Obama Then

Obama Then
Obama Then

Obama Then

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.
On this day in 2007, a U-S Senator named Barack Obama stood on the steps of the old Capitol Building in Springfield with his family beside him to announce his run for President of the United States. Today, we take a look back with RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard and Sun Times Columnist Mary Mitchell to discuss his rise to presidential candidacy.