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'''Barack Hussein Obama II'''<ref>{{cite web|publisher=my.barackobama.com |url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/birthcert |title=The truth about Barack's birth certificate |accessdate= 2008-06-13}}</ref> born [[August 4]], [[1961]]) is the [[United States Senate#Seniority|junior]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Illinois]]. He is the [[presumptive nominee]] of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]],  and the first [[African American]] to be a [[major party]]'s presumptive nominee for [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23809081-23109,00.html |title = Obama clinches nomination | publisher=Herald Sun (Australia) | date=2008-06-04|accessdate = 2008-06-06 |author = John Whitesides in Washington}}</ref>

'''Barack Hussein Obama II'''<ref>{{cite web|publisher=my.barackobama.com |url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/birthcert |title=The truth about Barack's birth certificate |accessdate= 2008-06-13}}</ref> (born [[August 4]], [[1961]]) is the [[United States Senate#Seniority|junior]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Illinois]]. He is the [[presumptive nominee]] of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]],  and the first [[African American]] to be a [[major party]]'s presumptive nominee for [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23809081-23109,00.html |title = Obama clinches nomination | publisher=Herald Sun (Australia) | date=2008-06-04|accessdate = 2008-06-06 |author = John Whitesides in Washington}}</ref>

A graduate of [[Columbia University]] and [[Harvard Law School]], where he served as president of the [[Harvard Law Review]], Obama worked as a [[Community organizing|community organizer]] and practiced as a [[civil rights]] attorney before serving in the [[Illinois Senate]] from 1997 to 2004. He taught [[constitutional law]] at the [[University of Chicago Law School]] from 1992 to 2004.  Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in 2000, he announced his campaign for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote.

A graduate of [[Columbia University]] and [[Harvard Law School]], where he served as president of the [[Harvard Law Review]], Obama worked as a [[Community organizing|community organizer]] and practiced as a [[civil rights]] attorney before serving in the [[Illinois Senate]] from 1997 to 2004. He taught [[constitutional law]] at the [[University of Chicago Law School]] from 1992 to 2004.  Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in 2000, he announced his campaign for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote.