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McCaskill won the Democratic primary, [13] and she went on to win the 1992 general election with 53 percent of the vote. [14] McCaskill was the first woman to serve as prosecutor for Jackson County. She was reelected in 1996 with 71 percent of the vote.
Nov 7, 2012 · Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill notched a resounding victory over her Republican challenger in Tuesday’s election, achieving the largest winning margin for a Missouri Senate race in 18 years despite entering the 2012 campaign as a self-described underdog.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill ran for re-election to a third term. McCaskill easily won her party's nomination, defeating several minor candidates in the primary, while Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley comfortably won the Republican primary.
- Josh Hawley
- 51.38%
- Republican
- 1,254,927
Nov 6, 2018 · This is the story of how Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, a man who won his first election two years ago, defeated Claire McCaskill, a veteran campaigner seeking her third Senate term.
Nov 6, 2018 · Republican state Attorney General Josh Hawley defeated Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri on Tuesday, flipping one of the nation’s most important Senate races to the GOP.
Nov 4, 2012 · And even before “legitimate rape” became a household term, McCaskill knew her best shot for reelection depended on making the gaffe-prone congressman from Wildwood her general-election...
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Incumbent senator Claire McCaskill was unopposed in the Democratic primary and U.S. representative Todd Akin won the Republican nomination with a plurality in a close three-way race. Years prior, many forecasters considered Claire McCaskill to be the most vulnerable Democratic senator seeking re-election in 2012 due to the state's rightward shift.
