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No, you are thinking of Barack Obama, who served in the Illinois state senate, and then became a U.S. senator, before becoming president.
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What state senate was Barack Obama elected to?
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois state senate, beginning in 1996.
What year was Obama elected to the Illinois state state senate?
1996
What state was Barack Obama elected?
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.IllinoisPresident Obama was U.S. Senator of Illinois, Chicago. He began there as a State legislator. He was however not born and raised there.
How many times was Obama elected as an Illinois state senator?
He was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996, and was elected two more times after that, for a total of three times. In 2004, he decided to run for the US senate, at which time, he left the Illinois state legislature to serve in Congress.
When did Barack Obama become a senator?
He was first elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996. He was re-elected twice. He then ran for U.S. senate and was elected in 2004.
Are Mitt Romney and Barack Obama former senators?
Mr. Romney ran for senate but lost. He was, however, a former governor, from Massachusetts. Mr. Obama ran for senate and won, in the state of Illinois. He served first as a state senator and then as a U.S. senator.
What city and state is Barack Obama senator of?
He was a state senator for Illinois, and was elected from the city of Chicago. He served three terms in the state senate and then ran for the US senate, getting elected in 2004.
How long was Barack Obama a senator at Illinois?
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 (having served 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.
When did pres. Barack Obama get elected?
If you are asking about the presidency, Barack Obama was elected twice. He first won the presidency in 2008, defeating John McCain. He ran for re-election in 2012, and won again, defeating Mitt Romney. If you are asking about the US Senate, Mr. Obama was elected as a senator from Illinois in 2004. Prior to that, he served three terms in the Illinois state senate, winning his first election in 1996.
What year did Barack Obama become congressman?
Barack Obama first became a legislator in Illinois-- he ran for the Illinois State Senate in 1996, was elected, and served three terms. He then became a member of congress in 2004 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois.
What was Obama doing in 2004?
He was an Illinois State Senator who was running to be elected to the United States Senate.
Was Obama a congressman and a senator?
He was, but he is not any more. His political career began when he became a state senator in the Illinois legislature, where he served for three terms, beginning in 1996; and then he was elected to the United States Senate in 2004.
