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Hillary Clinton	Results \| Bio \| Career \| Other Facts
	Please wait while we retrieve the data. Candidate status: Announced Filed a statement of candidacy with the FEC on January 22, 2007 Full story Current job: U.S. senator from New York Birth date: October 26, 1947, Chicago, Illinois Family: Married Bill Clinton (1975-present); Children: Chelsea (1980) Religion: Methodist Education: Wellesley College, B.A., 1969; Yale University Law School, J.D., 1973 Campaign Web site: www.hillaryclinton.com 1964: Worked in the presidential campaign of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater. 1968: Switched to the Democratic Party and campaigned for Eugene McCarthy. 1974: Began working for the House Judiciary Committee, which oversaw the inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Nixon. Nixon later resigned and Clinton moved to Arkansas to teach at the University of Arkansas School of Law. 1976-1992: Attorney at Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas; named partner in 1979. 1978: Bill Clinton elected governor. Hillary Clinton continued to work at Rose Law Firm, the first first lady of Arkansas to continue to work while her husband is governor. 1982: After losing the 1980 gubernatorial election, Bill Clinton returned to office to remain for eight years. During that time, Hillary Clinton was appointed chairwoman of the Rural Health Advisory Committee and head of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee. 1993: Became first lady after Bill Clinton elected president. 1993: President Clinton named his wife to lead the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. She testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in support of President Clinton's health care package, but the health care reform bill was later defeated by Congress. 1996: Hillary Clinton testified before a federal grand jury about the billing records from Rose Law Firm and Whitewater. In 2002, Independent Counsel Robert Ray released his final report on the eight-year investigation of the Clintons, saying they had not obstructed justice or committed perjury, but that they had given inaccurate testimony. 2000: Elected to the U.S. Senate from New York with 56 percent of the vote. 2006: Re-elected to second term. She is the first first lady to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Clinton's 2003 memoir, "Living History," sold more than 200,000 copies on its first day of release. At her graduation from Wellesley College in 1969, Clinton delivered the college's first student commencement address. Hillary and Bill Clinton met in the Yale Law Library in the early 1970s.

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In Their Own Words
	It's easy to give a speech about restoring the middle class, but it is hard to actually do it. ... We've been here before with a president who leaves the economic cupboard bare on Election Day. -- from speech on November 19, 2007

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Supporters

Some supporters, who may have also contributed to other candidates, include:

Danny DeVito Actor Donated $2,300
Joely Fisher Actress Donated $4,600
Tom Hanks Actor Donated $2,300
Tobey Maguire Actor Donated $4,600
Paul Newman Actor Donated $4,600
Rhea Perlman Actress Donated $2,300
George Takei Actor Donated $1,000
Lily Tomlin Actress Donated $2,000
Joanne Woodward Actress Donated $4,600

* Money figures are according to FEC

Advisers

Some of the top and notable advisers, according to the campaigns and/or media reports.

Maggie Williams Campaign manager Served as Clinton's chief of staff when the New York senator was first lady
Patti Solis Doyle Senior adviser An adviser for Clinton who started working for the senator when she was the first lady of Arkansas
Mark Penn Pollster Besides polling, also has additional strategic duties.
Terry McAuliffe Campaign chair A longtime Clinton confidante and former Democratic National Committee chair
Howard Wolfson Communications director A former executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and partner in a Washington public relations firm.
Mandy Grunwald Media consultant A political aide long associated with the senator and President Clinton
Jonathan Mantz Finance director A former chief fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Ann Lewis Senior adviser, women's outreach Communications director for Sen. Clinton's PAC, counselor to President Clinton, chair of DNC's Women's Vote Center, Planned Parenthood executive
Peter Daou Internet director Edited "Daou Report" on Salon.com, online communication adviser to Sen. Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign

* Special Notes

• Delegate counts represent CNN's most recent estimate for each candidate. For Democrats, the figures include pledged delegates and superdelegates. For Republicans, the figures include pledged delegates and unpledged RNC member delegates. There are currently 4,049 total delegates to the Democratic National Convention, including 3,253 pledged delegates and 796 superdelegates. The total number of delegate votes needed to win the nomination is 2,025. There are currently 2,380 total delegates to the Republican National Convention, including 1,917 pledged delegates and 463 unpledged delegates. The total number of delegate votes needed to win the nomination is 1,191. More about the delegate selection process
• Needed to Win: This refers to the total number of delegate votes needed by a candidate to win the party's nomination.
• States won: This refers to CNN's projected winner for each race until a final result has been determined. How CNN projects winners

Hillary Clinton Fundraising

TOTAL as of 01/31/2008
Raised:	$138,048,905
Spent:	$108,862,564
Cash-on-Hand:	$29,186,341
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Clinton on the Issues

Abortion
Supports abortion rights.

Immigration
Supported Bush-backed immigration reform legislation, which would have increased funding and improved border security technology, improved enforcement of existing laws, and provided a legal path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants. Voted to authorize construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Iraq
Voted for use of military force in Iraq, but now says she would have voted differently "if we knew then what we know now." Supports de-authorizing the war. Voted for war spending bill that would have withdrawn most U.S. troops by March 2008. Opposed Bush plan to increase the number of American troops in Iraq. Supports a phased redeployment and a cap on the number of American troops in Iraq.

Same-sex marriage
Opposes same-sex marriage but supports civil unions. Says states should ultimately decide the issue. Opposes a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

Social Security
Opposes Bush plan allowing workers to divert some Social Security payroll taxes into private retirement accounts.

Taxes
Opposed 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. Opposed extending tax cuts through 2010.

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