The Murkowski family
Alaska · Senate · Governor
Combined career popular votes
1,106,633
Members on the ballot
2
Combined W–L
9–0
Years on the ballot
1980–2022
Frank Murkowski represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate before being elected the state’s governor. On taking office he appointed his daughter, Lisa Murkowski, to his vacated Senate seat, and she has held it ever since, including a 2010 write-in victory, keeping the seat in the family for some forty years.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank H. MurkowskiR | Senate · Governor | 1980–2002 | 603,502 | 5–0 |
| Lisa MurkowskiR | Senate | 2004–2022 | 503,131 | 4–0 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 2 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.