Frank Murkowski
10th Governor of Alaska
In office December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006
Lieutenant	Loren D. Leman
Preceded by	Tony Knowles
Succeeded by	Sarah Palin
United States Senator from Alaska
In office January 3, 1981 – December 2, 2002
Preceded by	Mike Gravel
Succeeded by	Lisa Murkowski
Born	March 28, 1933 (1933-03-28) (age 75) Seattle, Washington
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Nancy Murkowski
Profession	Banker, Politician
Religion	Roman Catholic

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Murkowski was born in Seattle, Washington to Frank Michael Murkowski and Helen Hughes. ^[1] He was raised in Ketchikan, Alaska and initially attended Santa Clara University but graduated from Seattle University, both Catholic Jesuit universities. Ketchikan (ˈkɛtʃɪkæn is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States and the southeasternmost sizable city in that state Santa Clara University is a private co-educational Jesuit -affiliated University located in Santa Clara, California. Seattle University is a Nonprofit Jesuit Catholic University in the United States. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Prior to his election to the Senate in 1980, he worked in the banking industry in Anchorage and Wrangell. The Alaska United States Senate election of 1980 coincided with a large Republican Party victory across the country including winning majority in the Senate and Presidency Wrangell is a city and borough in Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2308 In 1970, he was the Republican nominee for the at-large U. S. House seat, but lost to Nick Begich, 55%-45%. Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Begich Sr ( April 6, 1932 – Undetermined presumably October 16, 1972) was a Democratic Party He is married to Nancy Murkowski, and they have six children.

Senator Frank H. Murkowski

During his time in the Senate, he was most notable as Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee from 1995 to 2001. The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and nuclear waste policy territorial policy native Hawaiian As chair, he argued and attempted unsuccessfully to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ( ANWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska.

He was elected governor on November 5, 2002, defeating his Democratic opponent, Fran Ulmer, 56%-41%. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Fran Ulmer (born February 1, 1947) to the Ulmer's of Horicon Wisconsin He succeeded retiring Democrat Tony Knowles and took office on December 2, 2002. Anthony Carroll Knowles (born January 1 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American Democratic politician and businessman who Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Upon his inauguration, he resigned his Senate seat and appointed his daughter, Lisa Murkowski, the Majority Leader-designate of the Alaska House of Representatives, in his place. Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is an American politician of the Republican party and the junior United States Senator from The Alaska House of Representatives is the Lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U This led his opponents to accuse him of nepotism; as a result, a ballot measure passed in 2004 stripped governors of the power to appoint U. Nepotism is the showing of favoritism toward relatives and friends based upon that relationship rather than on an objective evaluation of ability Meritocracy or suitability S. Senators, making Alaska one of only three states to do so.

Toward the end of his administration he brokered a deal for a gas pipeline that was never considered, in final form, by the legislature.

Governor Murkowski ran for re-election in 2006, but lost to former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin and Fairbanks businessman John Binkley in the Republican primary election on August 22, 2006 (Palin winning with 51% and Binkley taking second with 30% to Murkowski's 19%). Sarah Louise Heath Palin ( born February 11 1964 is the Governor of Alaska and the Republican Party 's vice-presidential nominee for the John Binkley (born 1953 in Fairbanks Alaska) is an Alaska Politician and a former Republican candidate for the office of Alaska Governor ^[2] Most polls had predicted this result.

On March 4, 2008, Murkowski's former chief-of-staff, Jim Clark, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy after federal investigators discovered Clark had asked oil-field company Veco to illegally pay $68,550 on polls for Murkowski's failed 2006 re-election campaign. Jim Clark served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Alaska during the administration of former Alaska Gov Murkowski, Clark's indictment noted, was the only candidate who supported an oil tax and gas pipeline plan that Veco backed. Murkowski has not been charged in the Alaska political corruption probe. Alaska political corruption probe refers to a widespread investigation from 2004 to the present by the Public Integrity Section of the U .

In all, Murkowski spent two years in the armed services, 22 years as Alaska's junior senator in D. C. and four years as governor.

Electoral history

• 2006 race for Governor (primary)
  • Sarah Palin (R), 51%
  • John Binkley (R), 30%
  • Frank Murkowski (R) (incumbent), 19%

• 2002 race for Governor
  • Frank Murkowski (R), 56%
  • Fran Ulmer (D), 41%

• 1998 race for U. Sarah Louise Heath Palin ( born February 11 1964 is the Governor of Alaska and the Republican Party 's vice-presidential nominee for the John Binkley (born 1953 in Fairbanks Alaska) is an Alaska Politician and a former Republican candidate for the office of Alaska Governor Fran Ulmer (born February 1, 1947) to the Ulmer's of Horicon Wisconsin S. Senate
  • Frank Murkowski (R) (inc. ), 75%
  • Joe Sonneman (D), 20%

• 1992 race for U. S. Senate
  • Frank Murkowski (R) (inc. ), 53%
  • Tony Smith (D), 38%
  • Mary Jordan (Grn. ), 8%

• 1986 race for U. S. Senate
  • Frank Murkowski (R) (inc. ), 55%
  • Glenn Olds (D), 45%

• 1980 race for U.S. Senate
  • Frank Murkowski (R), 54%
  • Clark Gruening (D), 46%

• 1970 race for U. The Alaska United States Senate election of 1980 coincided with a large Republican Party victory across the country including winning majority in the Senate and Presidency Clark Gruening is an American Politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party from Alaska. S. House
  • Nick Begich (D), 55%
  • Frank Murkowski (R), 45%

External links

• FrankMurkowski.com
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Governor Murkowski rated the most unpopular governor in the entire U.S., via alaskareport. Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Begich Sr ( April 6, 1932 – Undetermined presumably October 16, 1972) was a Democratic Party The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D com

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