He was the Senator from Illinois.
Barack Obama was a Senator from Illinois.
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.
Before being elected as President of the United States, Barack Obama was the junior Senator for the State of Illinois.
Barack Obama was never a governor. He was first a state senator from Illinois, and then a U.S. senator. It was his 2012 opponent, Mitt Romney, who had been a governor (from Massachusetts).
Illinois (*Barack Obama*)
Barack Obama was a US senator from the state of Illinois, serving in our nation's capitol, Washington, DC.
Before he was president, Barack Obama was a community organizer and advocate for the poor; a civil rights lawyer; a professor of constitutional law; a state senator from Illinois and then a U.S. Senator.
Before he was president, Barack Obama worked as a community organizer and advocate for the poor, a lawyer, a professor of law, a state senator and finally a U.S. senator.
US Senator from Illinois. Prior to that, Illinois state Senator.
His previous job was as a U.S. Senator from Illinois. Before that, he was an Illinois State Senator.
He was a state senator from Illinois, and then a U.S. senator from that state.
Before becoming President Barack Obama was a United States Senator. He was also a State Legislator before that. Before this he attended Harvard Law School.