( Jean Carnahan was appointed upon the death of her husband.) Re-elected in 2012, McCaskill was defeated in 2018 by Republican challenger Josh Hawley. While the 2nd female senator to have represented Missouri, she is the 1st female candidate elected to the Senate from Missouri. 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. 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 graduated from the University of Missouri and the University of Missouri School of Law. McCaskill is a native of Rolla, Missouri. Claire Conner McCaskill ( / m ə ˈ k æ s k əl/ 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.
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