He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004
Obama was a US senator from Illinois when he was elected. His home was in Chicago, Illinois.
he was first a senator within the Illinois's state senate. Then, he became a state senator, representing Illinois.
Barack Obama was a US senator from the state of Illinois, serving in our nation's capitol, Washington, DC.
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 the junior senator from Illinois.
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, succeeding State Senator Alice Palmer as Senator from Illinois's 13th District. Obama was sworn in as a US senator (for the state of Illinois) on January 3, 2005.
Barack Obama lived in Illinois before becoming president. He first became a senator of Illinois before president of the US.
No, you are thinking of Barack Obama, who served in the Illinois state senate, and then became a U.S. senator, before becoming president.
among other things: US Senator from Illinois, Illinois State 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.
Yes, he was an Illinois State Senator, and then a U.S. senator from Illinois before he became president.
His previous job was as a U.S. Senator from Illinois. Before that, he was an Illinois State Senator.