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Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski(/mərˈkaʊski/mər-KOW-skee;born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as theseniorUnited States senatorfromAlaska,having held the seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate and is the Senate's second-most seniorRepublicanwoman. Murkowski became dean ofAlaska's congressional delegationupon RepresentativeDon Young's death.

Lisa Murkowski
Official portrait, 2017
Chair of theSenate Indian Affairs Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2025
Preceded byBrian Schatz
Vice Chair of theSenate Indian Affairs Committee
In office
February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025
Preceded byTom Udall
Succeeded byBrian Schatz
In office
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Preceded byByron Dorgan
Succeeded byJohn Barrasso
Chair of theSenate Energy Committee
In office
January 3, 2015 – February 3, 2021
Preceded byMary Landrieu
Succeeded byJoe Manchin
Ranking Member of theSenate Energy Committee
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byPete Domenici
Succeeded byMaria Cantwell
Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference
In office
June 17, 2009 – September 17, 2010
LeaderMitch McConnell
Preceded byJohn Thune
Succeeded byJohn Barrasso
United States Senator
fromAlaska
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 20, 2002
Serving withDan Sullivan
Preceded byFrank Murkowski
Member of theAlaska House of Representatives
from the 14th district
In office
January 19, 1999 – December 20, 2002
Preceded byTerry Martin
Succeeded byVic Kohring
Personal details
Born
Lisa Ann Murkowski

(1957-05-22)May 22, 1957(age 67)
Ketchikan,Alaska Territory,U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Verne Martell
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(m.1987)​
Children2
RelativesFrank Murkowski(father)
EducationGeorgetown University(BA)
Willamette University(JD)
Signature
WebsiteSenate website
Murkowski's voice
Murkowski supporting theInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Recorded August 1, 2021

Murkowski is the daughter of former U.S. senator andgovernor of AlaskaFrank Murkowski.She was appointed to the Senate by her father, who resigned his seat in December 2002 to become Alaska's governor. Murkowski became the first Alaskan-born member of Congress and completed her father's unexpired Senate term, which ended in January 2005. Before her appointment to the Senate, she had been a member of theAlaska House of Representativessince 1999. Murkowski ran for and won a full term in2004with 48% of the vote. After losing the2010 Republican primarytoTea PartycandidateJoe Miller,she ran as awrite-in candidateand defeated both Miller and Democrat Scott McAdams in thegeneral election.Murkowski was reelected in2016and again in2022.She was vice chair of theSenate Republican Conferencefrom 2009 to 2010 and chair of theSenate Energy and Natural Resources Committeefrom 2015 to 2021. She has served as vice chair of theSenate Indian Affairs Committeesince 2021.

Murkowski is often described as one of the Senate's mostmoderate Republicansand aswing vote.According toCQ Roll Call,she voted with PresidentBarack Obama's position 72.3% of the time in 2013; she was one of only two Republicans to vote with Obama over 70% of the time. She opposedBrett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination in 2018 and supportedKetanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination in 2022. In 2021, she was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convictDonald Trumpofincitement of insurrectionin hissecond impeachment trial;theAlaska Republican Partycensured her for that vote.

Early life, education, and early career

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Murkowski was born inKetchikanin theTerritory of Alaska,the daughter of Nancy Rena (née Gore) andFrank Murkowski.[1]Her paternal great-grandfather was ofPolishdescent, and her mother's ancestry isIrishandFrench Canadian.[2]As a child, she and her family moved around the state with her father's job as a banker. She earned aB.A.degree ineconomicsfromGeorgetown Universityin 1980, the same year her father was elected to the U.S. Senate. She is a member ofPi Beta Phisorority[3]and represented Alaska as the 1980 Cherry Blossom Princess.[4]She received herJ.D.degree in 1985 fromWillamette University College of Law.[5]Murkowski subsequently failed the bar exam four times in a row, passing on her fifth attempt.[6][7]

Murkowski worked as an attorney in the Anchorage District Court Clerk's office from 1987 to 1989.[8]From 1989 to 1998, she was an attorney in private practice in Anchorage. She served on the Mayor's Task Force for the Homeless from 1990 to 1991.[9]

