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∙ 10y agoBarack 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.
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∙ 10y agoAfter he was a Illinois senator
Barack Obama was a US senator from the state of Illinois, serving in our nation's capitol, Washington, DC.
Barack Obama lived in Illinois before becoming president. He first became a senator of Illinois before president of the US.
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.
He was senator from Massachusetts.He was a US Senator before becoming president. Before that he was a Congressman.
He was a Junior Senator for Illinois.
he was a senator
Before becoming president, Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996, and he was then elected to serve as a U.S. Senator from Illinois: he won that election in 2004.
Barack Obama was president of the Harvard Law Review journal before becoming president.
Senator
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.
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