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.
community organizer, law professor, Illinois State Senator, US Senator from Illinois
Before president, Barack Obama was a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Barack Obama
Before he was President, Barack Obama was a practicing attorney, community organizer, taught constitutional law at University of Chicago, was an Illinois State Senator and a US 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.
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
Ronald Reagan is the only U.S. President born in Illinois. He was born in Tampico, Illinois on February 6, 1911.
Yes- he was a US senator representing Illinois when he was elected President,
he was first a senator within the Illinois's state senate. Then, he became a state senator, representing Illinois.
Before being elected as President of the United States, Barack Obama was the junior Senator for the State of Illinois.
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.