U.S. Senator (D-Illinois)
- About me
Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and raised by his mother and grandparents. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.
As a young man, Obama moved to the South Side of Chicago to work with local churches as a community organizer in neighborhoods devastated by the closing of local steel mills.
He was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1997 and served there until he won an improbable race in 2004 for the United States Senate, where he continues to serve today. He is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Obama lives in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Malia (10) and Sasha (7).
As a young man, Obama moved to the South Side of Chicago to work with local churches as a community organizer in neighborhoods devastated by the closing of local steel mills.
He was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1997 and served there until he won an improbable race in 2004 for the United States Senate, where he continues to serve today. He is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Obama lives in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Malia (10) and Sasha (7).