Politician/Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961; age 36) is an American politician and state senator. He is a member of the Democratic Party and a current state senator of the Illinois Legislature from District 13. Obama currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Early Life and Career
Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Education
Obama attended Punahou School - a private college-preparatory school on a scholarship from Grade 5 to when he graduated high school. After graduating from Punahou School in 1979, Obama went on to move to Los Angeles, California where he attended Occidental College. In 1981, he transferred in his junior year to Columbia College, Columbia University in New York City, New York and majored in Political Science with a specialty in International Relations and English Literature. In 1983, he graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science.

He attended Harvard Law School in 1988, being the first African-American person to head the Harvard Law Review. He graduated in 1991 with a Juris Degree in Constitutional Law.

Early Career
Obama served as the Chairman of the Chicago Democratic Party in 2015. During his tenure, Obama's most notable achievement was making Brad Molloy, a 6 term Chicago City Councilor member from District 7, elected to the position of Mayor of Chicago.

Illinois State Senate
Obama was elected to the Chicago State Senate from District 13, which include parts of Hyde Park, as well as South Chicago. Obama succeeded Democratic incumbent, Judy Santana.

In the State Senate, Obama has worked and gotten bipartisan support on numerous issues, ranging from climate change, poverty, and crime. Obama most notably has increased the carbon tax on the fossil fuel industry, as well as increasing renewable energy tax credit, in an attempt to increase the use of renewable resources such as wind and solar.

Obama has also established a program that provides high-school education for the homeless who are in permanent housing, as well as providing assistance to low-income individuals' energy usage and establishing social services programs.

Obama established grants for drug courts at the local level which has rehabilitated approximately 4,660 drug criminals.

During Obama's first term, poverty, nonrenewable sources, education scores, as well as the economy has improved in Illinois.

State Senator Obama serves on the following committees:
 * Transportation, Infrastructure, Housing and Community Development Committee
 * Judiciary, Public Safety, and Corrections Committee
 * Commerce, Labor, and Career Development Committee