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To be President you must be 35. To be a Senator you must be 30. To be a Representative you must be 25.
He ran a newspaper and then was elected US Senator from Ohio before he was elected president.
He was a never a US senator. However, he was governor of New York and NY state senator before he was elected president.
No, he was a Representative for 25 years but never a Senator. As Vice-President, he was President of the Senate but never an elected Senator.
No, Obama was a Senator before being elected president
Presidents are not appointed- they are elected. A senator or representative can run for president , but if elected president , he must resign any previous office before he takes office as president.
No. He was a Representative and then a Senator before being elected President.
Barack Obama. Before him it was Richard M Nixon.
President Obama was first elected as a state senator in Illinois in 1996. After serving three terms, he was elected as a U.S. senator in 2004. He then ran for president in 2008 and won, and ran again in 2012 and was re-elected.
He ran a newspaper and then was elected US Senator from Ohio before he was elected president.
Not directly. The vice president is elected along with the president in the electoral college.
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.