Electoral history of Barack Obama Electoral history of Barack Obama Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States (2009–2017) and as a United States Senator from Illinois (2005–2008). Illinois Senate, 13th district, 1996 Illinois Senate, 13th district, 1998 US House, Illinois's 1st district, 2000 (Democratic primary), 2000 Illinois Senate, 13th district, 2002 Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Illinois, 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004 2008 Democratic presidential primaries Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes: Including penalized contests: 2008 Democratic delegate counts: Pledged delegates Including superdelegates 2008 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) Unfinished roll call (13
Barack Obama in comics Barack Obama in comics Barack Obama has appeared as a character in comic books published by a number of publishing companies, sometimes appearing as a realistic fictionalized version of himself and sometimes as a spoof. Obama made his first appearance as a comic book character in July 2007 in "Licensable BearTM" No. 4 by Nat Gertler, where he appeared as a U.S. Senator. The comic only had a print-run of 1,050 issues. A year later, in September 2008, Obama appeared in Erik Larsen’s "Savage Dragon" No. 137. This issue featured a variant cover which showed Obama with the Savage Dragon,