Roland Burris was appointed to Obama's Senate seat.
Kirsten E. Gillibrand.
Scott Brown (1959-), a Republican.
Dick Durbin was the senior U.S. Senator from Illinois. Obama was replaced in the Senate by Roland W. Burris.
He was the junior senator from Illinois.
Illinois (*Barack Obama*)
Obama was never a governor. He was the junior senator from Illinois.
US Senator from Illinois. Prior to that he was a state senator from Illinois.
He was a state senator from Illinois, and then a U.S. senator from that state.
he was a senator in Illinois
Illinois
Illinois, if you mean where he was a senator
among other things: US Senator from Illinois, Illinois State Senator
He was a US Senator representing Illinois.
Barack Obama was a Senator from Illinois.