Barack Obama ()

About The Candidate

  • Office Sought: President
  • Birth Date: Aug. 4, 1961
  • Residence: Jakarta, Indonesia; Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Occupation: Lawyer
  • Spouse: Michelle Robinson Obama
  • Religion: United Church of Christ
  • Web site: http://www.barackobama.com/

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1991
  • Occidential College/Columbia University, B.A.
  • Punahou School

Offices and positions held

  • Senator, United States Senate, 2005-present
  • Senator, Illinois State Senate, 1997-2004

Businesses Owned, Past Careers, Board Memberships, Etc.

  • Center for Neighborhood and Technology
  • Chicago Annenberg Challenge
  • Cook County Bar
  • Cook County Bar Association Community Law Project
  • Board Member, Joyce Foundation
  • Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
  • Leadership for Quality Education
  • Member, Trinity United Church of Christ
  • Board Member, Woods Fund of Chicago

Book(s)

  • Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
  • The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama

Campaign Finance

Funds Raised $116,457,694
Funds Spent $96,897,212
Cash on Hand $133,649,693

Data as of September 30, 2008
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