Lisa Murkowski Quotes
I am not here as my party's nominee. I am unique among the 100 senators in that regard.
Murkowski, Lisa. "Address to the 112th Congress." Congressional Record, vol. 157, U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2011.
Describing Republican Senator Robert M. La Follette, 1924 Progressive party candidate for President:
This is one of the great erroneous predictions of American political history. He was not nominated on the second ballot. Nor on the third; Lincoln was
Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States Senator for Alaska, having held that seat since 2002. Murkowski is the second-most senior Republican woman in the Senate, after Susan Collins of Maine. Like Collins, Murkowski is often described as one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate and a crucial swing vote.