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Claire McCaskill
Born July 24, 1953 (71 years)
Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American 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 U.S. senator 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. As of February 2019, McCaskill is a political analyst for MSNBC and NBC and a visiting fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.
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 U.S. senator 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. As of February 2019, McCaskill is a political analyst for MSNBC and NBC and a visiting fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.
Filmography
| 2024 | The Weekend with Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele (2024) (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor |
| 2023 | Inside with Jen Psaki (2023) (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor |
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor |
| 2020 | To be deleted (TV Series) · as Self - Msnbc Political Analyst |
| 2018 | Dirty Money (2018) (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Senator, Missouri |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America · as Self - Reader: The Constitution |
| 2017 | Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor |
| 2017 | I am Jane Doe · as Self |
| 2016 | The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | A.M. Joy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Race for the White House (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Breakthrough (TV Series) · as Self - Ranking Member, Special Committee On Aging |
| 2015 | To be deleted (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine · as Self |
| 2014 | America After Ferguson · as Self - (d-Mo) |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Former Senator |
| 2013 | All In with Chris Hayes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The Invisible War · as Self - (d) Missouri |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Missouri Senator |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Please Remove Your Shoes · as Self - Missouri Senator |
| 2008 | The Rachel Maddow Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | MSNBC Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | MSNBC Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The ReidOut with Joy Reid (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | To the Contrary (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Senator, Missouri (segment "after Shock") |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Nbc News Political Analyst |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self - Political Roundtable Panelist |