The only political office that Barack Obama failed to win in an election is the position of Representative at the House of Representatives of the United States.
His first political position was the one of senator of the state of Illinois, carrying out that function from 1997 to 2004. In the year 2000 he lost the electoral contest by a position in the House of Representatives of the United States, and after its previous failure, in January of 2003 he announced his candidacy for the Senate. In March of 2004 he won in the primary elections of the democratic party, and in July of the same year he delivered the opening speech of the Democratic National Convention, which impelled his candidacy. Finally he was elected member of the Senate in November 2004, with 70% of the votes in favor.
On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States and became the candidate of the Democratic Party on June 3, 2008. In the presidential elections of November 4, 2008, he became president-elect after of defeating Republican presidential candidate John McCain, taking office as 44th president on January 20, 2009.