Alaska House of Representatives

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In 1998, Murkowski was elected to theAlaska House of Representatives.Her District 18 included northeastAnchorage,Fort RichardsonandElmendorf Air Force Base(nowJoint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,or JBER), and suburban parts ofEagle River-Chugiak.In 1999, she introduced legislation establishing a Joint Armed Services Committee. She was reelected in 2000 and, after her district boundaries changed, in 2002. That year she had a conservative primary opponent,Nancy Dahlstrom,who challenged her because Murkowski supported abortion rights and rejected conservative economics. Murkowski won by 56 votes.[10][11]She was named as House Majority Leader for the 2003–04 legislative session. She resigned her House seat before taking office, due to her appointment by her father to the seat he had vacated in the U.S. Senate, upon his stepping down to assume the Alaska governorship.[12]Murkowski sat on the Alaska Commission on Post Secondary Education and chaired both the Labor and Commerce and the Military and Veterans Affairs Committees. After she resigned to join the U.S. Senate, her father appointed Dahlstrom, the District Republican committee's choice, as her replacement.[11]

U.S. Senate

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Appointment

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In December 2002, Murkowski—while a member of the state House—was appointed by her father, GovernorFrank Murkowski,to fill his own U.S. Senate seat made vacant when he resigned from the Senate after being elected governor. The appointment caused controversy in Alaska. Many voters disapproved of thenepotism.Her appointment eventually resulted in a referendum that stripped the governor of the power to directly appoint replacement senators.[13]Along with others eligible to be considered, future Alaska governorSarah Palininterviewed for the seat.[10]Murkowski was sworn in on January 7, 2003.[14][15]

Elections

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Murkowski in 2005

Murkowski has had several close challenges but has never lost a general election. She has won four full terms to the Senate; she won 48.6% of the vote in 2004, 39.5% in 2010, 44.4% in 2016 and 53.7% in 2022.[16]

2004

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See also:2004 United States Senate election in Alaska

Murkowski ran for a full Senate term against former GovernorTony Knowlesin the 2004 election after winning a primary challenge by a large margin. She was considered vulnerable due to the controversy over her appointment, and polling showed the race was very close. The centristRepublican Main Street Partnership,which wanted to run TV ads for Murkowski, was told no airtime was left to buy.[17]Near the end of the campaign, senior U.S. SenatorTed Stevensshot ads for Murkowski and claimed that if a Democrat replaced Murkowski, Alaska would likely receive fewer federal dollars.[citation needed]Murkowski defeated Knowles by a narrow margin.

2010

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See also:2010 United States Senate election in AlaskaandMiller v. Campbell

Murkowski faced a challenge fromJoe Miller,a formerU.S. magistrate judgesupported by formerGovernorSarah Palin,[18][19]in the August 24, 2010,Republican Partyprimary election. The initial results showed Murkowski trailing Miller, 51–49%, with absentee ballots yet to be tallied.[20]After the first round of absentee ballots was counted on August 31, Murkowski conceded, saying that she did not believe that Miller's lead could be overcome in the next round of absentee vote counting.[21][22]Miller received 55,878 votes to Murkowski's 53,872.[23]

After the primary, the Murkowski campaign floated the idea of her running as aLibertarianin the general election.[24]On August 29, 2010, the state Libertarian Party executive board voted not to consider Murkowski as its Senate nominee.[25]

On September 17, 2010, Murkowski said she would mount awrite-incampaign for the Senate seat.[26]Her campaign was aided in large part by substantial funding from state teachers' and firefighters' unions and Native corporations and PACs.[27]

On November 17, 2010, theAssociated Pressreported that Murkowski had become only the second Senate candidate (afterStrom Thurmondin1954) to win a write-in campaign.[28][29]She emerged victorious after a two-week count of write-in ballots showed she had overtaken Miller.[30][31]Miller did not concede.[31]U.S. Federal District JudgeRalph Beistlinegranted an injunction to stop the certification of the election due to "serious" legal issues and irregularities Miller raised about the hand count of absentee ballots.[32]On December 10, 2010, an Alaskan judge dismissed Miller's case, clearing the way for Murkowski,[33]but on December 13, Miller appealed the decision to theAlaska Supreme Court.The state Supreme Court rejected Miller's appeal on December 22.[34]On December 28, Beistline dismissed Miller's lawsuit. GovernorSean Parnellcertified Murkowski as the winner on December 30.[35]

2016

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See also:2016 United States Senate election in Alaska

After securing theRepublican Partynomination by a wide margin, Murkowski was again reelected to the Senate in 2016.Joe Miller,this time theLibertarian Partynominee, was again the runner-up. The election was unusual in featuring aLibertarian Partynominee who endorsed theRepublican presidential nominee,Donald Trump,running against a Republican incumbent who did not.[36]The Libertarian vice-presidential nominee, formerGovernor of MassachusettsBill Weld,endorsed Murkowski, citing Miller's support for Trump and "devoted social conservative" views as incompatible withlibertarianism.

