what state did obama win?
Illinois
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 Democratic Senator and former Governor Evan Bayh of Indiana began a movement for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president of the United States shortly following the 2004 presidential election . 

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 Subsequent to this election Obama was elected to the United States Senate in 2004 . He was then elected President of the United States in 2008 and re @-@ elected in 2012 . 

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 In 2004 , Obama was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention . After his speech , political pundits speculated about his future as a possible presidential candidate . After being elected to the United States Senate that year , and amid much speculation in the media regarding his future plans , Obama announced that he would seek the 2008 democratic presidential nomination in February 2007 and went on to defeat Hillary Clinton in one of the closest presidential nomination races in American history . He then defeated fellow senator John McCain in the general election to become President of the United States . 

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 Obama called the November 2 , 2010 election , where the Democratic Party lost 63 seats in , and control of , the House of Representatives , " humbling " and a " shellacking " . He said that the results came because not enough Americans had felt the effects of the economic recovery . 

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 Decisions by Republican incumbent Peter Fitzgerald and his Democratic predecessor Carol Moseley Braun to not participate in the election resulted in wide @-@ open Democratic and Republican primary contests involving fifteen candidates . In the March 2004 primary election , Obama won in an unexpected landslide — which overnight made him a rising star within the national Democratic Party , started speculation about a presidential future , and led to the reissue of his memoir , Dreams from My Father . In July 2004 , Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention , seen by 9 @.@ 1 million viewers . His speech was well received and elevated his status within the Democratic Party . 
