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[[Image:Senator mccaskill.jpg|right|100px]]
{{Officeholder
|name=Claire McCaskill
|image=000McCaskill.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=David Exposito (div.)<br/>Joseph Shepard
|religion=Roman Catholic
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Missouri
|terms=January 3, 2007 – Present
|preceded=[[Jim Talent]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''Claire McCaskill''', born July 24, 1953 (age {{age|1953|7|24}}), is currently the junior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from the state of [[Missouri]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. She defeated [[Republican]] Senator [[Jim Talent]] in 2006 with 50% of the vote.
'''Claire McCaskill''', born July 24, 1953 (age {{age|1953|7|24}}), is currently the junior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from the state of [[Missouri]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. She defeated [[Republican]] Senator [[Jim Talent]] in 2006 with 50% of the vote.
On September 6, 2006, she publicly stated that "[[George Bush]] let people die on rooftops in [[New Orleans]] because they were poor and because they were black," when addressing [[Hurricane Katrina]] victims.
On September 6, 2006, she publicly stated that "[[George Bush]] let people die on rooftops in [[New Orleans]] because they were poor and because they were black," when addressing [[Hurricane Katrina]] victims.
McCaskill was the co-chair of [[Barack Obama]]’s 2008 [[president]]ial [[campaign]]. She criticized [[John McCain]]'s age, saying "Other people talk about his [[melanoma]]. We’re talking about a reality here that we have to face." <ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/mccaskill-to-st.html</ref>
McCaskill was the co-chair of [[Barack Obama]]’s 2008 [[president]]ial [[campaign]]. She criticized [[John McCain]]'s age, saying "Other people talk about his [[melanoma]]. We’re talking about a reality here that we have to face." <ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/mccaskill-to-st.html</ref> Claire McCaskill has voted with a majority of her Democratic colleagues 78.4% of the time during the current [[Congress]]. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m001170/</ref> She supported the 2009 Economic Stimulus Package.
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