Yes. He first served three terms in the Illinois State Senate before being elected in 2004 to serve in the US senate.
Barack Obama
Before he became president, he was a US Senator from Illinois.
Most recently, he was the US Senator from Illinois.
Yes, from Illinois.
Barack Obama decided to run for president after becoming a US senator. He was elected as a US senator from Illinois in 2004 and announced his candidacy for president in February 2007.
No US president qualifies for this statement, unless you count Barack Obama defeating himself. George Walker Bush was the president before Barack Obama. John McCain, senator from Arizona was defeated by Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
US Senator from Illinois. Prior to that he was a state senator from Illinois.
Barack Obama
Obama was a US Senator from Illinois when he was elected President.
Before he was President, Barack Obama was a practicing attorney, community organizer, taught constitutional law at University of Chicago, was an Illinois State Senator and a US Senator from Illinois.
Illinois was the state where he was elected Senator before he was elected President.Illinois.Barack Obama is one of two US Senators for the US State of Illinois.IllinoisPresident Obama was U.S. Senator of Illinois, Chicago. He began there as a State legislator. He was however not born and raised there.
Former US President Ronald Reagan