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Claire McCaskill (Claire Conner McCaskill) was born on 24 July, 1953 in Rolla, Missouri, U.S., is an American politician (born 1953). Discover Claire McCaskill's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Claire Conner McCaskill
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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 24 July, 1953
Birthday 24 July
Birthplace Rolla, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Claire McCaskill's Husband?

Her husband is David Exposito (m. 1984-1995) Joseph Shepard (m. 2002)

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Claire McCaskill Net Worth

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1925

Her father, William Young McCaskill (1925–1993), served as a state Insurance Commissioner during the administration of Governor Warren E. Hearnes.

1928

Her mother, Betty Anne (née Ward; 1928–2012), 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.

McCaskill spent her early childhood in the small Missouri town of Houston, later moving to Lebanon, and eventually Columbia.

She attended David H. Hickman High School in Columbia, where she was a cheerleader, Pep Club president, a member of the debate club, a musical cast member, and homecoming queen.

1953

Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American former politician who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019 and as State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007.

McCaskill is a native of Rolla, Missouri.

She graduated from the University of Missouri and the University of Missouri School of Law.

1974

In the summer of 1974, before graduating from the University of Missouri, McCaskill studied at the Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown University.

1975

While attending the University of Missouri, McCaskill joined Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, graduating in 1975 with a B.A. in political science.

1978

She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1978.

From the time she graduated from law school in 1978 until her exit from the U.S. Senate in January 2019, McCaskill spent all but three years of her professional career in the public sector.

1982

In 1982, McCaskill was elected to represent the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City in the Missouri House of Representatives.

1983

A member of the Democratic Party, McCaskill served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989, as Jackson County Prosecutor from 1993 to 1998, and as the 34th State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007.

1988

She left the State House and contemplated running for Jackson County Prosecutor in 1988, but did not pursue the position when her mentor, fellow Democrat and incumbent Prosecutor Albert Riederer decided to seek another term.

1989

The exception is the three years she spent in private practice as an attorney in a Kansas City law firm (1989 to 1991).

Following her graduation from law school, she spent one year as a law clerk on the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District, which sits in Kansas City.

Thereafter, McCaskill joined the Jackson County prosecutor's office, where she specialized in arson cases.

1990

In 1990, McCaskill was elected to the Jackson County Legislature (the equivalent of a county commission or county council).

1991

In February 1991, she testified in favor of a Missouri Senate bill that would prohibit a man accused of raping his wife from using marriage as a defense.

"This is simply an issue of fundamental justice. It's embarrassing that we live in a state where it's okay to rape your wife", McCaskill said.

In December 1991, McCaskill announced her intention to run for county prosecutor.

At the time of the announcement, Riederer had not announced whether he was going to seek reelection.

McCaskill said that crime had "run amok" during Riederer's eleven years as county prosecutor.

1992

McCaskill won the Democratic primary, and she went on to win the 1992 general election with 53 percent of the vote.

McCaskill was the first woman to serve as prosecutor for Jackson County.

1996

She was reelected in 1996 with 71 percent of the vote.

1998

In 1998, McCaskill was elected as state auditor with 50.3 percent of the vote in the general election.

She was the second female to hold the post, the first having been her immediate predecessor, Margaret B. Kelly.

2002

When McCaskill ran for reelection in 2002, the winner of the Republican Party primary was Al Hanson, who had previously been incarcerated for fraud.

Hanson said he was qualified to detect fraud because he had committed fraud himself.

Because of Hanson's history, the leader of the Missouri Republican Party urged voters not to vote for Hanson in the general election.

McCaskill was reelected with 60 percent of the vote.

2003

McCaskill announced her intent to challenge incumbent governor Bob Holden in the Democratic primary on October 20, 2003.

2004

She ran for governor of Missouri in the 2004 election, defeating Democratic incumbent Bob Holden in the Democratic primary and losing to Republican Matt Blunt in a close general election.

On August 3, 2004, McCaskill defeated Holden, becoming the first candidate to defeat an incumbent governor in a primary election in state history.

2006

McCaskill was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, the first woman to be elected U.S. senator from Missouri (Jean Carnahan was appointed upon the death of her husband).

2012

Re-elected in 2012, McCaskill was defeated in 2018 by Republican challenger Josh Hawley.

, McCaskill is a political analyst for MSNBC and NBC and a visiting fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.

McCaskill was born in Rolla, Missouri.