0
What else can I help you with?
What state senate was Barack Obama elected to?
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois state senate, beginning in 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Was Mitt Romney elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996?
No, you are thinking of Barack Obama, who served in the Illinois state senate, and then became a U.S. senator, before becoming president.
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.
What elected position did Barack Obama hold before being elected president?
Before becoming president, Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996, and he was then elected to serve as a U.S. Senator from Illinois: he won that election in 2004.
How many time was Obama re elected as Illinois state senator?
Mr. Obama's political career began in 1996, when he won his first election to the Illinois state senate. After that, he was elected two more times, before running for (and winning) a seat in the US Senate in 2004.
Was Obama ever a governor of any state?
Obama was never a governor. He was the junior senator from Illinois.