2022

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Main article:2022 United States Senate election in Alaska

In 2017, Murkowski filed to run for a fourth term in 2022.[37]Due to her opposition to some of his initiatives, former PresidentDonald Trumppledged in June 2020 to support a Republican challenger to Murkowski, saying: "Get any candidate ready, good or bad, I don't care. I'm endorsing. If you have a pulse, I'm with you!"[38][39]She was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump inhis second impeachment trialin February 2021, and was the only one up for reelection in 2022. After her vote, Alaska's GOP censured Murkowski and demanded her resignation.[39]Despite Trump's pledge, Senate Minority LeaderMitch McConnellsignaled Republican senators' commitment to back Murkowski's 2022 campaign.[40]During her 2022 campaign, Murkowski was supported by Democratic colleagues, includingJeanne Shaheen,and Independent SenatorAngus King.[41]

On June 18, 2021, Trump endorsed formerAlaskaDepartment of Administration commissionerKelly Tshibakafor the Senate in 2022, calling her "MAGAall the way ".[42]Murkowski later called Tshibaka "apparently... someone with a pulse",[43]referencing Trump's previous statement.[44]On July 10, 2021, the Alaska Republican Party endorsed Tshibaka.[45]Murkowski won reelection by beating Tshibaka in both the first and final round ofranked-choice voting.[46]She received 53.7% of the vote after the ranked-choice tabulation.[47]

Tenure and political positions

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Main article:Political positions of Lisa Murkowski

Murkowski is considered amoderate Republican.[48][49]Since she was reelected in 2010, some[who?]have deemed her voting record "more moderate" than that of her previous years in the Senate.[50]In 2013, theNational Journalgave Murkowski a composite score of 56% conservative and 45% liberal,[51]and ranked her the 56th most liberal and 44th most conservative member of the Senate.[52]According toCQ Roll Call,Murkowski voted with PresidentBarack Obama's position 72.3% of the time in 2013; she was one of only two Senate Republicans to support Obama's position over 70% of the time.[53]In 2017,The New York Timesarranged Republican senators by ideology and ranked Murkowski the second-most liberal Republican.[54][55]According toGovTrack,as of 2018,Murkowski was the second-most liberal Republican senator, to the left of all Senate Republicans exceptSusan Collins,and to the left of Democratic SenatorJoe Manchin.[56]According toFiveThirtyEight,Murkowski had voted in accordance with President Donald Trump's position approximately 72.6% of the time as of January 2021.[57]According to FiveThirtyEight, as of January 2023, Murkowski had voted with President Joe Biden's position about 67% of the time.[58]In 2023, the Lugar Center ranked Murkowski seventh among senators for bipartisanship.[59]

In 2018, Murkowski stated her opposition to the confirmation of JusticeBrett Kavanaughto theSupreme Court of the United States.Nevertheless, she voted "present" on the nomination as a favor to SenatorSteve Daines,who supported the nomination but was unavailable to attend the vote because of his daughter's wedding.[60]In 2020, she voted against procedural motions to accelerateAmy Coney Barrett's confirmation to that court, though she later voted to confirm Barrett.[61]On April 7, 2022, she voted to confirmKetanji Brown Jacksonto the Supreme Court, with only two other Republicans, Collins andMitt Romney,joining her.[62]

In a March 2019 op-ed forThe Washington Post,Murkowski andJoe Manchinwrote that climate change debate in Congress was depicted as "an issue with just two sides—those who support drastic, unattainable measures to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and those who want to do nothing", and affirmed their support for "adopting reasonable policies that...build on and accelerate current efforts [and] ensure a robust innovation ecosystem."[63]

During thefirst impeachment trial of Donald Trump,Murkowski called Trump's actions "shameful and wrong, but said" she cannot vote to convict "Trump and that his personal interests did not take precedence over those of the nation. She joined almost all Senate Republicans in voting to acquit Trump on both articles.[64]

In December 2020, during hislame-duck period,Trump vetoed theNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.[65]The veto left newCoast Guardcuttersthat were scheduled to be homeported in Alaska without port facilities to maintain them.[65]Murkowski issued a press release that said, in part, "It’s incredible that the President chose to veto the annual National Defense Authorization Act, particularly because his reason for doing so is an issue not related to national defense."[65]

