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He served one term in the US Senate before running for president and winning in 2008. Barack Obama before becoming president served in the US senate for less than 2 years and in the Illinois legislature. In both positions he was the most liberal person in the legislative body.
Barack Obama: Life Before the Presidency. Barack Obama: Life Before the Presidency. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961, in Hawaii. His parents, who met as students at the University of Hawaii, were Ann Dunham, a white American from Kansas, and Barack Obama, Sr., a black Kenyan studying in the United States.