Illinois was the state where he was elected Senator before he was elected President.
Illinois.
Barack Obama is one of two US Senators for the US State of Illinois.
Illinois
President Obama was U.S. Senator of Illinois, Chicago. He began there as a State legislator. He was however not born and raised there.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois state senate, beginning in 1996.
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Obama selected Hilary Clinton to be Secretary of State.
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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.
Many claimed that America was post racial after Barack Obama was elected president.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. He was re-elected several times. Then, in 2004, he was elected a U.S. Senator. He served about twelve years total in the state and the U.S. senate, before being elected president in 2008.
Barack Obama
Barack Obama was elected President in the United States of America.