nov 7, 2000 - Hilary Clinton - US Senator

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On November 7, 2000, First Lady Hilary Clinton was elected to the Senate from New York. Her decision to run at the same time she was still the first lady was unprecedented. The Clintons who had lived in Arkansas before President Clinton's election to the presidency announced that he intended to retire to New York and they both a home in Chappaqua New York. Some people objected to her running claiming that she was a carpetbagger and not a real New Yorker. Despite those concerns, she easily won the nomination and as well as the subsequent election. She received 55.3% of the vote.

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