MSNBC Bio: Barack Obama (D-Ill.)

Senator, Illinois  

NAME: Barack Obama

STATUS: Declared on Feb. 12, 2007

BORN: Aug. 4, 1961

EDUCATION: Attended Occidental College, 1979-81; B.A., Columbia University, 1983; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1991

RELIGION: Church of Christ

MARRIED: (Michelle)

ELECTED OFFICE: U.S. Senate, 2004-present; Illinois Senate, 1997-2004

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