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Claire McCaskill

Claire McCaskill
Personal data
Date of birthJuly 24, 1953(age 62)
Place of birthRolla, Missouri
Birth nameClaire Conner McCaskill
Political partyDemocrat
SpouseDavid Exposito (div.)
Joseph Shepard
ChildrenAustin
Maddie
Lily
ResidenceSt. Louis, Missouri
Alma materUniversity of Missouri (B.A., J.D.)
ProfessionAttorney
ReligionRoman Catholic
Assumed officeJanuary 3, 2007
Serving with Roy Blunt
Preceded byJim Talent
34th State Auditor of Missouri
In office1999 - 2007
GovernorMel Carnahan (1999-2000)
Roger B. Wilson (2000-2001)
Bob Holden (2001-2005)
Matt Blunt (2005-2007)
Succeeded bySusan Montee
Preceded byMargaret B. Kelly
Member of the
Missouri House of Representatives
In office1982 - 1988

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Claire Conner McCaskill (-enməˈkæskəlpron; born July 24, 1953) is the senior United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Democratic Party. She defeated Republican incumbent Jim Talent in the 2006 U.S. Senate election, by a margin of 49.6% to 47.3%. She is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri in her own right. She became the state's senior U.S. Senator upon the retirement of Kit Bond in 2011.

Before her election to the U.S. Senate, McCaskill was State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007. She previously served as Jackson County Prosecutor (1993 � 1998) and a member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1983 � 1988). She was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Missouri in the 2004 gubernatorial election. She is a native of Rolla and graduate of the University of Missouri.

In the U.S. Senate, McCaskill serves as a member of the Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Special Committee on Aging. She is chairman of the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight. She was cited by The New York Times to be among the seventeen women most likely to become the first female President of the United States.


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