on the date shown.

Sources (7)
  1. 13Heritage Action scorecard, Lisa Murkowski’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 14Club for Growth scorecard, Lisa Murkowski’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 15Turning Point Action scorecard, Lisa Murkowski’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 16GOP Platform scorecard, list for Alaska (Lisa Murkowski’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 17League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Lisa Murkowski’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 18Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Alaska (Lisa Murkowski’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 19Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Lisa Murkowski’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Endorsements

By the groups the House field tracks for Republicans: Donald Trump, Club for Growth, Turning Point Action and MAHA PAC.

Backed the opponent: the group endorsed the officeholder’s opponent. Opposed: the group said publicly not to re-elect the officeholder. None on record: no endorsement found in the sources listed.

Sources (11)
  1. 20Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Donald Trump, Truth Social, January 8, 2026 (’... should never be elected to office again’) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: ballotpedia.org Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: clubforgrowth.org Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: tpaction.com Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 26Endorsements, 2022 race: clubforgrowth.org Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  8. 27Endorsements, 2022 race: tppac.com Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  9. 28Endorsements, 2022 race: fec.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  10. 29Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (Save America C00762591, Trump’s leadership PAC) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  11. 30Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC: Save America, leadership PAC Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Each section lists its own sources, numbered through the page. Here they are together.

All sources for this record (30)