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'''Barack Obama''' is a ] ] from ]. He is currently running for the ], which would be the highest elected office he has held thus far. Obama would be only the third ] Senator since ]. His opponent was ] until Ryan withdrew from the race after information from his 1999 divorce case was publicized. '''Barack Obama''' is a ] ] from ]. He is currently running for the ], which would be the highest elected office he has held thus far. Obama would be only the third ] Senator since ]. His opponent was ] until Ryan withdrew from the race after information from his 1999 divorce case was publicized.


==Biography== ==Early Years==


Obama's father is ]n; his mother is from ]. He himself was born in ], where his mother and father met at the ]. Obama's father left his family early on, and Obama was raised in Hawaii and ] by his mother. He attended ] at ] and ] at ] in ], majoring in ]; he then became a community organizer in ]. He attended ] at ], and became the first African-American editor of the ], a prestigious legal publication. Barack Obama was born at the ] in ] on the island of ] to Barack Obama, Sr. of ] and S. Ann Dunham of ]. Both his parents were students at the ] at the ]. At the age of two, the couple were divorced and Obama's mother re-married to another East-West Center student from ]. The family moved to Indonesia for a couple of years but Obama returned to Hawai'i to be raised by his grandmother on Beretania Street in ]. He was enrolled in the fifth grade at ] at got his first job at ] on the corner of King and Punahou Streets. He graduated from Punahou School with honors.


==College Education==
After leaving his post at the Law Review, Obama worked in Chicago on a ] drive in ], which claimed to have registered more than 100,000 voters. He then found work at a ] law firm, and became a lecturer on ] at the ].

Upon graduation, Obama went on to study at ] in ] majoring in ]. He then moved to ] and took up community organizing. He left Chicago briefly to study law at ] where he made history, becoming the first African-American editor of the internationally recognized publication ]. Obama returned to his adopted hometown of Chicago in ] and was quick to organize an aggressive ] effort claiming to have registered over 100,000 voters. His talents gained him a seat at a local civil rights law firm and became a lecturer of ] at the ].

==Political Life==


In ], Obama was elected to the ], from the south side of Chicago. He was generally regarded as a ] during his tenure in the State Senate, helping to author a state ] providing benefits to the poor. In ], Obama was elected to the ], from the south side of Chicago. He was generally regarded as a ] during his tenure in the State Senate, helping to author a state ] providing benefits to the poor.


==External links== ==Resources==


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Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barack Obama leads an effort to become the first African-American U.S. Senator from Illinois since Carol Moseley-Braun.

Barack Obama is a Democratic politician from Illinois. He is currently running for the United States Senate, which would be the highest elected office he has held thus far. Obama would be only the third African-American Senator since Reconstruction. His opponent was Jack Ryan until Ryan withdrew from the race after information from his 1999 divorce case was publicized.

Early Years

Barack Obama was born at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i on the island of O'ahu to Barack Obama, Sr. of Kenya and S. Ann Dunham of Kansas. Both his parents were students at the East-West Center at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. At the age of two, the couple were divorced and Obama's mother re-married to another East-West Center student from Indonesia. The family moved to Indonesia for a couple of years but Obama returned to Hawai'i to be raised by his grandmother on Beretania Street in downtown Honolulu. He was enrolled in the fifth grade at Punahou School at got his first job at Baskin-Robbins on the corner of King and Punahou Streets. He graduated from Punahou School with honors.

College Education

Upon graduation, Obama went on to study at Columbia College in New York City majoring in political science. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois and took up community organizing. He left Chicago briefly to study law at Harvard University where he made history, becoming the first African-American editor of the internationally recognized publication Harvard Law Review. Obama returned to his adopted hometown of Chicago in 1992 and was quick to organize an aggressive voter registration effort claiming to have registered over 100,000 voters. His talents gained him a seat at a local civil rights law firm and became a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago.

Political Life

In 1997, Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate, from the south side of Chicago. He was generally regarded as a liberal during his tenure in the State Senate, helping to author a state earned income tax credit providing benefits to the poor.

Resources

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