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Senator Barack Obama (D) - 93rd General Assembly

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Years served: 1997 - Present

Committee assignments: Welfare; Sen. Comm. Whole; Health & Human Services (Chairperson).

Biography: Attorney; born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii; bachelor's degree, Columbia University, NY, 1983; graduate, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1991; chair, The Chicago Annebery Challenge; board member, Woods Fund of Chicago; "40 under 40" award, Crain's Chicago Business, 1993; married (wife, Michelle).