Claire McCaskill
| Claire McCaskill | |
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United States Senator from Missouri |
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Assumed office January 3, 2007 Serving with Roy Blunt |
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| Preceded by | Jim Talent |
| Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Carper |
| 34th Auditor of Missouri | |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Governor |
Mel Carnahan Roger Wilson Bob Holden Matt Blunt |
| Preceded by | Margaret Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Susan Montee |
| Prosecutor of Jackson County | |
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In office 1993–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Riederer |
| Succeeded by | Robert Beaird |
| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 42nd district |
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In office January 10, 1983 – February 2, 1988 |
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| Preceded by | James Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Joseph F. Kenton |
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Claire Conner McCaskill July 24, 1953 Rolla, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | David Exposito (1984–1995) Joseph Shepard (m. 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Missouri, Columbia (BA, JD) |
| Website | Senate website |
Claire Conner McCaskill (/məˈkæskəl/; born July 24, 1953) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the senior United States Senator from Missouri. The first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri in her own right, she defeated Republican incumbent Jim Talent in the 2006 election, by a margin of 49.6% to 47.3%. She became the state's senior U.S. Senator upon the retirement of Kit Bond in 2011 and won a bid for re-election in 2012, defeating Republican Todd Akin by a margin of 54.7% to 39.2%.
Before her election to the U.S. Senate, McCaskill served as the State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007. She previously served as Jackson County Prosecutor from 1993 to 1998 and as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989. She ran for Governor of Missouri in the 2004 election, beating Democratic incumbent Bob Holden in the primary election but losing to Republican Matt Blunt in a close general election. A native of Rolla, she graduated from the University of Missouri and studied at Georgetown University.
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