Is Lisa Murkowski a Democrat or a Republican?

ALASKA senator Lisa Murkowski first represented her state in the Senate in 2002.

Murkowski made an announcement on Friday, November 12, regarding her career in the US Senate.

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Who is Lisa Murkowski?

Murkowski is the senior United States Senator for Alaska. She has held her seat since 2002.

Since her first election to the United States Senate in 2004, Murkowski has been reelected twice -- once in 2010, and again in 2016.

Senator Murkowski announced on Friday, November 12, that she will run for reelection.

Murkowski's first political seat was in the Alaska House of Representatives. She was elected in 1998 and represented Alaska's 18th district.

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Is Lisa Murkowski a Democrat or a Republican?

Murkowski is a member of the Republican Party.

During Donald Trump's second impeachment hearings, Senator Murkowski was one of seven Republicans to vote in favor of his impeachment.

Senator Murkowski, along with five other Republicans and other present Democrats, also voted in favor of an investigation into the January 6 storming of the Capitol.

What is Lisa Murkowski's political background?

Although Murkowski was elected to the United States Senate in 2004, she was appointed in 2002.

Murkowski was appointed to the Senate while still holding a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives.

Murkowski's father, Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski, was the one to appoint her. He selected her for the Senate seat after leaving his vacant because of his election to Governor of Alaska in 2002.

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After the January 6 Capitol Riots, where does Senator Murkowski stand?

She also told the Anchorage Daily News that she was unsure about whether the Republican Party was for her.

"If the Republican Party has become nothing more than the party of Trump, I sincerely question whether this is the party for me," Senator Murkowski concluded to the publication

Donald Trump has expressed his discontent with Senator Murkowski, calling her "disloyal" and a "very bad Senator."

The former president declared that he will back anyone "with a pulse" to run against Murkowski in 2022.

"Get any candidate ready, good or bad, I don’t care, I’m endorsing. If you have a pulse, I’m with you!" he said at the time in favor of her future opponent.

When questioned about her stance towards the Republican Party and whether or not she's considered switching to the Democratic Party, Senator Murkowski concluded to the Alaska Public Media that she will not join the Democratic Party.

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"I have absolutely no desire to move over to the Democratic side of the aisle. I can't be somebody that I'm not," she told the publication.

"As kind of disjointed as things may be on the Republican side, there's no way you can talk me into going over to the other side, that's not who I am," she continued to Alaska Public Media.