who did Hillary Rodham Clinton run against in her last senate election ?
United States Senate election in New York, 2006 The 2006 United States Senate election in New York was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won, by a more than two-to-one margin, a second term representing New York in the United States Senate. Clinton was challenged by Republican John Spencer, a former Mayor of Yonkers, New York. Spencer won his party nomination by defeating former national security staffer K. T. McFarland in a primary.
Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Vermont, since 1975. A member of the Democratic Party, Leahy served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from December 17, 2012, to January 6, 2015. As President pro tempore, he was third in the presidential line of succession. He is the most senior senator and took office at 34 years old, younger than any other current senator. Leahy received the title of President pro tempore emeritus upon the commencement of the 114th Congress. He is the last remaining member of the Senate to have served prior to the 1976 election of President Jimmy Carter.