After Trump supportersattacked the United States Capitolon January 6, 2021, Murkowski said Trump should resign for inciting the insurrection. With this, she became the first Senate Republican to say that Trump should leave office beforeJoe Biden was inaugurated.[66]On February 13, she was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump in hissecond impeachment trial.That vote failed for lack of a two-thirds majority.[67]On May 27, along with five other Republicans and all present Democrats, Murkowski voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol attack. The vote failed for lack of 60 required "yes" votes.[68]

Along with all other Senate and House Republicans, Murkowski voted against theAmerican Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[69]On September 30, 2021, she was among the 15 Senate Republicans to vote with all Democrats and both Independents for a temporary spending bill to avoid agovernment shutdown.[70][71]On October 7, Murkowski voted with 10 other Republicans and all members of the Democratic caucus to break the filibuster of raising thedebt ceiling,[72][73]but also voted with all Republicans against the bill to raise the debt ceiling.[74]

On February 5, 2022, Murkowski joined Arkansas GovernorAsa Hutchinsonin condemning theRepublican National Committee'scensureof RepresentativesAdam KinzingerandLiz Cheneyfor supporting and participating in the Select Committee of the U.S. House that was tasked with investigating theJanuary 6 United States Capitol attack.[75]

Murkowski supports theEqual Rights Amendment.[76]In 2022, she and 11 other Senate Republicans voted for theRespect for Marriage Act.[77]As of 2023, Murkowski supports ConocoPhillips's controversial Willow oil drilling project onNorth Slope Borough, Alaska.[78]

In 2021, when asked whether she would remain a Republican, Murkowski replied, "if the Republican Party has become nothing more than the party of Trump, I sincerely question whether this is the party for me",[79]but added, "I have absolutely no desire to move over to the Democratic side of the aisle. I can't be somebody that I'm not."[80]In 2024, when asked if she intended to remain a Republican, Murkowski replied that she was "independently minded". Asked whether that meant she might drop her party affiliation, she responded: "I am navigating my way through some very interesting political times. Let's just leave it at that."[81]She later added that she was "not attached to a label" and was "more comfortable with that identity [...] than with an identity […] as a Republican, as a party person", but that she would remain a registered Republican.[82][83][84]

119th United States Congress Committee assignments[85]

