U.S. Senate · Alaska

Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Republican Serving since Jan. 7, 2003Term ends Jan. 3, 2029
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Votes with own party 85% 12 pts below expected Lower than 51 of 53 Senate Republicans Votes with the President 89% 9 pts below expected 76% on legislation only Bipartisan bills led 97 More than 90% of Senate members Liberal-to-conservative rank 50thpercentile in all of Congress · 2nd percentile among Republicans

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the Senate. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Murkowski
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Lisa Murkowski's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress50thpercentile
More conservative than 50% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
266th most liberal of 531
Republicans in Congress2ndpercentile
More liberal than 97% of Republicans in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
7th most liberal of 272
The Senate48thpercentile
More liberal than 51% of Senate members.
Most liberalMost conservative
49th most liberal of 100

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
85%
Q1 2025: 94% → Q3 2026: 87%

Lower than 51 of 53 Senate Republicans.

Actual85%
Expected98%
Difference−12 pts

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 65%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Lisa Murkowski. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

On 804 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 81%See the 804 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
89%all votes
Q1 2025: 96% → Q3 2026: 85%

Lower than 51 of 53 Senate Republicans.

Actual89%
Expected99%
Difference−9 pts

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Lisa Murkowski. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

Based on 295 votes76% on legislation onlySee the 295 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Lisa Murkowski went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the Senate this Congress, with how Lisa Murkowski voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan voted the same way on 86% of votes.

Alaska

Alaska's delegation →

How Alaska voted for president in 2024

Harris 41.4%Trump 54.5%

Contact

Phone
202-224-6665
Office
522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Contact form
www.murkowski.senate.gov

Issue by issue

How often Lisa Murkowski votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Lisa Murkowski sides with their party least often on Foreign Trade and International Finance (0%) and Immigration (59%).

Lisa MurkowskiAverage for Senate Republicans
  1. Foreign Trade and International Finance 0%Average 94% · 6 votes
  2. Immigration 59%Average 96% · 34 votes
  3. International Affairs 63%Average 97% · 30 votes
  4. Economics and Public Finance 68%Average 96% · 183 votes
  5. Government Operations and Politics 77%Average 99% · 13 votes
  6. Armed Forces and National Security 80%Average 95% · 10 votes
  7. Taxation 86%Average 99% · 7 votes
  8. Nominations 95%Average 100% · 416 votes
  9. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 97% · 19 votes
  10. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 99% · 15 votes
  11. Environmental Protection 100%Average 100% · 17 votes
  12. Energy 100%Average 100% · 13 votes
  13. Congress 100%Average 100% · 13 votes
  14. Transportation and Public Works 100%Average 100% · 12 votes

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Sports and Recreation (4 votes), Health (4 votes), Emergency Management (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (2 votes), Education (2 votes), Crime and Law Enforcement (1 vote), Families (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

11 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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