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candidate profile
Clinton was reshaped by turmoil in 1960s
If elected, Hillary Clinton would be the first president from the postwar middle class who grew up around large cities - a background so unlike the multigenerational wealth of the Bush family.
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.)
about this candidate
BORN
October 26, 1947
CURRENT HOME
Chappaqua, N.Y.
BIRTHPLACE
Chicago, Illinois
EDUCATION
Wellesley College, B.A (1969); Yale Law School, J.D. (1973)
CURRENT JOB
Junior US Senator from New York
RESUME HIGHLIGHTS
Served as an attorney on the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry staff investigating President Richard Nixon; at age 30 President Carter appointed her to the board of the United States Legal Services Corporation; was twice named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America; designed and championed the State Children's Health Insurance Program; first New Yorker to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and first woman elected independently statewide in New York State
ELECTIVE OFFICES
US Senate in 2000, reelected in 2006
BOOKS
"It Takes A Village" and "Living History"
Family
Husband Bill and daughter Chelsea
Campaign e-mail
CAMPAIGN PHONE
202-263-0180
CAMPAIGN FAX
202-263-0181
