Hillary Clinton

Democratic
SENATOR HILLARY DIANE RODHAM CLINTON
“The Change Has Just Begun”

Born: October 26, 1947 (age 59), Chicago, Illinois
Residence: New York City, New York
Spouse: William Jefferson Clinton
Children: one daughter
Education: Wellesley College; Yale University
Profession: Attorney, Board Member
Books: Living History and It takes a Village
Religion: United Methodist
Political offices: First Lady of Arkansas;); First Lady of the United States); US Senator from New York (2001-present), Senate Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Senate Special Committee on Aging, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Commissioner)
Website: www.HillaryClinton.com  

JANUARY 3, 2008 IOWA With 45 pledged and 12 unpledged, Sen Clinton came in third winning 737 “delegate” votes or 29.5%. 15 Delegates pledged.

JANUARY 8, 2008 NEW HAMPSHIRE With 22 pledged and 8 unpledged, Sen
Clinton came in first with 112,251 votes or 39.1%. 9 Delegates pledged.

JANUARY 15, 2008 MICHIGAN With its 156 delegates currently subject to penalty, Sen Clinton came in first with 328,151 votes or 55%.

JANUARY 19, 2008 NEVADA. With 25 pledged and 8 unpledged delegates (and 98% of precincts reporting) Sen Clinton was in 1st place with 5,353 delegate votes 0r 50.7%. 12 delegates pledged.

JANUARY 26, 2008 SOUTH CAROLINA: With 45 pledged delegates and 9 unpledged, and with 99% of the precints reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton won 141,128 votes or 26.5%. 9 delegates pledged.

JANUARY 29, 2008 FLORIDA With 99% of precints reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton won 857,208 votes or 49.7%

FEBRUARY 5 ALABAMA With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second with 222,887 votes or 41.6

FEBRUARY 5 ALASKA With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second with 103 caucus votes or 25.4%.

FEBRUARY 5 ARIZONA With 93% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton come in first with 11,067 votes or 50.7%.

FEBRUARY 5 ARKANSAS With 89% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 193,717 votes or 26.9%

FEBRUARY 5 CALIFORNIA With 95% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 2,055,340 votes or 51.8%.

FEBRUARY 5 COLORADO With 95% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 38,587 caucus votes or 32.4%

FEBRUARY 5 CONNECTICUT With 100% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 164,831 votes or 46.6%.

FEBRUARY 5 DELAWARE With 100% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 40,751 votes or 42.3%.

FEBRUARY 5 GEORGIA With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 326,354 votes or 31.1%.

FEBRUARY 5 IDAHO With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 3,655 nominating votes or 17.2%.

FEBRUARY 5 ILLINOIS With 97% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 643,352 votes or 33%.

FEBRUARY 5 KANSAS With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 9,462 caucus votes or 25.8%

FEBRUARY 5 MASSACHUSETTS With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 704,581 votes or 56.2%.

FEBRUARY 5 MINNESOTA With 82% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second with 65,701 votes or 31.9%.

FEBRUARY 5 MISSOURI With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 395,287 votes or 48%.

FEBRUARY 5 NEW JERSEY With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 599,620 votes or 53.8%.

FEBRUARY 5 NEW MEXICO With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton is (as of 12:46PM ET, Feb 6) virtually tied with Sen. Obama: 64,965 nominating votes or 48.4%.

FEBRUARY 5 NEW YORK With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 1,003,138 votes or 57.4%.

FEBRUARY 5 NORTH DAKOTA With 100% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 6,948 votes or 36.5%.

FEBRUARY 5 OKLAHOMA With 100% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 228,425 votes or 54.8%.

FEBRUARY 5 TENNESSEE With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 332,599 votes or 53.8%.

FEBRUARY 5 UTAH With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 48,719 votes or 39.2%.

FEBRUARY 9 2008 LOUISIANA With 100% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 136,959 votes or 35.6%.

FEBRUARY 9 2008 NEBRASKA With 100% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 12,445 caucus votes or 32.2%

FEBRUARY 9 2008 WASHINGTON With 96% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 9,992 caucus votes or 31.2%.

FEBRUARY MAINE With 99% of the precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 1,396 caucus votes or 39.9%.

FEBRUARY 12, 2008 VIRGINIA with 99% of precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 347,252 votes or 35.4%. 29 Delegates pledged.

FEBRUARY 12, 2008 MARYLAND with 99% of precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 285,440 votes or 36.7%. 16 delegates pledged.

FEBRUARY 12, 2008 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA with 99% of precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 27,326 votes or 24%. 3 delegates pledged.

FEBRUARY 19, 2008 HAWAII With 100% of precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton came in second place with 8,835 caucus votes or 23.6%

FEBRUARY 19, 2008 WISCONSIN With 99% of precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton came in second place with 452,590 votes or 40.7%.

OHIO MARCH 4, 2008 With 97% of precincts reporting Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 1,174,047 votes or 54.5%.

VERMONT MARCH 4, 2008 With 86% of precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 52,839 votes or 38.3%.

RHODE ISLAND MARCH 4, 2008 With 98% of precincts reporting Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 106,471 votes or 58.4%.

TEXAS MARCH 4, 2008 With 98% of precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in first place with 1,435,178 votes or 47.4%.

TEXAS MARCH 4, 2008 With 36% of precincts reporting, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come in second place with 18,689 caucus votes or 48%.

WYOMING MARCH 8, 2008 With 100% of precincts reporting Sen. Hillary Clinton came in second place with 3,312 caucus votes or 38%.