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Caucus memberships

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Electoral history

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Alaska House of Representatives, District 14, Republican primary results, 1998[88]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski 830 65.6%
Republican Mike Miller 436 34.4%
Total votes 1,266 100%
Alaska House of Representatives, District 14, general election results, 1998[89]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski 2,676 96.5%
Write-ins 96 3.5%
Total votes 2,772 100%
Alaska House of Representatives, District 14, Republican primary results, 2000[90]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski (incumbent) 368 100%
Total votes 368 100%
Alaska House of Representatives, District 14, general election results, 2000[91]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski (incumbent) 3,828 96.40%
Write-ins 145 3.6%
Total votes 3,973 100%
Alaska House of Representatives, District 18, Republican primary results, 2002[92]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski 486 53.1%
Republican Nancy A. Dahlstrom 429 46.9%
Total votes 915 100%
Alaska House of Representatives, District 18, general election results, 2002[90]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski 2,231 93.3%
Write-ins 161 6.7%
Total votes 2,392 100%
U.S. Senate Republican primary results in Alaska, 2004[93]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski (incumbent) 45,710 58.1%
Republican Mike Miller 29,313 37.3%
Republican Wev Shea 2,857 3.6%
Republican Jim Dore 748 0.9%
Total votes 78,628 100%
U.S. Senate general election results in Alaska, 2004[94]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski (incumbent) 149,446 48.62%
Democratic Tony Knowles 139,878 45.51%
Independent Marc J. Millican 8,857 2.88%
Independence Jerry Sanders 3,765 1.22%
Green Jim Sykes 3,039 0.99%
Libertarian Scott A. Kohlhaas 1,237 0.40%
Independent Ted Gianoutsos 726 0.24%
Total votes 306,948 100%
U.S. Senate Republican primary results in Alaska, 2010[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Miller 55,878 50.91%
Republican Lisa Murkowski (incumbent) 53,872 49.09%
Total votes 109,750 100%
U.S. Senate general election results in Alaska, 2010[95]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-In Lisa Murkowski (incumbent) 101,091 39.49%
Republican Joe Miller 90,839 35.49%
Democratic Scott McAdams 60,045 23.46%
Libertarian David Haase 1,459 0.57%
Independent Timothy Carter 927 0.36%
Independent Ted Gianoutsos 458 0.18%
Write-In Other write-in votes 1,143 0.44%
Invalid or blank votes 2,784 1.08%
Total votes 258,746 100%
Turnout 52.3%
U.S. Senate Republican primary results in Alaska, 2016[96]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski 39,545 71.52%
Republican Bob Lochner 8,480 15.34%
Republican Paul Kendall 4,272 7.73%
Republican Thomas Lamb 2,996 5.42%
Total votes 55,293 100%
U.S. Senate general election results in Alaska, 2016[97]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski (incumbent) 138,149 44.36%
Libertarian Joe Miller 90,825 29.16%
Independent Margaret Stock 41,194 13.23%
Democratic Ray Metcalfe 36,200 11.62%
Independent Breck A. Carter 2,609 0.84%
Independent Ted Gianoutsos 1,758 0.56%
Write-In Write-in votes 706 0.23%
Invalid or blank votes 5,363 1.69%
Total votes 316,804 100%
Turnout 59.9%
U.S. Senate general election results in Alaska, 2022[98][99]
Party Candidate First Choice Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes %
Republican Lisa Murkowski(incumbent) 113,495 43.37% +623 114,118 43.39% +1,641 115,759 44.49% +20,571 136,330 53.70%
Republican Kelly Tshibaka 111,480 42.60% +621 112,101 42.62% +3,209 115,310 44.32% +2,224 117,534 46.30%
Democratic Pat Chesbro 27,145 10.37% +1,088 28,233 10.73% +901 29,134 11.20% −29,134 Eliminated
Republican Buzz Kelley(withdrew)[a] 7,557 2.89% +1,018 8,575 3.26% −8,575 Eliminated
Write-in 2,028 0.77% -2,028 Eliminated
Total votes 261,705 263,027 260,203 253,864
Blank or inactive ballots 3,770 +2,824 6,594 +6,339 12,933
Republicanhold

Personal life

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Murkowski and Verne Martell pose withJeff Kingduring the ceremonial start of the2019 Iditarod.

Murkowski is married to Verne Martell.[101]They have two sons, Nicolas and Matthew.[102]Murkowski isRoman Catholic.[103]As of 2018, according to OpenSecrets.org, Murkowski's net worth was more than $1.4 million.[104]Her sister, Carol, is married to the son of State SenatorArliss Sturgulewski,a former gubernatorial nominee.[105]

Property sale controversy

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In July 2007, Murkowski said she would sell back land she bought fromAnchoragebusinessman Bob Penney, a day after a Washington watchdog group filed a Senate ethics complaint against her alleging that Penney sold the property well below market value.[106]TheAnchorage Daily Newswrote, "The transaction amounted to an illegal gift worth between $70,000 and $170,000, depending on how the property was valued, according to the complaint by theNational Legal and Policy Center."[106]According to theAssociated Press,Murkowski bought the land from two developers tied to theTed Stevensprobe.[107]

In 2008, Murkowski amended her Senate financial disclosures for 2004 through 2006, adding income of $60,000 per year from the sale of a property in 2003, and more than $40,000 a year from the sale of her "Alaska Pasta Company" in 2005.[108]

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Notes

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  1. ^Remained on the ballot because of his withdrawal after the deadline of 64 days ahead of the election.[100]

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Alaska House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of theAlaska House of Representatives
from the 14th district
1999–2002 		Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Alaska
2002–present
Served alongside:Ted Stevens,Mark Begich,Dan Sullivan 		Incumbent
Preceded by Ranking Member of theSenate Indian Affairs Committee
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ranking Member of theSenate Energy Committee
2009–2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of theSenate Energy Committee
2015–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice Chair of theSenate Indian Affairs Committee
2021–2025 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of theSenate Indian Affairs Committee
2025–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Frank Murkowski
 Republicannominee forU.S. SenatorfromAlaska
(Class 3)
2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Joe Miller
 Republicannominee forU.S. SenatorfromAlaska
(Class 3)
2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference
2009–2010 		Succeeded by
John Barrasso
Order of precedence
Preceded by Order of precedence of the United States
as United States Senator 		Succeeded by
United States senators by seniority
12th
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