How long has Barack Obama been a senator?

Answer 1

Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator on January 4, 2005. So, as of today's date (September 2, 2008), he has been a US Senator for about 3 years 8 months. He was a state senator in Illinois for 2 terms (8 years).
He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2004, and served from January 3, 2005, to November 16, 2008, when he resigned from office, having been elected president. Looks like three years.

Answer 2

It depends on which office you are asking about. As president, he began serving after winning the 2008 election. He won re-election in 2012, and will serve a second four-year term. But prior to being president, he was a U.S. senator for one term, and an Illinois state senator for three terms.

Answer 3

Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996 (he began serving in 1997); he was re-elected several times. He remained a state senator until 2004 (serving 8 years). Mr. Obama won the 2004 US Senate race, and began serving as Illinois' Senator in the US Senate in early 2005. He began a run for the presidency in 2007, and in 2008, having won the presidential election, he became the President of the United States. So, he served as a senator (both state and federal) from 1997 to 2008.

Answer 4

He was elected in November 2008 and officially took office in January 2009. His first term will end in November 2012, at which point he will either be re-elected to a second term or he will have completed four years as president. The most any president can serve is eight years.

Answer 5

he got elected to the senate in March 2004

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Barack Obama served as a state senator in Illinois from 1997 to 2004. He then ran for and was elected U.S. Senator. He served until 2008, at which time he resigned to run for President.