RepublicanLisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator · Alaska
U.S. Senator from Alaska
11 tracked promises, 1 rated
Alaska
Represents Alaska statewide
How they won their seat
Lisa Murkowski won the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Alaska with 44.4% of the vote (138,149 votes).
- Lisa Murkowski · Republican44.4%138,149
- Joe Miller · Libertarian29.2%90,825
- Margaret Stock · Other13.2%41,194
- Ray Metcalfe · Democrat11.6%36,200
- 3 Other Candidates1.6%5,073
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Lisa Murkowski's record includes sponsored bills related to Native communities, health care, and education. She has sponsored multiple bills aimed at improving outcomes for Native children (e.g., S 4976, S 4638) and has been active in health care legislation, including the extension of premium tax credits (e.g., S 2824). Additionally, her committee memberships include roles in energy and natural resources, as well as appropriations for various sectors. Focus areas (from the record): Native American issues · Health care · Education · Energy and natural resources · Disaster relief Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Murkowski's sponsored bills relate to her declared positions on Native welfare and health care, such as her commitment to legislation for Alaska Native children and health care appropriations. The absence of immigration-related bills indicates that her sponsored legislation does not prominently feature immigration reform. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of her sponsored bills is unclear, as none have become law; The record does not reveal her influence within her committees or the broader legislative process; There is no information on her unlogged work or informal efforts outside of her official record. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Lisa Murkowski has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2026. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Lisa Murkowski has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Votes cast
- 199
- Voted yea
- 133
- Voted nay
- 59
- Bills sponsored
- 19
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$38K4%
- Large individual (itemized)$712K69%
- PAC / committee$279K27%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on AppropriationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of DefenseOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water DevelopmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — National ParksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and MiningOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American FamilyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Indian AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Chair
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+100 · based on 1 rated promise
- Fully Kept 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2017 · 1 rated promiseEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept1
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
11 promises across 11 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Afghan allies / immigration1
- Alaska Native children / welfare1
- Disaster relief1
- Education / immigration1
- Equal Rights Amendment1
- Executive nominations1
- Health care / appropriations1
- Health care / Medicaid1
- Public broadcasting funding1
- Russia / national security1
- Senate rules / filibuster1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)11100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
11 tracked promises
“Pledged to vote against any effort to weaken or create carveouts in the Senate filibuster (the 60-vote threshold).”
“As part of a framework to avert a government shutdown, committed to propose a one-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits and to work to build consensus for it.”
“Stated she did not and will not support cuts to Medicaid.”
“Committed to oppose the confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI Director.”
“Pledged not to forget Alaskans devastated by the storm (Western Alaska disaster) in her ongoing recovery work.”
“Said she is working on a large measure to convert the Commission on Native Children's recommendations into legislation on child welfare, behavioral health, nutrition, education, and housing.”
“Committed to work on the Fulfilling Promises to Afghan Allies Act to protect wartime Afghan allies, and to try to move the bill forward quickly upon the Senate's return.”
“Committed to do everything she can to protect public access to public broadcasting (emergency, news, weather, and educational programming), which she defends as a senior Appropriations Committee member.”
“Committed to continue advocating for passage of the resolution removing the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment until it is achieved.”
“Said she introduced a bill to exempt teachers from the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee and is pressing the Secretary of Homeland Security for an administrative fix.”
“Committed to keep speaking out against Russia / Vladimir Putin as long as Russian bombers are intercepted near Alaska's air defense zone.”
Verified record
615 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,762,561, spent $1,041,190, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4976: A bill to improve outcomes for Native children by empowering Tribal communities, strengthening families, and increasing access to critical services, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4870: Earth MRI Reauthorization Act of 2026 ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4822: Saving the OOI Act of 2026 ↗Jun 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4780: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude micro-grants for food security from gross income. ↗Jun 15, 2026
- Sponsored S 4779: A bill to support nutrition, farmers, the seafood industry, agricultural research, wood energy and innovation, and indigenous self-determination, and for other purposes. ↗Jun 15, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 763: A resolution recognizing the strategic importance of the Arctic region and supporting continued congressional engagement with Arctic allies and partners. ↗Jun 9, 2026
- Sponsored S 4638: Promoting Strong Native Families and Children Act ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored S 4472: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026 ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored S 4416: PHS ACCESS Act ↗Apr 28, 2026
- Sponsored S 4399: Geese House Site Conveyance Act ↗Apr 27, 2026
- Sponsored S 4276: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026 ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 4236: American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026 ↗Mar 26, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 615 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 640
- Nay
- 189
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 29
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Nay
- PN8518Yea
- PN9304Yea
- PN9304Yea
- S4784Yea
- PN9382Yea
- PN9303Not voting
- SJRES185Yea
- PN9382Yea
- SJRES196Nay
- PN9303Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9307Yea
- PN9307Yea
- HCONRES86Yea
- PN8593Yea
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Yea
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
11 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Disaster reliefStated position
Pledged not to forget Alaskans devastated by the storm (Western Alaska disaster) in her ongoing recovery work.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/icymi-murkowski-delivers-2026-address-to-alaska-state-legislatureView position & sources → - Education / immigrationStated position
Said she introduced a bill to exempt teachers from the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee and is pressing the Secretary of Homeland Security for an administrative fix.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/icymi-murkowski-delivers-2026-address-to-alaska-state-legislatureView position & sources → - Alaska Native children / welfareStated position
Said she is working on a large measure to convert the Commission on Native Children's recommendations into legislation on child welfare, behavioral health, nutrition, education, and housing.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/icymi-murkowski-delivers-2026-address-to-alaska-state-legislatureView position & sources → - Health care / appropriationsStated position
As part of a framework to avert a government shutdown, committed to propose a one-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits and to work to build consensus for it.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/senator-murkowski-proposes-framework-to-avert-government-shutdownView position & sources → - Afghan allies / immigrationStated position
Committed to work on the Fulfilling Promises to Afghan Allies Act to protect wartime Afghan allies, and to try to move the bill forward quickly upon the Senate's return.
Sourceshttps://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2025/8/klobuchar-murkowski-colleagues-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-support-wartime-afghan-alliesView position & sources → - Public broadcasting fundingStated position
Committed to do everything she can to protect public access to public broadcasting (emergency, news, weather, and educational programming), which she defends as a senior Appropriations Committee member.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/senator-murkowski-reiterates-her-support-for-public-broadcastingView position & sources → - Equal Rights AmendmentStated position
Committed to continue advocating for passage of the resolution removing the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment until it is achieved.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/on-equal-pay-day-murkowski-pressley-and-colleagues-reintroduce-bipartisan-bicameral-resolution-affirming-support-for-the-equal-rights-amendmentView position & sources → - Health care / MedicaidStated position
Stated she did not and will not support cuts to Medicaid.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/speech/03/18/2025/address-to-the-alaska-state-legislatureView position & sources → - Russia / national securityStated position
Committed to keep speaking out against Russia / Vladimir Putin as long as Russian bombers are intercepted near Alaska's air defense zone.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/speech/03/18/2025/address-to-the-alaska-state-legislatureView position & sources → - Executive nominationsStated position
Committed to oppose the confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI Director.
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/senator-murkowski-releases-statement-on-patel-nominationView position & sources → - Senate rules / filibusterStated position
Pledged to vote against any effort to weaken or create carveouts in the Senate filibuster (the 60-vote threshold).
Sourceshttps://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/speech/speech-preserving-the-senate-filibusterView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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