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Frank Murkowski

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 28, 1933 in Seattle, WA

Education:

  • Attended University of Santa Clara, 1951-1953
  • Seattle University, B.A., 1955

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard, 1955-1956

Career:

  • Banker, 1957-1967, 1971-1980
  • Commissioner, AK Department of Economic Development, 1966-1970


Election Results for Frank Murkowski


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 37 AK R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 22,179 52.9%
1970 37 AK R U.S. House At-Large District General 2 35,947 44.9%
1980 47 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 16,292 58.8%
1980 47 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 84,159 53.7%
1986 53 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 91,705 100.0%
1986 53 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 97,674 54.0%
1992 59 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 37,486 80.5%
1992 59 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 127,163 53.0%
1998 65 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 76,649 92.4%
1998 65 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 165,227 74.5%
2002 69 AK R Governor Primary 1 50,838 70.4%
2002 69 AK R Governor General 1 129,279 55.8%
2006 73 AK R Governor Primary 3 19,412 19.1%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Frank Murkowski


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1981 48 Senate 85 9 83 11 R 82 11 94 15 79
1982 49 Senate 89 1 91 5 R 79 11 93 11 63
1983 50 Senate 80 0 73 8 R 69 14 85 0 72
1984 51 Senate 94 2 90 5 R 84 12 92 12 86
1985 52 Senate 90 2 78 14 R 82 11 90 0 80
1986 53 Senate 88 5 81 15 R 80 17 94 20 76
1987 54 Senate 84 6 76 15 R 62 35 90 5 76
1988 55 Senate 89 3 81 7 R 65 18 90 17 79
1989 56 Senate 92 3 87 11 R 85 10 96 5 79
1990 57 Senate 92 0 85 14 R 75 22 98 12 76
1991 58 Senate 90 10 88 10 R 89 11 99 5 86
1992 59 Senate 82 13 82 11 R 72 27 93 25 69
1993 60 Senate 80 5 82 7 D 24 70 89 25 86
1994 61 Senate 84 9 89 8 D 32 61 96 12 96
1995 62 Senate 91 2 94 4 D 25 67 97 0 91
1996 63 Senate 92 3 93 4 D 36 63 94 15 95
1997 64 Senate 96 4 91 7 D 59 38 97 10 71
1998 65 Senate 88 13 91 7 D 38 51 95 5 78
1999 66 Senate 98 2 94 2 D 29 71 95 5 92
2000 67 Senate 99 1 97 1 D 45 55 96 0 100
2001 68 Senate 86 5 R 91 1 93 0 100
2002 69 Senate 88 7 R 83 0 91 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.