Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois in 2004, after serving eight years in the Illinois State Senate. He was born 8/4/61 in Honolulu. Obama's father was from Kenya, and his mother from Kansas. They met as students at the University of Hawaii. After Obama's father returned to Kenya (where he was killed in a car crash), his mother married an Indonesian man, and Obama spent four years of his childhood in Indonesia. In the 5th grade, he returned to Hawaii, where he was raised by his mother's parents. Obama went to Occidental College in LA for two years, before transferring to Columbia University in NYC. After graduating with a poli sci degree in 1983, Obama moved to Chicago to work for a church-based nonprofit. In 1991, he earned a law degree from Harvard, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. He returned to his adopted hometown of Chicago, where he became a civil rights lawyer and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. In 1996, he was elected to the State Senate. He has authored two bestselling books, "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope." Obama and his wife Michelle have two young daughters. They are members of the United Church of Christ.
Reports, Speeches and More from the '08 Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 25-28
Video on Demand:
Star-Studded Obama Video Becomes Internet Hit
Video Essay: Obama in N.H. (1/8)
In Kenya, Obama Relatives Watch, Wait (1/8)
Video Essay: Good Poll Numbers for Obama (1/3)
Video Essay: in Iowa, Obama Promises Change
Political Profile: Barack Obama
Obama Says He Would Cut Taxes for Workers (9/18; 2:18)
Oprah Rolls Out Red Carpet for Obama (9/9)
Obama Would Take Terror Fight to Pakistan (8/1)
Obama and Clinton Top Fundraisers (7/16)
Obama Sets Record in Fundraising (7/2)
Obama: Bush Ignoring 'quiet Riot' Among Blacks
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