Obama

"Barack" and "Obama" redirect here. For other uses, see Barack (disambiguation) and Obama (disambiguation).

Barack Hussein Obama II ( born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Obama is the first African American to be nominated by a major political party for president.[1] A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote.

[Heetaek’s Note]
- Barack Hussein Obama
- Born: Honolulu, Hawaii (August 4, 1961)
- Political party: Democratic Party
- Graduate: Columbia University and Harvard Law School
- Work: Community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.
- He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
- He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote.

[Heetaek’s Write up]
Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He worked Community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He went to Democratic Party. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote.