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United States senator from Missouri, Claire McCaskill
Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is the senior United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Democratic Party. 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 and won a bid for re-election in 2012, where she defeated Republican Todd Akin by a margin of 54.7% to 39.2%.
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 (1983–1989). 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 chairperson of the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight.
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STLtoday.com
April 27, 2018
Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Wednesday was one of five Democratic senators facing re-election in states won by President Donald Trump to vote for Trump's controversial ... Hawley campaign manager Kyle Plotkin tweeted that no matter which way McCaskill voted, it would be a matter of "political convenience.
Politico
April 23, 2018
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is up for reelection. And like clockwork, the Republican Party of Missouri is in complete turmoil again. McCaskill won a second term term in 2012 when GOP Rep. Todd Akin's campaign imploded in the wake of his comments about “legitimate rape.” Now, Republicans worryÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 19, 2018
WASHINGTON • Attorney General Josh Hawley raised $1.5 million for his U.S. Senate campaign in the first three months of 2018 — and the $2.1 ... Claire McCaskill reported. ... She is on a pace to exceed both the $21 million she spent in 2012 to win re-election, and the record $23.7 million former Sen.
Vox
April 17, 2018
Sen. Claire McCaskill is facing an extremely tough election in 2018. The Missouri senator is considered the most embattled Democrat incumbent facing reelection in 2018; she's near or at the top of nearly every list of toughest Senate races. A Democrat in an increasingly red state, McCaskill has survived theÃâà...
New York Times
April 12, 2018
... of what the Republican Party wanted for the coming fight to unseat Senator Claire McCaskill this November: young, telegenic and smart. Six years ago, Ms. McCaskill won re-election by intervening in the Republican primary to boost the weakest of her potential Republican opponents, Todd Akin, and thenÃâà...
Washington Examiner
April 10, 2018
Claire McCaskill, has accepted $27,200 in contributions from Facebook employees and PACs to her campaign, this cycle alone (and another $7,500 to her own leadership PAC). Hawley's campaign has sought to cast McCaskill as the "eager ally" of faraway elites, using her financial contributors to buildÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 9, 2018
ARNOLD, Mo. — Sen. Claire McCaskill needs another miracle. The Missouri Democrat swept into office with a little less than 50 percent of the vote in the 2006 Democratic wave. Six years later, she provided an assist to a Republican rival during the primary and then defeated him in the general electionÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 2, 2018
Claire McCaskill's first campaign ad of 2018 will begin airing in Missouri Tuesday, and it will feature a World War II veteran exposed to mustard gas experiments that McCaskill ... Outside groups already have begun barraging the state airways with campaign ads, but this is the first by McCaskill herself.
The Hill
March 29, 2018
That criticism stems from comments made by Bruce Franks, a state legislator and top black activist who called on McCaskill to “show up” and meet with minority voters to get support for her campaign. “I'm going to vote for Claire, but Claire is going to have to bring her ass to St. Louis,” Franks said at a townÃâà...
Kansas City Star
March 28, 2018
Ellington and the other African American leaders who spoke with The Star for this story said there's no doubt they will support McCaskill and campaign for her in their communities. The last thing they want is for a Republican to take her seat. “Claire McCaskill has been my friend and colleague for more thanÃâà...
St. Louis Public Radio
December 31, 1999
(Updated at 12:30 p.m. April 19 with Hawley's campaign-finance numbers) U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill has widened her financial lead over her best-known GOP opponent, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, which likely will prompt more allied Republican groups to spend money on his behalf.
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