Claire McCaskill
Claire Conner McCaskill 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 states senior U.S. Senator upon the retirement of Kit Bond in 2011 and won a bid for reelection in 2012, defeating Republican Todd Akin by a margin of 54.7 to 39.2.
McCaskill was born in Rolla, Missouri. McCaskills father, William Young McCaskill , served as a state Insurance Commissioner during the administration of Governor Warren E. Hearnes. Her mother, Betty Anne , was the first woman elected to the City Council of Columbia, Missouri. Betty Anne McCaskill lost a race for a seat in the state House of Representatives to Leroy Blunt, the father of U.S. Senator Roy Blunt and grandfather of former Missouri Governor Matt Blunt.
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