Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

Biography

Political Highlights: Mo. House, 1983-89; sought Democratic nomination for Jackson County prosecutor, 1988; Jackson County Legislature, 1991-93; Jackson County prosecutor, 1993-99; Mo. auditor, 1999-2007; Democratic nominee for governor, 2004; U.S. Senate, 2007-present
Born: July 24, 1953; Rolla, Mo.
Residence: Kirkwood
Religion: Roman Catholic
Family: Husband, Joseph Shepard; seven children
Education: U. of Missouri, B.A. 1975; U. of Missouri, J.D. 1978
Military Service: None
Start of Service: Elected: 2006 (2nd term)
Committee Assignments: Armed Services (Airland; Personnel; Readiness & Management Support); Commerce, Science & Transportation (Communications, Technology, Innovation & the Internet; Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance & Data Security; Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine); Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (Federal Spending Oversight & Emergency Management; Permanent Investigations - Ranking Member); Special Aging

Election History

Year	Election	Candidate	Votes	%
2012	general	Claire McCaskill (D)	1,494,125	54.8
		Todd Akin (R)	1,066,159	39.1
		Jonathan Dine (LIBERT)	165,468	6.1
		Ted Kimzey (WRI)	15	0.0
		Bernard Duraski (WRI)	9	0.0
		William Dean (WRI)	6	0.0
		Bernie Mowinski (WRI)	5	0.0
		Charlie Bailey (WRI)	4	0.0
		Arnie Dienoff (WRI)	2	0.0

2006	general	Claire McCaskill (D)	1,055,255	49.6
		Jim Talent (R)	1,006,941	47.3
		Frank Gilmour (LIBERT)	47,792	2.2
		Lydia Lewis (PRO)	18,383	0.9

Roll Call Vitals

30th

Missouri is 30th on Roll Call's Clout Index, which measures influence in Congress by state.

Sen. Claire McCaskill has no appearances on Sunday talk shows.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has the most appearances so far this year.

Claire McCaskill is ranked 24th on the 50 Richest Members of Congress list.

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