Robin Carnahan

Robin Carnahan (* August 4, 1961 in Rolla, Missouri) is an American politician who belongs to the Democratic Party. Currently, she holds the office of Secretary of State in the state of Missouri.

The lawyer Carnahan gained experience abroad, including in Hungary and the Czech Republic, as it was used in the monitoring of free elections in post-communist countries in the early 1990s on behalf of the National Democratic Institute. In addition, she worked for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a financial institution that serves the Fördung of U.S. foreign trade.

The election of the Secretary of State in 2004, she won against Catherine Hanaway of the Republicans, after which they became the successor of the office of Governor Matt Blunt exchanged on January 9, 2005. Although her ​​how she announced in February 2006, breast cancer was diagnosed, she practiced her office during the current treatment of continue. In November 2008, she was elected with a large majority in office.

2010 Robin Carnahan was nominated by the Democrats for election to the U.S. Senate. It failed, however, to succeed of not more candidates Kit Bond: With 43:57 percent it was subject to Republican Roy Blunt.

Family

The Carnahan family is a known quantity in the political scene of the State of Missouri. Her father, Mel Carnahan was here, among others, governor, their mother, Jean Carnahan represented Missouri in the U.S. Senate. Her grandfather A.S.J. Carnahan was member of Congress and U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone. My brother Russ is also a congressman.