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.
Three times. He was first elected in 1996, and then re-elected in 1998 and again in 2002.
He was a state senator from Illinois, and then a U.S. senator from that state.
He was the junior senator from Illinois.
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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.
US Senator from Illinois. Prior to that he was a state senator from Illinois.
Barack Obama was a Senator from Illinois.
Obama was never a governor. He was the junior senator from Illinois.
Illinois.
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He was a senator from Illinois.
among other things: US Senator from Illinois, Illinois State Senator