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Obama was never a governor. He was the junior senator from Illinois.

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Obama was never elected governor. he served as a state senator from Illinois (and served three terms); he then served as a U.S. senator.

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President Barack Obama has never served as a governor.

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No, he only ran for the senate-- first the state senate in Illinois, and then the U.S. senate.

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He was never a governor. He was an Illinois State Senator and later a US Senator from Illinois

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No. Barack Obama was the junior U.S senator from Illinois when he ran for president in 2008. He was the first senator to be elected president since John F. Kennedy in 1960.

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Barack Obama was not a governor. He was a senator from Illinois.

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