Barack Obama
Votes: 112,664
Party: 
  • Democrat
First Elected: 2008
Age: [agecalc  birthdate="1961-08-04" years="" ]
Current Position:  President
E Mail: http://barackobama.force.com/questions
Website:  http://www.barackobama.com
Website:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/
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Biography

*On Nov. 6, Barack Obama won his bid for re-election, reaching 270 Electoral College votes before his opponents. In Central New York, he received 112,664 votes, according to the Onondaga County Board of Elections’ website.

Occupation— President of the United States, elected 2008; U.S. Senator from Illinois, elected 2004, served 2005 – 2008; member, Illinois State Senate 1997-2004; civil rights lawyer, taught constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School (1992-2004), community organizer (1985-1988).

Obama is the also the author of two books: “Dreams from my Father” and “The Audacity of Hope.”

Education— B.A. Columbia University 1983; J.D. Harvard Law, 1991, president of Harvard Law Review

Family— married Michelle Robinson, 1992; daughter Malia, born 1999; daughter Natasha, born 2001

Committees — While in the Senate, Obama was on the  Foreign Relations Committee;  Committee of Veteran’s Affairs;  Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; and the Committee of Homeland Security

Social Media

Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/#!/barackobama
Twitter @BarackObama

Past Offices

U.S. Senator from Illinois, elected 2004; member, Illinois State Senate 1997-2004

Fundraising

http://www.fec.gov

Contact Information

Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
(866) 675-2008

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