Politicians2005–2008

Barack Obama

The Illinois senator whose 2004 DNC keynote 'There is not a liberal America and a conservative America' made him an overnight national figure and launched his 2008 presidential campaign four years later.

Origin

Chicago, Illinois

Genre

SenatorDemocrat (IL)

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Dick Durbin

Senator / Democrat (IL) — East St. Louis, Illinois · 1997–present

The Senate Majority Whip for nearly two decades — Durbin is the second-most powerful Democrat in the Senate and the primary author of the DREAM Act, which he has tried and failed to pass more than a dozen times.