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Clinton on Abortion

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton has expressed a personal opposition to abortion, but is a staunch defender of choice, though she opposes late-term abortion. She advocates the acceptance and availability of education and contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancy. (more…)

Clinton on Civil Rights

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton fully supports equal rights, equal opportunity, and affirmative action. “It is abundantly clear that race and racism are defining challenges not only in the United States but around the world. And for anyone to assert that race is not a problem in America (more…)

Clinton on Corporations/Regulation

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton feels that “to the corporate elite” middle class and working Americans are invisible. She believes there is a “culture of corruption and cronyism” in Washington and that we need to “stop outsourcing critical government functions to private companies (more…)

Clinton on Crime & Punishment

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton believes that mandatory sentencing has been too widely used, though she supports “three strikes” legislation. She has promoted stricter sentencing for hate crimes and supports the death penalty, but feels that DNA testing should be required for all federal executions. (more…)

Clinton on Drug Policy

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton feels non-violent drug offenders should be diverted away from prison. She also advocates “drug courts” that would serve as alternatives to the criminal justice system. “We need more treatment. It is unfair to urge people to get rid of their addiction (more…)

Clinton on Education

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton maintains that “it takes a village” to raise a child and supports early childhood education, more mentoring, and more parent education programs. She opposes merit pay for individual teachers, but endorses merit pay for entire schools. (more…)

Clinton on Energy Policy

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton advocates ending tax breaks for oil companies and investing more in alternative energy sources, promoting energy independence by 2020. She is uncertain about nuclear energy until waste and cost issues are addressed. She favors ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. (more…)

Clinton on Family Values

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton believes that parental dedication and community support improves children’s’ lives. She has proposed giving every child a $5000 Savings Bond to go toward higher education or the purchase of a home and supports funding for after-school programs. (more…)

Clinton on Foreign Policy

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton feels our economy is undercut by our debt to China. She supports a NATO-enforced no-fly zone in Darfur, but no ground troops. She also believes that human rights should be central to our foreign policy and that enemy leaders should be addressed through diplomacy (more…)

Clinton on Gun Control

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton feels that all handguns should be licensed and registered and supports tough gun control laws - especially for young people. “We need to stand firm on behalf of sensible gun control legislation. We have to enact laws that will keep guns out of the hand of children (more…)

Clinton on Health Care

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton believes in incremental reforms that will lead to universal health care through insurance premium subsidy, but feels that single-payer health care is unrealistic. She also supports AIDS education and research and advocates expanding eligibility for the SCHIP program (more…)

Clinton on Immigration

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton advocates more patrolling of both the Mexican and Canadian borders. She feels that immigration reform should have family unification as one of its goals. “We ought to come up with a much better entry and exit system so that if we’re going to let people in for the work (more…)

Clinton on Jobs & Unemployment

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton believes that standing up for the worker will help us compete in the global economy. She feels we should support unions to guarantee fair wages and good working conditions. She has also proposed that the minimum wage be tied to congressional salaries (more…)

Clinton on LGBT Rights

Hillary ClintonWords: Supports civil unions with full equality of benefits and believes gay marriage should be left to the states. She also believes that the “don’t-ask-don’t-tell” policy was an important transition step toward military integration. “I think I have an opportunity to reverse (more…)

Clinton on National Security

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton feels that the “don’t-ask-don’t-tell” policy should be repealed. She has consistently supported a tough line on terrorism, advocating threat assessments, protection of the food supply and high-risk sites, increased homeland security grants (more…)

Clinton on Oversight and Reform

Hillary Clinton Words: Clinton feels we should move toward public election financing rather than banning lobbyists and has called for an end to “soft money” if it includes independent ads. She also advocates ending voter discrimination providing verified paper ballots for every vote. (more…)

Clinton on Social Security

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton believes that we should make sure no one ever tries to privatize Social Security, which she considers “one of the greatest inventions in American democracy” and feels it protects families in addition to retirees. She believes it can be secured (more…)

Clinton on Stem Cell Research

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton supports embryonic stem cell research. “I’ve worked on helping to boost funding for research to look for cures and a way to prevent so many devastating diseases. And we know that stem cell research holds the key to our understanding more about what we can do.” (more…)

Clinton on Tax Policy

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton advocates ending the Bush tax cuts and cutting the alternative minimum tax. She opposes cutting off the payroll contribution at $95,000 and would support raising the cap.
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Clinton on Technology/Infrastructure

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton argues that infrastructure investment both creates jobs and improves security and advocates the development of the biotech industry. She supports “net neutrality” and feels that there is a “digital divide” that needs to be bridged in terms of equal opportunity (more…)

Clinton on the “War on Terror” & Iraq

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton believes we should redeploy troops out of Iraq accompanied by regional diplomacy; she takes responsibility for her vote to authorize the use of force against Iran, but does not feel it was a mistake, claiming “we are safer than we were, but we’re not yet safe enough”. (more…)

Clinton on the Budget & Spending

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton feels we should “pay down the national debt, save Social Security, modernize Medicare with a prescription drug benefit, and provide targeted tax cuts to the families who need them most.” She also believes in a balanced budget. (more…)

Clinton on the Environment

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton supports any effort to combat pollution and full funding of the EPA. She also advocates “green-collar” job training. “I have worked on behalf of children’s health and the environment, I’ve stood for clean air and worked in the administration to deal with problems (more…)

Clinton on Trade & Globalization

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton believes we should maximize the benefits of the global economy but minimize the impact on American workers and advocates real trade adjustment assistance. “I believe in smart trade. Pro-American trade. Trade that has labor and environmental standards (more…)

Clinton on Welfare & Poverty

Hillary ClintonWords: Clinton feels we should establish a National Affordable Housing trust fund and that there should be tax credits to promote home ownership in distressed areas. She has argued for equal access to capital and jobs. She also advocates fully funding AmeriCorps (more…)