Claire McCaskill

Claire McCaskill
Official portrait, 2012
United States Senator from Missouri
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by	Jim Talent
Succeeded by	Josh Hawley
Committee positions Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 Preceded by Tom Carper Succeeded by Gary Peters
34th Auditor of Missouri
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007
Governor	Mel Carnahan Roger Wilson Bob Holden Matt Blunt
Preceded by	Margaret Kelly
Succeeded by	Susan Montee
Prosecutor of Jackson County
In office 1993–1998
Preceded by	Albert Riederer
Succeeded by	Robert Beaird
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 42nd district
In office January 5, 1983 – February 2, 1988
Preceded by	James Barnes
Succeeded by	Joseph Kenton
Personal details
Born	Claire Conner McCaskill (1953-07-24) July 24, 1953 (age 71) Rolla, Missouri, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	David Exposito ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1995)​ Joseph Shepard ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	3
Education	University of Missouri (BA, JD)
Claire McCaskill's voice Claire McCaskill speaks in support of confirming M. Douglas Harpool as a district court judge Recorded March 25, 2014

Claire Conner McCaskill (/məˈkæskəl/; 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. 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. 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.

McCaskill was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, the first woman to be elected to the chamber from Missouri (Jean Carnahan was appointed upon the death of her husband). Re-elected in 2012, McCaskill was defeated in 2018 by Republican challenger Josh Hawley.^[1] Since February 2019, McCaskill has served as a political analyst for MSNBC and NBC.^[2][3]