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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the junior United States Senator from New York, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton—the 42nd President of the United States—and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham began her career as a lawyer after graduating from Yale Law School in 1973. She was named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979 and was listed as one of the one hundred most influential lawyers in America in 1988 and 1991. She served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, and was active in a number of organizations concerned with the welfare of children. As First Lady of the United States, she took a prominent position in policy matters. In 1997 she helped establish the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the Adoption and Safe Families Act. Moving to New York, Clinton was elected to the United States Senate in 2000, the first time an American first lady ran for public office and the first female senator from that state. She was re-elected by a wide margin in 2006. During 2007 she has consistently been the front-runner in polls for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president.