Obama And The Chicago Establishment
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Barack Obama served in the Illinois state legislature from 1997 until 2004.
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Barack Obama served in the Illinois state legislature from 1997 until 2004.
Though presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign has been extensively covered by the media, little has been said about his roots in Chicago politics. Ryan Lizza, Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, explores Obama's tenure as a local politician for Chicago's South Side in the magazine's latest issue.
Before joining The New Yorker, Lizza served as senior editor of The New Republic, where he covered White House politics from 1998 to 2007.
Lizza has also covered politics for The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Washington Monthly and GQ.
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