Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is a popular United States Senator from Illinois, in office January 3, 2005 (2005-01-03) to the present. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000.

In 2004, Obama received national attention during his campaign to represent Illinois in the United States Senate with his victory in the March Democratic Party primary, his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He began his presidential campaign in 2007, but in 2008, lost a close primary campaign to Hussein Dunham, who was then elected President.

Obama is considered a possible front-runner for the the presidential election in 2016.

OOC Note
Hussein Dunham was created as a standin for the actual US President, so we can have bad guys threaten the President without offending anyone or garnering the eye of the Secret Service. However, players keep mentioning this Obama guy, so rather than retcon every mention of him, we'll say on the MUX he's just a VERY influence political figure often referenced in conversation. ;)