- In 2010, she was defeated in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate by Tea Party-backed candidate Joe Miller. She launched a write-in campaign and won the election with 39% of the vote and became only the second U.S. senator in history to win election as a write-in candidate and defeat candidates with ballot access, after Strom Thurmond in 1954.
- Daughter of Frank H. Murkowski.
- United States Senator (R-Alaska) (2002 - present).
- She endorsed Democrat Mary Peltola in the 2022 Alaska U.S. House race rather than either of the Republicans running.
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