What was Barack Obama's political experience before he was President?

Answer 1

Before Barack Obama was the President of the United States, he was a community organizer and advocate for the poor; a civil rights attorney; and a law school professor. He first ran for political office in 1996, winning a seat in the Illinois State Senate; he was re-elected several more times and then won the election for U.S. Senator in 2004. He was elected president in 2008, and re-elected in 2012.

Answer 2

His first political job was as a community organizer and advocate for the poor. He served on the Illinois State Senate for 3 terms from 1997 to 2004. During that time, he ran for a congressional seat with the US House of Representatives in 2000, but lost. He ran for the US Senate in 2004, and during the election, he gave the key note speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004; this raised his national profile and led to an overwhelming win for the US Senate seat. He served one term in the US Senate before running for president and winning in 2008.

Barack Obama before becoming president served in the US senate for less than 2 years and in the Illinois legislature. In both positions he was the most liberal person in the legislative body.

Answer 3

President.