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.
Obama was elected US Senator by the state of Illinois.
Illinois.
among other things: US Senator from Illinois, Illinois State Senator
US Senator from Illinois. Prior to that, Illinois state Senator.
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Obama was never a governor. He was the junior senator from Illinois.
Obama was a US senator from Illinois when he was elected. His home was in Chicago, Illinois.
Obama was never elected governor. he served as a state senator from Illinois (and served three terms); he then served as a U.S. senator.
Obama was a US Senator from Illinois , elected in 2004, when he ran for President. Before that, he held a seat as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Barack Obama served as a senator in the Illinois state legislature between 1997-2004. He resigned when he was elected to the US senate.
He was an Illinois State Senator who was running to be elected to the United States Senate.