He moved to Chicago in the mid-1980s to be a community organizer and advocate for the poor; after graduating from Harvard Law School, he returned to Chicago to be a civil rights attorney and a professor of law; he then decided to enter politics in 1996 and was elected an Illinois state senator. He was re-elected several times and then ran for U.S. senator (and won) in 2004.
Senator.
Before he was President, Obama was US Senator from Illinois, served in the Illinois legislature and practiced law.
Unite states senator from Illinois.
Before president, Barack Obama was a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
He was the junior senator from Illinois.
He was a Junior Senator for Illinois.
he was a senator
President O'Bama was the Senator of Illonois before being Elected President.
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.
senator
He was a Senator and a Lawyer so that is a yes.
Before being elected as President of the United States, Barack Obama was the junior Senator for the State of Illinois.